diff --git a/lib/galaxy/util/search.py b/lib/galaxy/util/search.py
index e0bda0d956d..3fd2656f128 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/util/search.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/util/search.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def parse_filters(search_term, filters):
     search_term_without_filters = None
     search_space = search_term.replace('"', "'")
     filter_keys = "|".join(list(filters.keys()))
-    pattern = fr"({filter_keys}):([\w-]+|\'.*?\')"
+    pattern = fr"({filter_keys}):([\s\w-]+|\'.*?\')"
     reserved = re.compile(pattern)
     while True:
         match = reserved.search(search_space)
diff --git a/test/integration_selenium/test_trs_import.py b/test/integration_selenium/test_trs_import.py
index e5385088ce0..51d405387ff 100644
--- a/test/integration_selenium/test_trs_import.py
+++ b/test/integration_selenium/test_trs_import.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class TrsImportTestCase(SeleniumIntegrationTestCase):
 
     def test_import_by_organization_search_dockstore(self):
         self.trs_search()
-        self.components.trs_search.search.wait_for_and_send_keys('organization:iwc-workflows')
+        self.components.trs_search.search.wait_for_and_send_keys('organization: iwc-workflows')
         self.components.trs_search.search_result(workflow_name=TRS_NAME).wait_for_and_click()
         self.components.trs_search.import_version(version="v0.4").wait_for_and_click()
         self.sleep_for(self.wait_types.UX_RENDER)