diff --git a/src/components/pages/AppOverview/index.tsx b/src/components/pages/AppOverview/index.tsx
index 20441c8c8..e4c39c297 100644
--- a/src/components/pages/AppOverview/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/pages/AppOverview/index.tsx
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ import { fetchImageWithToken } from 'services/ImageService'
 import { setCurrentActiveStep } from 'features/appManagement/slice'
 import { setAppId, setAppStatus } from 'features/appManagement/actions'
 import NoItems from '../NoItems'
+import { isValidAppOverviewSearch } from 'types/Patterns'
 
 export default function AppOverview() {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
@@ -222,8 +223,7 @@ export default function AppOverview() {
 
   const doSearch = useCallback(
     (expr: string) => {
-      const validateExpr = /^[ A-Za-z]*$/.test(expr)
-      if (!validateExpr) {
+      if (!isValidAppOverviewSearch(expr)) {
         return
       }
       setSearchExpr(expr)
diff --git a/src/types/Patterns.test.ts b/src/types/Patterns.test.ts
index 803569c30..fa79c6fe2 100644
--- a/src/types/Patterns.test.ts
+++ b/src/types/Patterns.test.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   isClientID,
   isPersonName,
   isSearchUserEmail,
+  isValidAppOverviewSearch,
 } from './Patterns'
 
 const TESTDATA = {
@@ -255,6 +256,10 @@ const TESTDATA = {
     ],
     invalid: ['()*&^%$#/\\?><,`~'],
   },
+  appOverview: {
+    valid: ['sa-12', '1234', 'Test123!@#'],
+    invalid: ['🚀 Rocket!', 'Invalid\nNewLine'],
+  },
 }
 
 describe('Input Pattern Tests', () => {
@@ -354,4 +359,12 @@ describe('Input Pattern Tests', () => {
       expect(isSearchUserEmail(expr)).toBe(false)
     })
   })
+  it('validate appoverview search', () => {
+    TESTDATA.appOverview.valid.forEach((expr) => {
+      expect(isValidAppOverviewSearch(expr)).toBe(true)
+    })
+    TESTDATA.appOverview.invalid.forEach((expr) => {
+      expect(isValidAppOverviewSearch(expr)).toBe(false)
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/types/Patterns.ts b/src/types/Patterns.ts
index c9253a092..0b3994971 100644
--- a/src/types/Patterns.ts
+++ b/src/types/Patterns.ts
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ export const Patterns = {
       /^(?!.*\s$)(?=[a-zA-Z\d-]{0,10}[-\s]?[a-zA-Z\d-]{0,10}$)[a-zA-Z\d\s-]{2,10}$/,
   },
   EMAIL_SEARCH: /^[ A-Za-z0-9._!@+-]*$/,
+  appOverview: {
+    SEARCH: /^[ A-Za-z0-9!@#$%^&*()_+\-=[\]{};':"\\|,.<>/?]*$/,
+  },
 }
 
 export const isEmpty = (expr: string) => !expr || expr.trim() === ''
@@ -208,5 +211,7 @@ export const isPostalCode = (expr: string) =>
   Patterns.companyData.POSTAL_CODE.test(expr)
 export const isSearchUserEmail = (expr: string) =>
   Patterns.EMAIL_SEARCH.test(expr)
+export const isValidAppOverviewSearch = (expr: string) =>
+  Patterns.appOverview.SEARCH.test(expr)
 
 export default Patterns