diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/exception_lists/utils/get_exception_lists_item_filter.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/exception_lists/utils/get_exception_lists_item_filter.test.ts
index 8e8b3499338dc..33ef8f1936aa5 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/exception_lists/utils/get_exception_lists_item_filter.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/exception_lists/utils/get_exception_lists_item_filter.test.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ describe('getExceptionListsItemFilter', () => {
       savedObjectType: ['exception-list'],
     });
     expect(filter).toEqual(
-      '((exception-list.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list.attributes.list_id: "some-list-id") AND exception-list.attributes.name: "Sample Endpoint Exception List")'
+      '((exception-list.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list.attributes.list_id: "some-list-id") AND (exception-list.attributes.name: "Sample Endpoint Exception List"))'
     );
   });
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ describe('getExceptionListsItemFilter', () => {
       savedObjectType: ['exception-list', 'exception-list-agnostic'],
     });
     expect(filter).toEqual(
-      '((exception-list.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list.attributes.list_id: "list-1") AND exception-list.attributes.name: "Sample Endpoint Exception List") OR (exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_id: "list-2")'
+      '((exception-list.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list.attributes.list_id: "list-1") AND (exception-list.attributes.name: "Sample Endpoint Exception List")) OR (exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_id: "list-2")'
     );
   });
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ describe('getExceptionListsItemFilter', () => {
       savedObjectType: ['exception-list', 'exception-list-agnostic', 'exception-list-agnostic'],
     });
     expect(filter).toEqual(
-      '((exception-list.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list.attributes.list_id: "list-1") AND exception-list.attributes.name: "Sample Endpoint Exception List") OR (exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_id: "list-2") OR (exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_id: "list-3")'
+      '((exception-list.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list.attributes.list_id: "list-1") AND (exception-list.attributes.name: "Sample Endpoint Exception List")) OR (exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_id: "list-2") OR (exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_id: "list-3")'
     );
   });
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ describe('getExceptionListsItemFilter', () => {
       savedObjectType: ['exception-list', 'exception-list-agnostic', 'exception-list-agnostic'],
     });
     expect(filter).toEqual(
-      '((exception-list.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list.attributes.list_id: "list-1") AND exception-list.attributes.name: "Sample Endpoint Exception List 1") OR ((exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_id: "list-2") AND exception-list.attributes.name: "Sample Endpoint Exception List 2") OR ((exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_id: "list-3") AND exception-list.attributes.name: "Sample Endpoint Exception List 3")'
+      '((exception-list.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list.attributes.list_id: "list-1") AND (exception-list.attributes.name: "Sample Endpoint Exception List 1")) OR ((exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_id: "list-2") AND (exception-list.attributes.name: "Sample Endpoint Exception List 2")) OR ((exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_id: "list-3") AND (exception-list.attributes.name: "Sample Endpoint Exception List 3"))'
     );
   });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/exception_lists/utils/import/find_all_exception_list_item_types.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/exception_lists/utils/import/find_all_exception_list_item_types.test.ts
index 60d63c00b0114..7320d7dafe397 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/exception_lists/utils/import/find_all_exception_list_item_types.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/lists/server/services/exception_lists/utils/import/find_all_exception_list_item_types.test.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe('find_all_exception_list_item_types', () => {
 
       expect(savedObjectsClient.find).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         filter:
-          '((exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_id: "detection_list_id") AND exception-list-agnostic.attributes.item_id:(1))',
+          '((exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_id: "detection_list_id") AND (exception-list-agnostic.attributes.item_id:(1)))',
         page: undefined,
         perPage: 100,
         sortField: undefined,
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ describe('find_all_exception_list_item_types', () => {
 
       expect(savedObjectsClient.find).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         filter:
-          '((exception-list.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list.attributes.list_id: "detection_list_id") AND exception-list.attributes.item_id:(1))',
+          '((exception-list.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list.attributes.list_id: "detection_list_id") AND (exception-list.attributes.item_id:(1)))',
         page: undefined,
         perPage: 100,
         sortField: undefined,
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ describe('find_all_exception_list_item_types', () => {
 
       expect(savedObjectsClient.find).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
         filter:
-          '((exception-list.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list.attributes.list_id: "detection_list_id") AND exception-list.attributes.item_id:(2)) OR ((exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_id: "detection_list_id") AND exception-list-agnostic.attributes.item_id:(1))',
+          '((exception-list.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list.attributes.list_id: "detection_list_id") AND (exception-list.attributes.item_id:(2))) OR ((exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_type: item AND exception-list-agnostic.attributes.list_id: "detection_list_id") AND (exception-list-agnostic.attributes.item_id:(1)))',
         page: undefined,
         perPage: 100,
         sortField: undefined,