diff --git a/src/components/forms/FormSearchField.js b/src/components/forms/FormSearchField.js
index 2c8bfcc1f..78d3f79f6 100644
--- a/src/components/forms/FormSearchField.js
+++ b/src/components/forms/FormSearchField.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const FormSearchField = ({
     form: { setFieldValue, ...form },
     valueKey,
     labelKey,
+    readOnly,
     ...props
 }) => {
     const [searchValue, setSearchValue] = React.useState(value);
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ const FormSearchField = ({
     return (
         <Autocomplete
             id={id}
+            readOnly={readOnly}
             isOptionEqualToValue={(option, value) =>
                 option[labelKey] === value[labelKey]
             }
diff --git a/src/components/metadata/templates/index.js b/src/components/metadata/templates/index.js
index 2a68a0010..34e8174de 100644
--- a/src/components/metadata/templates/index.js
+++ b/src/components/metadata/templates/index.js
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ const MetadataTemplateAttributeForm = (props) => {
                             fieldProps = {
                                 ...fieldProps,
                                 searchAstroThesaurusTerms,
-                                isDisabled: !writable,
+                                readOnly: !writable,
                             };
                             break;
 
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ const MetadataTemplateAttributeForm = (props) => {
                                 ...fieldProps,
                                 searchOLSTerms,
                                 attribute,
-                                isDisabled: !writable,
+                                readOnly: !writable,
                             };
                             break;