diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f6e6403ca..43fae8b02 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ The types of changes are:
 
 * Update request status endpoint to return both audit and execution logs [#1068] (https://github.com/ethyca/fidesops/pull/1068/)
 * Update backend routing to handle dynamic frontend routes [#1033](https://github.com/ethyca/fidesops/pull/1033)
+* Make connection type search case-insensitive [#1133](https://github.com/ethyca/fidesops/pull/1133)
 
 ### Docs
 
diff --git a/src/fidesops/ops/api/v1/endpoints/connection_type_endpoints.py b/src/fidesops/ops/api/v1/endpoints/connection_type_endpoints.py
index b3239c7b2..9e88504a2 100644
--- a/src/fidesops/ops/api/v1/endpoints/connection_type_endpoints.py
+++ b/src/fidesops/ops/api/v1/endpoints/connection_type_endpoints.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def get_connection_types(
 ) -> List[ConnectionSystemTypeMap]:
     def is_match(elem: str) -> bool:
         """If a search query param was included, is it a substring of an available connector type?"""
-        return search in elem if search else True
+        return search.lower() in elem.lower() if search else True
 
     connection_system_types: List[ConnectionSystemTypeMap] = []
     if system_type == SystemType.database or system_type is None:
diff --git a/tests/ops/api/v1/endpoints/test_connection_template_endpoints.py b/tests/ops/api/v1/endpoints/test_connection_template_endpoints.py
index c582e8aac..a42851373 100644
--- a/tests/ops/api/v1/endpoints/test_connection_template_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/ops/api/v1/endpoints/test_connection_template_endpoints.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from typing import List
 from unittest import mock
 
 import pytest
@@ -96,6 +95,40 @@ def test_search_connection_types(self, api_client, generate_auth_header, url):
             {"identifier": SaaSType.outreach.value, "type": SystemType.saas.value},
         ]
 
+    def test_search_connection_types_case_insensitive(
+        self, api_client, generate_auth_header, url
+    ):
+        auth_header = generate_auth_header(scopes=[CONNECTION_TYPE_READ])
+
+        resp = api_client.get(url + "?search=St", headers=auth_header)
+        assert resp.status_code == 200
+        data = resp.json()["items"]
+        assert len(data) == 2
+        assert data[0] == {
+            "identifier": ConnectionType.postgres.value,
+            "type": SystemType.database.value,
+        }
+        assert data[1] == {
+            "identifier": SaaSType.stripe.value,
+            "type": SystemType.saas.value,
+        }
+
+        resp = api_client.get(url + "?search=Re", headers=auth_header)
+        assert resp.status_code == 200
+        data = resp.json()["items"]
+        assert len(data) == 3
+        assert data == [
+            {
+                "identifier": ConnectionType.postgres.value,
+                "type": SystemType.database.value,
+            },
+            {
+                "identifier": ConnectionType.redshift.value,
+                "type": SystemType.database.value,
+            },
+            {"identifier": SaaSType.outreach.value, "type": SystemType.saas.value},
+        ]
+
     def test_search_system_type(self, api_client, generate_auth_header, url):
         auth_header = generate_auth_header(scopes=[CONNECTION_TYPE_READ])