diff --git a/modules/services/ogc-api-records/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/ogcapi/records/controller/ItemApiController.java b/modules/services/ogc-api-records/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/ogcapi/records/controller/ItemApiController.java
index 505bf55f..57cea862 100644
--- a/modules/services/ogc-api-records/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/ogcapi/records/controller/ItemApiController.java
+++ b/modules/services/ogc-api-records/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/ogcapi/records/controller/ItemApiController.java
@@ -575,6 +575,7 @@ private ResponseEntity<Void> collectionsCollectionIdItemsGetAsHtml(
     String collectionFilter = collectionService.retrieveCollectionFilter(source, false);
     String query = recordsEsQueryBuilder
         .buildQuery(q, externalids, bbox, startindex, limit, collectionFilter, sortby, null);
+
     EsSearchResults results = new EsSearchResults();
     try {
       results = proxy
diff --git a/modules/services/ogc-api-records/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/ogcapi/records/util/RecordsEsQueryBuilder.java b/modules/services/ogc-api-records/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/ogcapi/records/util/RecordsEsQueryBuilder.java
index 81711090..f8a86621 100644
--- a/modules/services/ogc-api-records/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/ogcapi/records/util/RecordsEsQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/modules/services/ogc-api-records/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/ogcapi/records/util/RecordsEsQueryBuilder.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.geometry.Rectangle;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.BoolQueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.GeoShapeQueryBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.query.Operator;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryBuilders;
 import org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder;
@@ -141,11 +142,15 @@ public String buildQuery(
       }
     }
 
-    String filterQueryString = configuration.getQueryFilter();
+    String filterQueryString = "(" + configuration.getQueryFilter() + ")";
     if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(collectionFilter)) {
-      filterQueryString += " " + collectionFilter;
+      filterQueryString += " (" + collectionFilter + ")";
     }
-    boolQuery.filter(QueryBuilders.queryStringQuery(filterQueryString));
+
+    var bbQuery = QueryBuilders.queryStringQuery(filterQueryString);
+    bbQuery.defaultOperator(Operator.AND);
+    boolQuery.filter(bbQuery);
+
     sourceBuilder.query(boolQuery);
     sourceBuilder.trackTotalHits(configuration.getTrackTotalHits());
     log.debug("OGC API query: {}", sourceBuilder.toString());