diff --git a/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts b/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts
index 3c6901e195..28f0b28425 100644
--- a/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts
@@ -310,16 +310,12 @@ export const buildQuery = (filter: SearchFilter[]) => {
           query.equal = query.equal || {}
           query.equal[field] = true
         } else {
-          query[queryOperator] = {
-            ...query[queryOperator],
-            [field]: value,
-          }
+          query[queryOperator] ??= {}
+          query[queryOperator]![field] = value
         }
       } else {
-        query[queryOperator] = {
-          ...query[queryOperator],
-          [field]: value,
-        }
+        query[queryOperator] ??= {}
+        query[queryOperator]![field] = value
       }
     }
   })
diff --git a/packages/types/src/sdk/search.ts b/packages/types/src/sdk/search.ts
index 856011284f..713b33ff54 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/sdk/search.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/sdk/search.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export enum InternalSearchFilterOperator {
   COMPLEX_ID_OPERATOR = "_complexIdOperator",
 }
 
-type BasicFilter = Record<string, string> & {
+type BasicFilter<T = any> = Record<string, T> & {
   [InternalSearchFilterOperator.COMPLEX_ID_OPERATOR]?: never
 }
 
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ export interface SearchFilters {
   // allows just fuzzy to be or - all the fuzzy/like parameters
   fuzzyOr?: boolean
   onEmptyFilter?: EmptyFilterOption
-  [SearchFilterOperator.STRING]?: BasicFilter
-  [SearchFilterOperator.FUZZY]?: BasicFilter
+  [SearchFilterOperator.STRING]?: BasicFilter<string>
+  [SearchFilterOperator.FUZZY]?: BasicFilter<string>
   [SearchFilterOperator.RANGE]?: RangeFilter
   [SearchFilterOperator.EQUAL]?: BasicFilter
   [SearchFilterOperator.NOT_EQUAL]?: BasicFilter