diff --git a/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorSearchEngineElastic.php b/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorSearchEngineElastic.php
index 95b973ad28..120460a6c0 100644
--- a/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorSearchEngineElastic.php
+++ b/src/applications/search/engine/PhabricatorSearchEngineElastic.php
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ final class PhabricatorSearchEngineElastic extends PhabricatorSearchEngine {
         throw $ex;
       }
       $query = clone $query;
-      $query->setQuery(
+      $query->setParameter(
+        'query',
         addcslashes(
           $query->getParameter('query'), '+-&|!(){}[]^"~*?:\\'));
       $response = $this->executeRequest($uri, $this->buildSpec($query));