diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/domain.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/domain.ts
index 02bfec66c91..d89723afc98 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/domain.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/playwright/utils/domain.ts
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ export const addAssetsToDomain = async (
     return (
       response
         .url()
-        .includes('/api/v1/search/query?q=**&index=all&from=0&size=15') &&
+        .includes('/api/v1/search/query?q=&index=all&from=0&size=15') &&
       queryFilter !== null &&
       queryFilter !== ''
     );
diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/rest/searchAPI.ts b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/rest/searchAPI.ts
index 4fc276d89b7..6949cb659f2 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/rest/searchAPI.ts
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/rest/searchAPI.ts
@@ -176,11 +176,12 @@ export const rawSearchQuery = <
 
   const queryWithSlash = getQueryWithSlash(query || '');
 
-  const apiQuery = query
-    ? filters
-      ? `${queryWithSlash} AND `
-      : queryWithSlash
-    : '';
+  const apiQuery =
+    query && query !== '**'
+      ? filters
+        ? `${queryWithSlash} AND `
+        : queryWithSlash
+      : '';
 
   const apiUrl = `/search/query?q=${apiQuery}${filters ?? ''}`;