diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/search.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/search.test.ts
index ff1cba01b9..2e0b07b4a9 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/search.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/search.test.ts
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ describe('search', () => {
 
     it('skips over special keys', () => {
       const input = {
-        state: { x: 1 },
-        relations: [{ y: 2 }],
+        status: { x: 1 },
+        attachments: [{ y: 2 }],
+        relations: [{ z: 3 }],
         a: 'a',
         metadata: {
           b: 'b',
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/search.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/search.ts
index 5ff0721f91..383b29fd70 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/search.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/next/search.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ export type DbSearchRow = {
 // to index, or because they are special-case always inserted whether they are
 // null or not
 const SPECIAL_KEYS = [
-  'state',
+  'attachments',
   'relations',
+  'status',
   'metadata.name',
   'metadata.namespace',
   'metadata.uid',