diff --git a/administrator/components/com_plugins/src/Model/PluginsModel.php b/administrator/components/com_plugins/src/Model/PluginsModel.php
index e40d5644e6d26..50d193fd1cb5c 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_plugins/src/Model/PluginsModel.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_plugins/src/Model/PluginsModel.php
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ protected function _getList($query, $limitstart = 0, $limit = 0)
                 $escapedSearchString = $this->refineSearchStringToRegex($search, '/');
 
                 foreach ($result as $i => $item) {
-                    if (!preg_match("/$escapedSearchString/i", $item->name)) {
+                    if (!preg_match("/$escapedSearchString/iu", $item->name)) {
                         unset($result[$i]);
                     }
                 }