diff --git a/.changeset/eleven-snakes-give.md b/.changeset/eleven-snakes-give.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c7a5724e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eleven-snakes-give.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-pg': patch
+---
+
+Sanitize special characters before building search query for postgres
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.test.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.test.ts
index 49fb169bf8..7bedee6dea 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.test.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,17 @@ describe('PgSearchEngine', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should sanitize query term', async () => {
+      const actualTranslatedQuery = searchEngine.translator({
+        term: 'H&e|l!l*o W\0o(r)l:d',
+        pageCursor: '',
+      }) as PgSearchQuery;
+
+      expect(actualTranslatedQuery).toMatchObject({
+        pgTerm: '("Hello" | "Hello":*)&("World" | "World":*)',
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should return translated query with filters', async () => {
       const actualTranslatedQuery = searchEngine.translator({
         term: 'testTerm',
diff --git a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.ts b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.ts
index 0b052a499d..74a1e09010 100644
--- a/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.ts
+++ b/plugins/search-backend-module-pg/src/PgSearchEngine/PgSearchEngine.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class PgSearchEngine implements SearchEngine {
     return {
       pgTerm: query.term
         .split(/\s/)
-        .map(p => p.trim())
+        .map(p => p.replace(/[\0()|&:*!]/g, '').trim())
         .filter(p => p !== '')
         .map(p => `(${JSON.stringify(p)} | ${JSON.stringify(p)}:*)`)
         .join('&'),