diff --git a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInput/RelationInput.js b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInput/RelationInput.js
index afa4157429..1411e70069 100644
--- a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInput/RelationInput.js
+++ b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInput/RelationInput.js
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ const RelationInput = ({
 
   const handleMenuOpen = (isOpen) => {
     if (isOpen) {
-      onSearch();
+      onSearch(textValue);
     }
   };
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ const RelationInput = ({
         <ComboboxWrapper marginRight="auto" maxWidth={size <= 6 ? '100%' : '70%'} width="100%">
           <Combobox
             ref={fieldRef}
-            autocomplete="list"
+            autocomplete="none"
             error={error}
             name={name}
             hint={description}
diff --git a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInput/tests/__snapshots__/RelationInput.test.js.snap b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInput/tests/__snapshots__/RelationInput.test.js.snap
index d9d6062035..29ae90a336 100644
--- a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInput/tests/__snapshots__/RelationInput.test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/components/RelationInput/tests/__snapshots__/RelationInput.test.js.snap
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ exports[`Content-Manager || RelationInput should render and match snapshot 1`] =
                 class="c10 c11"
               >
                 <input
-                  aria-autocomplete="list"
+                  aria-autocomplete="none"
                   aria-controls="radix-:r4:"
                   aria-describedby="1-hint 1-error"
                   aria-disabled="false"
diff --git a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/hooks/useRelation/tests/useRelation.test.js b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/hooks/useRelation/tests/useRelation.test.js
index 1b3409c074..8a42695bcb 100644
--- a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/hooks/useRelation/tests/useRelation.test.js
+++ b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/hooks/useRelation/tests/useRelation.test.js
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ describe('useRelation', () => {
     });
 
     expect(spy).toBeCalledWith('/', {
-      params: { _q: 'something', _filter: '$startsWithi', limit: 10, page: 1 },
+      params: { _q: 'something', _filter: '$containsi', limit: 10, page: 1 },
     });
   });
 
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ describe('useRelation', () => {
     expect(spy).toBeCalledWith(expect.any(String), {
       params: {
         _q: 'something',
-        _filter: '$startsWithi',
+        _filter: '$containsi',
         limit: 5,
         page: expect.any(Number),
       },
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ describe('useRelation', () => {
     expect(spy).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, expect.any(String), {
       params: {
         _q: 'something',
-        _filter: '$startsWithi',
+        _filter: '$containsi',
         limit: expect.any(Number),
         page: 1,
       },
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ describe('useRelation', () => {
     expect(spy).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, expect.any(String), {
       params: {
         _q: 'something',
-        _filter: '$startsWithi',
+        _filter: '$containsi',
         limit: expect.any(Number),
         page: 2,
       },
diff --git a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/hooks/useRelation/useRelation.js b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/hooks/useRelation/useRelation.js
index 4a75e930f8..ca6649618a 100644
--- a/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/hooks/useRelation/useRelation.js
+++ b/packages/core/admin/admin/src/content-manager/hooks/useRelation/useRelation.js
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export const useRelation = (cacheKey, { relation, search }) => {
     setSearchParams({
       ...options,
       _q: term,
-      _filter: '$startsWithi',
+      _filter: '$containsi',
     });
   };