diff --git a/metadata-service/configuration/src/main/resources/search_config.yaml b/metadata-service/configuration/src/main/resources/search_config.yaml
index e93f8af8b1d6c4..47494c8cb1ca43 100644
--- a/metadata-service/configuration/src/main/resources/search_config.yaml
+++ b/metadata-service/configuration/src/main/resources/search_config.yaml
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ queryConfigurations:
       boost_mode: replace
 
   # Criteria for exact-match only
-  # Contains quotes, is a single term with `_`, `.`, or `-` (normally consider for tokenization) then use exact match query
+  # Contains quotes then use exact match query
   - queryRegex: >-
-      ^["'].+["']$|^[a-zA-Z0-9]\S+[_.-]\S+[a-zA-Z0-9]$
+      ^["'].+["']$
     simpleQuery: false
     prefixMatchQuery: true
     exactMatchQuery: true
diff --git a/smoke-test/tests/cypress/cypress/e2e/siblings/siblings.js b/smoke-test/tests/cypress/cypress/e2e/siblings/siblings.js
index fb772bd7af1e74..57617d7721e594 100644
--- a/smoke-test/tests/cypress/cypress/e2e/siblings/siblings.js
+++ b/smoke-test/tests/cypress/cypress/e2e/siblings/siblings.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ describe("siblings", () => {
 
   it("will combine results in search", () => {
     cy.login();
-    cy.visit("/search?page=1&query=raw_orders");
+    cy.visit("/search?page=1&query=%22raw_orders%22");
 
     cy.contains("Showing 1 - 2 of ");