diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index df66b67e8..bc2a1e827 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 * Implement Kafka Event Publishing for Call-Number Type CRUD Operations ([MODINVSTOR-1275](https://folio-org.atlassian.net/browse/MODINVSTOR-1275))
 
 ### Bug fixes
-* Description ([ISSUE](https://folio-org.atlassian.net/browse/ISSUE))
+* Add item barcode right truncation search index ([MODINVSTOR-1292](https://folio-org.atlassian.net/browse/MODINVSTOR-1292))
 
 ### Tech Dept
 * Description ([ISSUE](https://folio-org.atlassian.net/browse/ISSUE))
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/db_scripts/createIndexBarcodePattern.sql b/src/main/resources/templates/db_scripts/createIndexBarcodePattern.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36e7ab736
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/db_scripts/createIndexBarcodePattern.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS item_barcode_idx_pattern
+  ON ${myuniversity}_${mymodule}.item (lower(jsonb->>'barcode') text_pattern_ops);
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/db_scripts/schema.json b/src/main/resources/templates/db_scripts/schema.json
index e2c76f3e1..12b5a4ff6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/db_scripts/schema.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/db_scripts/schema.json
@@ -1232,6 +1232,11 @@
       "run": "after",
       "snippetPath": "publication-period/migratePublicationPeriod.sql",
       "fromModuleVersion": "28.0.0"
+    },
+    {
+      "run": "after",
+      "snippetPath": "createIndexBarcodePattern.sql",
+      "fromModuleVersion": "28.0.3"
     }
   ]
 }