diff --git a/backend/src/server/routes/v1/dashboard-router.ts b/backend/src/server/routes/v1/dashboard-router.ts
index c466be087..135effc4c 100644
--- a/backend/src/server/routes/v1/dashboard-router.ts
+++ b/backend/src/server/routes/v1/dashboard-router.ts
@@ -904,7 +904,9 @@ export const registerDashboardRouter = async (server: FastifyZodProvider) => {
             projectId,
             path: secretPath,
             search,
-            tagSlugs: tags
+            tagSlugs: tags,
+            includeTagsInSearch: true,
+            includeMetadataInSearch: true
           });
 
           if (remainingLimit > 0 && totalSecretCount > adjustedOffset) {
@@ -924,7 +926,9 @@ export const registerDashboardRouter = async (server: FastifyZodProvider) => {
                 search,
                 limit: remainingLimit,
                 offset: adjustedOffset,
-                tagSlugs: tags
+                tagSlugs: tags,
+                includeTagsInSearch: true,
+                includeMetadataInSearch: true
               })
             ).secrets;
           }
@@ -1097,7 +1101,8 @@ export const registerDashboardRouter = async (server: FastifyZodProvider) => {
           filters: {
             ...sharedFilters,
             tagSlugs: tags,
-            includeTagsInSearch: true
+            includeTagsInSearch: true,
+            includeMetadataInSearch: true
           }
         },
         req.permission
diff --git a/backend/src/services/secret-v2-bridge/secret-v2-bridge-dal.ts b/backend/src/services/secret-v2-bridge/secret-v2-bridge-dal.ts
index cd2773172..1047a09cb 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/secret-v2-bridge/secret-v2-bridge-dal.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/secret-v2-bridge/secret-v2-bridge-dal.ts
@@ -415,6 +415,8 @@ export const secretV2BridgeDALFactory = ({ db, keyStore }: TSecretV2DalArg) => {
     filters?: {
       search?: string;
       tagSlugs?: string[];
+      includeTagsInSearch?: boolean;
+      includeMetadataInSearch?: boolean;
     }
   ) => {
     try {
@@ -433,17 +435,27 @@ export const secretV2BridgeDALFactory = ({ db, keyStore }: TSecretV2DalArg) => {
         .whereIn("folderId", folderIds)
         .where((bd) => {
           if (filters?.search) {
-            void bd.whereILike("key", `%${filters?.search}%`);
+            void bd.whereILike(`${TableName.SecretV2}.key`, `%${filters?.search}%`);
+            if (filters?.includeTagsInSearch) {
+              void bd.orWhereILike(`${TableName.SecretTag}.slug`, `%${filters?.search}%`);
+            }
+            if (filters?.includeMetadataInSearch) {
+              void bd
+                .orWhereILike(`${TableName.ResourceMetadata}.key`, `%${filters?.search}%`)
+                .orWhereILike(`${TableName.ResourceMetadata}.value`, `%${filters?.search}%`);
+            }
           }
         })
         .where((bd) => {
-          void bd.whereNull("userId").orWhere({ userId: userId || null });
+          void bd
+            .whereNull(`${TableName.SecretV2}.userId`)
+            .orWhere({ [`${TableName.SecretV2}.userId` as "userId"]: userId || null });
         })
-        .countDistinct("key");
+        .countDistinct(`${TableName.SecretV2}.key`);
 
       // only need to join tags if filtering by tag slugs
       const slugs = filters?.tagSlugs?.filter(Boolean);
-      if (slugs && slugs.length > 0) {
+      if ((slugs && slugs.length > 0) || filters?.includeTagsInSearch) {
         void query
           .leftJoin(
             TableName.SecretV2JnTag,
@@ -454,12 +466,24 @@ export const secretV2BridgeDALFactory = ({ db, keyStore }: TSecretV2DalArg) => {
             TableName.SecretTag,
             `${TableName.SecretV2JnTag}.${TableName.SecretTag}Id`,
             `${TableName.SecretTag}.id`
-          )
-          .whereIn("slug", slugs);
+          );
+
+        if (slugs?.length) {
+          void query.whereIn("slug", slugs);
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (filters?.includeMetadataInSearch) {
+        void query.leftJoin(
+          TableName.ResourceMetadata,
+          `${TableName.SecretV2}.id`,
+          `${TableName.ResourceMetadata}.secretId`
+        );
       }
 
       const secrets = await query;
 
