diff --git a/frontend/cypress/e2e/pages/SearchPage.cy.ts b/frontend/cypress/e2e/pages/SearchPage.cy.ts
index a26afcfac..082d4bb12 100644
--- a/frontend/cypress/e2e/pages/SearchPage.cy.ts
+++ b/frontend/cypress/e2e/pages/SearchPage.cy.ts
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ describe("Search Page", () => {
 
   describe("when user fills in the search box with extra spaces", () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
-      cy.fillFormEntry("#search-box", " hello     world  ", { skipBlur: true });
+      cy.fillFormEntry("#search-box", " hello world  ", { skipBlur: true });
     });
 
     it("trims the entered string before making the API call", () => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/SearchPage.vue b/frontend/src/pages/SearchPage.vue
index 02fc8fde4..1a48b48a5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/SearchPage.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/SearchPage.vue
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const pageSize = ref(10);
 
 const rawSearchKeyword = ref("");
 
-const searchKeyword = computed(() => rawSearchKeyword.value.trim().replaceAll(/ +/g, " "));
+const searchKeyword = computed(() => rawSearchKeyword.value.trim());
 const lastSearchKeyword = ref("");
 
 // empty is valid