diff --git a/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.test.ts b/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.test.ts
index f11627d092..c235ff1592 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.test.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.test.ts
@@ -343,14 +343,16 @@ describe('CatalogClient', () => {
       await client.queryEntities({
         fields: ['a', 'b'],
         limit: 100,
-        query: 'query',
+        fullTextFilter: {
+          term: 'query',
+        },
         orderFields: [
           { field: 'metadata.name', order: 'asc' },
           { field: 'metadata.uid', order: 'desc' },
         ],
       });
       expect(mockedEndpoint.mock.calls[0][0].url.search).toBe(
-        '?limit=100&sortField=metadata.name,asc&sortField=metadata.uid,desc&fields=a,b&query=query',
+        '?limit=100&sortField=metadata.name,asc&sortField=metadata.uid,desc&fields=a,b&fullTextFilterTerm=query',
       );
     });
 
@@ -366,7 +368,9 @@ describe('CatalogClient', () => {
       await client.queryEntities({
         fields: ['a', 'b'],
         limit: 100,
-        query: 'query',
+        fullTextFilter: {
+          term: 'query',
+        },
         orderFields: [{ field: 'metadata.name', order: 'asc' }],
         cursor: 'cursor',
       });
diff --git a/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts b/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts
index a380baf6e5..4984d394d4 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-client/src/CatalogClient.ts
@@ -214,7 +214,13 @@ export class CatalogClient implements CatalogApi {
     const params: string[] = [];
 
     if (isQueryEntitiesInitialRequest(request)) {
-      const { fields = [], filter, limit, orderFields, query } = request;
+      const {
+        fields = [],
+        filter,
+        limit,
+        orderFields,
+        fullTextFilter,
+      } = request;
       params.push(...this.getParams(filter));
 
       if (limit !== undefined) {
@@ -229,9 +235,12 @@ export class CatalogClient implements CatalogApi {
         params.push(`fields=${fields.map(encodeURIComponent).join(',')}`);
       }
 
-      const normalizedQuery = query?.trim();
-      if (normalizedQuery) {
-        params.push(`query=${normalizedQuery}`);
+      const normalizedFullTextFilterTerm = fullTextFilter?.term?.trim();
+      if (normalizedFullTextFilterTerm) {
+        params.push(`fullTextFilterTerm=${normalizedFullTextFilterTerm}`);
+      }
+      if (fullTextFilter?.fields?.length) {
+        params.push(`fullTextFilterFields=${fullTextFilter.fields.join(',')}`);
       }
     } else {
       const { fields = [], limit, cursor } = request;
diff --git a/packages/catalog-client/src/types/api.ts b/packages/catalog-client/src/types/api.ts
index 4a727b7bf0..963e0521a0 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-client/src/types/api.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-client/src/types/api.ts
@@ -401,7 +401,10 @@ export type QueryEntitiesInitialRequest = {
   limit?: number;
   filter?: EntityFilterQuery;
   orderFields?: EntityOrderQuery;
-  query?: string;
+  fullTextFilter?: {
+    term: string;
+    fields?: string[];
+  };
 };
 
 /**