diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/utils/text-search.ts b/src-ui/src/app/utils/text-search.ts
index d54f77726..d64ecdec9 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/utils/text-search.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/utils/text-search.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
 import { normalizeSync } from 'normalize-diacritics'
 
-export function normalizeSearchText(value: unknown): string {
+export type SearchTextValue =
+  | string
+  | number
+  | boolean
+  | bigint
+  | null
+  | undefined
+
+export function normalizeSearchText(value: SearchTextValue): string {
   return normalizeSync(String(value ?? '')).toLocaleLowerCase()
 }
 
 export function matchesSearchText(
-  value: unknown,
-  searchText: unknown
+  value: SearchTextValue,
+  searchText: SearchTextValue
 ): boolean {
   const normalizedValue = normalizeSearchText(value)
   const searchTerms = normalizeSearchText(searchText).trim().split(/\s+/)