diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-service.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-service.ts
index f4fc5de85c..2d9ed8a827 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-service.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ export class FeatureSearchService {
             if (parsed) queryParams.push(parsed);
         }
 
+        if (params.type) {
+            const parsed = this.parseOperatorValue(
+                'features.type',
+                params.type,
+            );
+            if (parsed) queryParams.push(parsed);
+        }
+
         ['tag', 'segment', 'project'].forEach((field) => {
             if (params[field]) {
                 const parsed = this.parseOperatorValue(field, params[field]);
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-store.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-store.ts
index e58991fa37..60fa1a111b 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-store.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature-search-store.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ class FeatureSearchStore implements IFeatureSearchStore {
         {
             userId,
             searchParams,
-            type,
             status,
             offset,
             limit,
@@ -175,10 +174,6 @@ class FeatureSearchStore implements IFeatureSearchStore {
                     'features.description',
                 ]);
 
-                if (type) {
-                    query.whereIn('features.type', type);
-                }
-
                 if (status && status.length > 0) {
                     query.where((builder) => {
                         for (const [envName, envStatus] of status) {
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature.search.e2e.test.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature.search.e2e.test.ts
index 33d78ba3fc..6d5c0af4cf 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature.search.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-search/feature.search.e2e.test.ts
@@ -102,10 +102,9 @@ const searchFeaturesWithOffset = async (
         .expect(expectedCode);
 };
 
-const filterFeaturesByType = async (types: string[], expectedCode = 200) => {
-    const typeParams = types.map((type) => `type[]=${type}`).join('&');
+const filterFeaturesByType = async (typeParams: string, expectedCode = 200) => {
     return app.request
-        .get(`/api/admin/search/features?${typeParams}`)
+        .get(`/api/admin/search/features?type=${typeParams}`)
         .expect(expectedCode);
 };
 
@@ -219,10 +218,9 @@ test('should filter features by type', async () => {
         type: 'experimental',
     });
 
-    const { body } = await filterFeaturesByType([
-        'experimental',
-        'kill-switch',
-    ]);
+    const { body } = await filterFeaturesByType(
+        'IS_ANY_OF:experimental,kill-switch',
+    );
 
     expect(body).toMatchObject({
         features: [{ name: 'my_feature_b' }],
diff --git a/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/types/feature-toggle-strategies-store-type.ts b/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/types/feature-toggle-strategies-store-type.ts
index 71ec9f9323..dd3bc8ccb9 100644
--- a/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/types/feature-toggle-strategies-store-type.ts
+++ b/src/lib/features/feature-toggle/types/feature-toggle-strategies-store-type.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export interface IFeatureSearchParams {
     segment?: string;
     createdAt?: string;
     state?: string;
-    type?: string[];
+    type?: string;
     tag?: string;
     status?: string[][];
     offset: number;
diff --git a/src/lib/openapi/spec/feature-search-query-parameters.ts b/src/lib/openapi/spec/feature-search-query-parameters.ts
index 472b79673e..91f450c03e 100644
--- a/src/lib/openapi/spec/feature-search-query-parameters.ts
+++ b/src/lib/openapi/spec/feature-search-query-parameters.ts
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ export const featureSearchQueryParameters = [
     {
         name: 'type',
         schema: {
-            type: 'array',
-            items: {
-                type: 'string',
-                example: 'release',
-            },
+            type: 'string',
+            example: 'IS:release',
+            pattern:
+                '^(IS|IS_NOT|IS_ANY_OF|IS_NONE_OF):(.*?)(,([a-zA-Z0-9_]+))*$',
         },
-        description: 'The list of feature types to filter by',
+        description:
+            'The feature flag type to filter by. The type can be specified with an operator. The supported operators are IS, IS_NOT, IS_ANY_OF, IS_NONE_OF.',
         in: 'query',
     },
     {