diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/internalSearch.spec.js b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/internalSearch.spec.js
index 810226aae1..50ee2b26ac 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/internalSearch.spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/internalSearch.spec.js
@@ -145,4 +145,13 @@ describe("internal search", () => {
     }, PARAMS)
     checkLucene(response, `column:"a" OR column:"b" OR column:"c"`, PARAMS)
   })
+
+  it("check a weird case for lucene building", async () => {
+    const response = await search.paginatedSearch({
+      equal: {
+        "1:1:column": "a",
+      },
+    }, PARAMS)
+    checkLucene(response, `*:* AND 1\\:column:"a"`, PARAMS)
+  })
 })
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