diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/sink/elasticsearch.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/sink/elasticsearch.py
index a1dc3d6454a..594fa02b5b1 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/sink/elasticsearch.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/sink/elasticsearch.py
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ from metadata.ingestion.models.es_documents import (
     UserESDocument,
 )
 from metadata.ingestion.ometa.ometa_api import OpenMetadata
+from metadata.ingestion.ometa.utils import model_str
 from metadata.ingestion.sink.elasticsearch_mapping.container_search_index_mapping import (
     CONTAINER_ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX_MAPPING,
 )
@@ -906,7 +907,7 @@ def _create_tag_es_doc(
 
     for tag in tag_list.entities or []:
         suggest = [
-            ESSuggest(input=tag.fullyQualifiedName.__root__, weight=5),
+            ESSuggest(input=model_str(tag.fullyQualifiedName), weight=5),
             ESSuggest(input=tag.name.__root__, weight=10),
         ]