diff --git a/src/components/MonitorList.vue b/src/components/MonitorList.vue
index a579316b38..80a47ae6e8 100644
--- a/src/components/MonitorList.vue
+++ b/src/components/MonitorList.vue
@@ -324,11 +324,25 @@ export default {
             // finds monitor name, tag name or tag value
             let searchTextMatch = true;
             if (this.searchText !== "") {
-                const loweredSearchText = this.searchText.toLowerCase();
-                searchTextMatch =
-                    monitor.name.toLowerCase().includes(loweredSearchText)
-                    || monitor.tags.find(tag => tag.name.toLowerCase().includes(loweredSearchText)
-                        || tag.value?.toLowerCase().includes(loweredSearchText));
+                try {
+                    // Escape special characters for use in the regular expression
+                    const escapeRegExp = (string) => string.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
+
+                    const escapedSearchText = escapeRegExp(this.searchText);
+                    const regex = new RegExp(escapedSearchText, "i");
+
+                    const safeRegexTest = (str) => str && regex.test(str);
+
+                    searchTextMatch =
+                        regex.test(monitor.name) ||
+                        safeRegexTest(monitor.url) ||
+                        safeRegexTest(monitor.hostname) ||
+                        safeRegexTest(monitor.dns_resolve_server) ||
+                        monitor.tags.some(tag => regex.test(tag.name) || safeRegexTest(tag.value));
+                } catch (e) {
+                    console.error("Invalid regex pattern:", e);
+                    searchTextMatch = false;
+                }
             }
 
             // filter by status