diff --git a/app/models/custom_emoji.rb b/app/models/custom_emoji.rb
index 550f005d5..1c9b44395 100644
--- a/app/models/custom_emoji.rb
+++ b/app/models/custom_emoji.rb
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class CustomEmoji < ApplicationRecord
     end
 
     def search(shortcode)
-      where('"custom_emojis"."shortcode" ILIKE ?', "%#{shortcode}%")
+      where(arel_table[:shortcode].matches("%#{sanitize_sql_like(shortcode)}%"))
     end
   end