diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.ts
index adb36ee491..f7f49e1338 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/TestConfiguration.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import {
   view as viewController,
 } from "./controllers"
 
-import * as controllers from "./controllers"
 import { cleanup } from "../../utilities/fileSystem"
 import newid from "../../db/newid"
 import { generateUserMetadataID } from "../../db/utils"
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ import {
   RelationshipFieldMetadata,
   RelationshipType,
   Row,
-  SearchFilters,
+  SearchParams,
   SourceName,
   Table,
   TableSourceType,
@@ -706,14 +705,11 @@ class TestConfiguration {
     return this.api.row.fetch(tableId)
   }
 
-  async searchRows(tableId: string, searchParams: SearchFilters = {}) {
+  async searchRows(tableId: string, searchParams?: SearchParams) {
     if (!tableId && this.table) {
       tableId = this.table._id!
     }
-    const body = {
-      query: searchParams,
-    }
-    return this._req(body, { tableId }, controllers.row.search)
+    return this.api.row.search(tableId, searchParams)
   }
 
   // ROLE
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/row.ts b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/row.ts
index 3d4cf6c82c..936c906f9f 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/row.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tests/utilities/api/row.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   BulkImportRequest,
   BulkImportResponse,
   SearchRowResponse,
+  SearchParams,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import TestConfiguration from "../TestConfiguration"
 import { TestAPI } from "./base"
@@ -154,10 +155,12 @@ export class RowAPI extends TestAPI {
 
   search = async (
     sourceId: string,
+    params?: SearchParams,
     { expectStatus } = { expectStatus: 200 }
   ): Promise<SearchRowResponse> => {
     const request = this.request
       .post(`/api/${sourceId}/search`)
+      .send(params)
       .set(this.config.defaultHeaders())
       .expect(expectStatus)