diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts
index b21fd1fa04a..87d0aa72c76 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/search.spec.ts
@@ -324,19 +324,22 @@ describe.each([
           name: "deprecated_single_user",
           type: FieldType.BB_REFERENCE,
           subtype: BBReferenceFieldSubType.USER,
-          constraints: {
-            type: "array",
-          },
         },
         multi_user: {
           name: "multi_user",
           type: FieldType.BB_REFERENCE,
           subtype: BBReferenceFieldSubType.USER,
+          constraints: {
+            type: "array",
+          },
         },
         deprecated_multi_user: {
           name: "deprecated_multi_user",
           type: FieldType.BB_REFERENCE,
           subtype: BBReferenceFieldSubType.USERS,
+          constraints: {
+            type: "array",
+          },
         },
       })
       await createRows(rows(config.getUser()))
diff --git a/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts b/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts
index 2438e7f8404..1401b75e93f 100644
--- a/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-core/src/filters.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ import {
   SearchFilterOperator,
   SortDirection,
   SortType,
+  FieldConstraints,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 import dayjs from "dayjs"
 import { OperatorOptions, SqlNumberTypeRangeMap } from "./constants"
-import { deepGet } from "./helpers"
+import { deepGet, schema } from "./helpers"
 
 const HBS_REGEX = /{{([^{].*?)}}/g
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export const getValidOperatorsForType = (
     type: FieldType
     subtype?: BBReferenceFieldSubType
     formulaType?: FormulaType
+    constraints?: FieldConstraints
   },
   field?: string,
   datasource?: Datasource & { tableId: any }
@@ -68,7 +70,10 @@ export const getValidOperatorsForType = (
     ops = numOps
   } else if (type === FieldType.FORMULA && formulaType === FormulaType.STATIC) {
     ops = stringOps.concat([Op.MoreThan, Op.LessThan])
-  } else if (type === FieldType.BB_REFERENCE_SINGLE) {
+  } else if (
+    type === FieldType.BB_REFERENCE_SINGLE ||
+    schema.isDeprecatedSingleUserColumn(fieldType)
+  ) {
     ops = [Op.Equals, Op.NotEquals, Op.Empty, Op.NotEmpty, Op.In]
   } else if (type === FieldType.BB_REFERENCE) {
     ops = [Op.Contains, Op.NotContains, Op.ContainsAny, Op.Empty, Op.NotEmpty]
diff --git a/packages/shared-core/src/helpers/schema.ts b/packages/shared-core/src/helpers/schema.ts
index 548a5c9766e..985e068be09 100644
--- a/packages/shared-core/src/helpers/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/shared-core/src/helpers/schema.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import {
   FieldType,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 
-export function isDeprecatedSingleUserColumn(schema: FieldSchema) {
+export function isDeprecatedSingleUserColumn(
+  schema: Pick<FieldSchema, "type" | "subtype" | "constraints">
+) {
   const result =
     schema.type === FieldType.BB_REFERENCE &&
     schema.subtype === BBReferenceFieldSubType.USER &&