diff --git a/lib/search_entries.rb b/lib/search_entries.rb
index 8965f73f..5281dbf3 100644
--- a/lib/search_entries.rb
+++ b/lib/search_entries.rb
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ module SearchEntries
         end
 
       [sql, number, number.length > 1 ? number.delete_prefix('0') : number, keyword]
-    elsif keyword.match?(/[^\p{L}\d&@._\-+]/) || keyword.match?(/\A['"].*['"]\z/)
+    elsif keyword.match?(/[^\p{L}\d&@._\-]/) || keyword.match?(/\A['"].*['"]\z/)
       ['tsvector @@ plainto_tsquery(?)', TextUtils.transliterate(keyword.downcase)]
     else
       keyword = TextUtils.transliterate(keyword.downcase).squish
diff --git a/lib/submitters.rb b/lib/submitters.rb
index b6f356e0..930332ac 100644
--- a/lib/submitters.rb
+++ b/lib/submitters.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ module Submitters
           end
 
         [sql, number, weight, number.length > 1 ? number.delete_prefix('0') : number, weight]
-      elsif keyword.match?(/[^\p{L}\d&@._\-+]/)
+      elsif keyword.match?(/[^\p{L}\d&@._\-]/)
         terms = TextUtils.transliterate(keyword.downcase).split(/\b/).map(&:squish).compact_blank.uniq
 
         if terms.size > 1