diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/authority/DSpaceControlledVocabulary.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/authority/DSpaceControlledVocabulary.java
index 7dbf92b9852..8af88040406 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/authority/DSpaceControlledVocabulary.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/authority/DSpaceControlledVocabulary.java
@@ -203,6 +203,15 @@ public Choices getBestMatch(String text, String locale) {
         return new Choices(choices.toArray(new Choice[choices.size()]), 0, choices.size(), Choices.CF_AMBIGUOUS, false);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * - If the string doesn't contain any single quotes, it wraps the string in single quotes.
+     * - If the string contains single quotes but no double quotes, it wraps the string in double quotes.
+     * - If the string contains both single and double quotes,
+     *      it constructs an XPath expression using the concat function.
+     * The goal is to allow the string to be safely used in XPath expressions regardless of the presence of quotes.
+     * @param text
+     * @return
+     */
     private String escapeQuotes(String text) {
         // If we don't have any quote then enquote string in single quote
         if (!text.contains("'")) {
@@ -228,7 +237,7 @@ private String escapeQuotes(String text) {
                 sb.append(",");
             }
 
-            sb.append(String.format("\"%s\",'\"'", text.substring(lastPos, nextPos - lastPos)));
+            sb.append(String.format("\"%s\",'\"'", text.substring(lastPos, nextPos)));
             lastPos = ++nextPos;
 
             // Find next occurrence
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/test/data/dspaceFolder/config/controlled-vocabularies/srsc.xml b/dspace-api/src/test/data/dspaceFolder/config/controlled-vocabularies/srsc.xml
index 9c81c75a675..c2ef1182c9c 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/test/data/dspaceFolder/config/controlled-vocabularies/srsc.xml
+++ b/dspace-api/src/test/data/dspaceFolder/config/controlled-vocabularies/srsc.xml
@@ -367,6 +367,12 @@
 								<node id="VR11390777" label="test&quot;test'example'">
 									<hasNote>Datorlingvistik</hasNote>
 								</node>
+								<node id="VR11390777b" label="test2&quot;test'example&quot;'&quot;test">
+									<hasNote>Datorlingvistik</hasNote>
+								</node>
+								<node id="VR11390777b" label="University's s&quot;P&quot;apers">
+									<hasNote>Datorlingvistik</hasNote>
+								</node>
 								<node id="VR11390888" label="test:example">
 									<hasNote>Datorlingvistik</hasNote>
 								</node>
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/data/dspaceFolder/config/controlled-vocabularies/srsc.xml b/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/data/dspaceFolder/config/controlled-vocabularies/srsc.xml
index 9c81c75a675..c2ef1182c9c 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/data/dspaceFolder/config/controlled-vocabularies/srsc.xml
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/data/dspaceFolder/config/controlled-vocabularies/srsc.xml
@@ -367,6 +367,12 @@
 								<node id="VR11390777" label="test&quot;test'example'">
 									<hasNote>Datorlingvistik</hasNote>
 								</node>
+								<node id="VR11390777b" label="test2&quot;test'example&quot;'&quot;test">
+									<hasNote>Datorlingvistik</hasNote>
+								</node>
+								<node id="VR11390777b" label="University's s&quot;P&quot;apers">
+									<hasNote>Datorlingvistik</hasNote>
+								</node>
 								<node id="VR11390888" label="test:example">
 									<hasNote>Datorlingvistik</hasNote>
 								</node>
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/VocabularyEntryDetailsIT.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/VocabularyEntryDetailsIT.java
index 84dda6765a6..1c9490971da 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/VocabularyEntryDetailsIT.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/VocabularyEntryDetailsIT.java
@@ -491,10 +491,45 @@ public void testSearchWithComma() throws Exception {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testSearchWithColumn() throws Exception {
+    public void testSearchWithColon() throws Exception {
         String tokenAdmin = getAuthToken(admin.getEmail(), password);
         getClient(tokenAdmin).perform(get("/api/submission/vocabularies/srsc/entries?filter=test:example&exact=true"))
                              .andExpect(status().isOk())
                              .andExpect(jsonPath("_embedded.entries[0].display").value("test:example"));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSearchWithApostropheAndQuoteReversed() throws Exception {
+        String tokenAdmin = getAuthToken(admin.getEmail(), password);
+        getClient(tokenAdmin).perform(
+                        get("/api/submission/vocabularies/srsc/entries?filter=test2\"test'example\"'\"" +
+                                "&exact==false"))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("_embedded.entries[0].display").value("test2\"test'example\"'\"test"));
+        getClient(tokenAdmin).perform(
+                        get("/api/submission/vocabularies/srsc/entries?filter=test2\"test'exam" +
+                                "&exact==false"))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("_embedded.entries[0].display").value("test2\"test'example\"'\"test"));
+        getClient(tokenAdmin).perform(
+                        get("/api/submission/vocabularies/srsc/entries?filter=test2\"test'exam" +
+                                "&exact==true"))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("_embedded.entries[0].display").value("test2\"test'example\"'\"test"));
+        getClient(tokenAdmin).perform(
+                        get("/api/submission/vocabularies/srsc/entries?filter=University's s\"" +
+                                "&exact==false"))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("_embedded.entries[0].display").value("University's s\"P\"apers"));
+        getClient(tokenAdmin).perform(
+                        get("/api/submission/vocabularies/srsc/entries?filter=University's s\"P\"" +
+                                "&exact==false"))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("_embedded.entries[0].display").value("University's s\"P\"apers"));
+        getClient(tokenAdmin).perform(
+                        get("/api/submission/vocabularies/srsc/entries?filter=University's s\"P\"apers" +
+                                "&exact==true"))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("_embedded.entries[0].display").value("University's s\"P\"apers"));
+    }
 }