diff --git a/src/Utilities/Request.php b/src/Utilities/Request.php
index fbbc6577..14957ec3 100644
--- a/src/Utilities/Request.php
+++ b/src/Utilities/Request.php
@@ -194,10 +194,10 @@ public function columnKeyword(int $index): string
     protected function prepareKeyword(float|array|int|string $keyword): string
     {
         if (is_array($keyword)) {
-            return implode(' ', $keyword);
+            $keyword = implode(' ', $keyword);
         }
 
-        return (string) $keyword;
+        return e((string) $keyword);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Integration/QueryDataTableTest.php b/tests/Integration/QueryDataTableTest.php
index e3e20ccb..588d03dd 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/QueryDataTableTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/QueryDataTableTest.php
@@ -80,6 +80,31 @@ public function it_can_perform_global_search()
         ]);
     }
 
+    /** @test */
+    public function it_can_perform_global_search_with_html_string()
+    {
+        User::create([
+            'name' => e('Record & 21'),
+            'email' => 'Email-21@example.com',
+        ]);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('Record & 21', User::find(21)->name);
+
+        $crawler = $this->call('GET', '/query/users', [
+            'columns' => [
+                ['data' => 'name', 'name' => 'name', 'searchable' => 'true', 'orderable' => 'true'],
+                ['data' => 'email', 'name' => 'email', 'searchable' => 'true', 'orderable' => 'true'],
+            ],
+            'search' => ['value' => 'Record & 21'],
+        ]);
+
+        $crawler->assertJson([
+            'draw' => 0,
+            'recordsTotal' => 21,
+            'recordsFiltered' => 1,
+        ]);
+    }
+
     /** @test */
     public function it_can_skip_total_records_count_query()
     {