diff --git a/gui/rpk-gui/src/providers/data-provider.tsx b/gui/rpk-gui/src/providers/data-provider.tsx
index 312d984..0cb245a 100644
--- a/gui/rpk-gui/src/providers/data-provider.tsx
+++ b/gui/rpk-gui/src/providers/data-provider.tsx
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export const dataProvider: DataProvider = {
     if (filters && filters.length > 0) {
       filters.forEach((filter) => {
         if ("field" in filter && filter.value && filter.operator === "contains") {
-          params.append(filter.field + "__like", "%" + filter.value + "%");
+          params.append(filter.field + "__ilike", filter.value);
         }
       });
     }