+      // @ts-expect-error not inferred by knex
       return Number(secrets[0]?.count ?? 0);
     } catch (error) {
       throw new DatabaseError({ error, name: "get folder secret count" });
@@ -485,12 +509,14 @@ export const secretV2BridgeDALFactory = ({ db, keyStore }: TSecretV2DalArg) => {
         .whereIn(`${TableName.SecretV2}.folderId`, folderIds)
         .where((bd) => {
           if (filters?.search) {
+            void bd.whereILike(`${TableName.SecretV2}.key`, `%${filters?.search}%`);
             if (filters?.includeTagsInSearch) {
+              void bd.orWhereILike(`${TableName.SecretTag}.slug`, `%${filters?.search}%`);
+            }
+            if (filters?.includeMetadataInSearch) {
               void bd
-                .whereILike(`${TableName.SecretV2}.key`, `%${filters?.search}%`)
-                .orWhereILike(`${TableName.SecretTag}.slug`, `%${filters?.search}%`);
-            } else {
-              void bd.whereILike(`${TableName.SecretV2}.key`, `%${filters?.search}%`);
+                .orWhereILike(`${TableName.ResourceMetadata}.key`, `%${filters?.search}%`)
+                .orWhereILike(`${TableName.ResourceMetadata}.value`, `%${filters?.search}%`);
             }
           }
 
diff --git a/backend/src/services/secret-v2-bridge/secret-v2-bridge-types.ts b/backend/src/services/secret-v2-bridge/secret-v2-bridge-types.ts
index 825e7c805..48b2e0ef6 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/secret-v2-bridge/secret-v2-bridge-types.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/secret-v2-bridge/secret-v2-bridge-types.ts
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ export type TFindSecretsByFolderIdsFilter = {
   tagSlugs?: string[];
   metadataFilter?: { key?: string; value?: string }[];
   includeTagsInSearch?: boolean;
+  includeMetadataInSearch?: boolean;
   keys?: string[];
 };
 
diff --git a/backend/src/services/secret/secret-service.ts b/backend/src/services/secret/secret-service.ts
index 02b52473f..10527938f 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/secret/secret-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/secret/secret-service.ts
@@ -1137,6 +1137,8 @@ export const secretServiceFactory = ({
     | "environment"
     | "tagSlugs"
     | "search"
+    | "includeTagsInSearch"
+    | "includeMetadataInSearch"
   >) => {
     const { shouldUseSecretV2Bridge } = await projectBotService.getBotKey(projectId);
 
diff --git a/backend/src/services/secret/secret-types.ts b/backend/src/services/secret/secret-types.ts
index 2d52344e5..6a2a2b7e3 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/secret/secret-types.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/secret/secret-types.ts
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ export type TGetSecretsRawDTO = {
   limit?: number;
   search?: string;
   keys?: string[];
+  includeTagsInSearch?: boolean;
+  includeMetadataInSearch?: boolean;
 } & TProjectPermission;
 
 export type TGetSecretAccessListDTO = {
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/secret-manager/OverviewPage/components/SecretSearchInput/SecretSearchInput.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/secret-manager/OverviewPage/components/SecretSearchInput/SecretSearchInput.tsx
index 9c8562e06..9a69bfb9c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/secret-manager/OverviewPage/components/SecretSearchInput/SecretSearchInput.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/secret-manager/OverviewPage/components/SecretSearchInput/SecretSearchInput.tsx
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export const SecretSearchInput = ({
                   }}
                   autoComplete="off"
                   className="input text-md h-[2.3rem] w-full rounded-md rounded-l-none bg-mineshaft-800 py-[0.375rem] pl-2.5 pr-8 text-gray-400 placeholder-mineshaft-50 placeholder-opacity-50 outline-none duration-200 placeholder:text-sm hover:ring-bunker-400/60 focus:bg-mineshaft-700/80 focus:ring-1 focus:ring-primary-400/50"
-                  placeholder="Search by secret/folder name..."
+                  placeholder="Search by secret, folder, tag or metadata..."
                   value={value}
                   onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
                 />
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/secret-manager/OverviewPage/components/SecretSearchInput/components/QuickSearchSecretItem.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/secret-manager/OverviewPage/components/SecretSearchInput/components/QuickSearchSecretItem.tsx
index 80b53d426..a9d592b1c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/secret-manager/OverviewPage/components/SecretSearchInput/components/QuickSearchSecretItem.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/secret-manager/OverviewPage/components/SecretSearchInput/components/QuickSearchSecretItem.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
   faCheck,
   faChevronRight,
+  faCode,
   faCopy,
   faEye,
   faFolder,
@@ -82,6 +83,17 @@ export const QuickSearchSecretItem = ({
     search.trim() &&
     secretGroupTags?.find((tag) => tag && tag.slug.toLowerCase().includes(search.toLowerCase()));
 
+  const secretGroupMetadata = secretGroup.flatMap((secret) => secret.secretMetadata);
+
+  const metadataMatch =
+    search.trim() &&
+    secretGroupMetadata?.find(
+      (metadata) =>
+        metadata &&
+        (metadata.key.toLowerCase().includes(search.toLowerCase()) ||
+          metadata.value.toLowerCase().includes(search.toLowerCase()))
+    );
+
   return (
     <Tr
       className="hover cursor-pointer bg-mineshaft-700 hover:bg-mineshaft-600"
@@ -109,6 +121,12 @@ export const QuickSearchSecretItem = ({
               {tagMatch.slug}
             </Badge>
           )}
+          {metadataMatch && !tagMatch && (
+            <Badge variant="primary" className="flex items-center gap-1 whitespace-nowrap">
+              <FontAwesomeIcon size="xs" icon={faCode} />
+              <p className="truncate">Metadata Match</p>
+            </Badge>
+          )}
           {isSingleEnv ? (
             <Tooltip
               isDisabled={!groupSecret?.secretValueHidden}