diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index bc2dcd0a4..3ab0753d4 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -839,16 +839,16 @@
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             "name": "phpstan/phpstan",
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+            "version": "1.10.35",
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                 "url": "https://github.com/phpstan/phpstan.git",
-                "reference": "c47e47d3ab03137c0e121e77c4d2cb58672f6d44"
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-                "reference": "c47e47d3ab03137c0e121e77c4d2cb58672f6d44",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/phpstan/phpstan/zipball/e730e5facb75ffe09dfb229795e8c01a459f26c3",
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@@ -897,20 +897,20 @@
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-            "time": "2023-08-24T21:54:50+00:00"
+            "time": "2023-09-19T15:27:56+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "phpunit/php-code-coverage",
-            "version": "9.2.27",
+            "version": "9.2.29",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/php-code-coverage.git",
-                "reference": "b0a88255cb70d52653d80c890bd7f38740ea50d1"
+                "reference": "6a3a87ac2bbe33b25042753df8195ba4aa534c76"
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-                "reference": "b0a88255cb70d52653d80c890bd7f38740ea50d1",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/php-code-coverage/zipball/6a3a87ac2bbe33b25042753df8195ba4aa534c76",
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@@ -967,7 +967,7 @@
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-                "source": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/php-code-coverage/tree/9.2.27"
+                "source": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/php-code-coverage/tree/9.2.29"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@
                     "type": "github"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2023-07-26T13:44:30+00:00"
+            "time": "2023-09-19T04:57:46+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "phpunit/php-file-iterator",
@@ -1220,16 +1220,16 @@
         },
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             "name": "phpunit/phpunit",
-            "version": "9.6.11",
+            "version": "9.6.13",
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                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit.git",
-                "reference": "810500e92855eba8a7a5319ae913be2da6f957b0"
+                "reference": "f3d767f7f9e191eab4189abe41ab37797e30b1be"
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-                "reference": "810500e92855eba8a7a5319ae913be2da6f957b0",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/zipball/f3d767f7f9e191eab4189abe41ab37797e30b1be",
+                "reference": "f3d767f7f9e191eab4189abe41ab37797e30b1be",
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@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@
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                 "phar-io/version": "^3.0.2",
                 "php": ">=7.3",
-                "phpunit/php-code-coverage": "^9.2.13",
+                "phpunit/php-code-coverage": "^9.2.28",
                 "phpunit/php-file-iterator": "^3.0.5",
                 "phpunit/php-invoker": "^3.1.1",
                 "phpunit/php-text-template": "^2.0.3",
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@
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                 "security": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/security/policy",
-                "source": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/tree/9.6.11"
+                "source": "https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/tree/9.6.13"
             },
             "funding": [
                 {
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@
                     "type": "tidelift"
                 }
             ],
-            "time": "2023-08-19T07:10:56+00:00"
+            "time": "2023-09-19T05:39:22+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "psr/container",
@@ -2608,5 +2608,5 @@
         "php": ">=8.0"
     },
     "platform-dev": [],
-    "plugin-api-version": "2.3.0"
+    "plugin-api-version": "2.2.0"
 }
diff --git a/src/Database/Adapter/SQL.php b/src/Database/Adapter/SQL.php
index d4e9d9320..8525d2738 100644
--- a/src/Database/Adapter/SQL.php
+++ b/src/Database/Adapter/SQL.php
@@ -725,6 +725,10 @@ protected function getFulltextValue(string $value): string
         $value = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $value); // Remove multiple whitespaces
         $value = trim($value);
 
+        if (empty($value)) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
         if ($exact) {
             $value = '"' . $value . '"';
         } else {
diff --git a/tests/Database/Base.php b/tests/Database/Base.php
index 738a801f0..26726a0ca 100644
--- a/tests/Database/Base.php
+++ b/tests/Database/Base.php
@@ -1290,10 +1290,7 @@ public function testFulltextIndexWithInteger(): void
         static::getDatabase()->createIndex('documents', 'fulltext_integer', Database::INDEX_FULLTEXT, ['string','integer']);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @depends testCreateDocument
-     */
-    public function testListDocumentSearch(Document $document): void
+    public function testListDocumentSearch(): void
     {
         $fulltextSupport = $this->getDatabase()->getAdapter()->getSupportForFulltextIndex();
         if (!$fulltextSupport) {
@@ -1328,6 +1325,30 @@ public function testListDocumentSearch(Document $document): void
         $this->assertEquals(1, count($documents));
     }
 
+    public function testEmptySearch(): void
+    {
+        $fulltextSupport = $this->getDatabase()->getAdapter()->getSupportForFulltextIndex();
+        if (!$fulltextSupport) {
+            $this->expectNotToPerformAssertions();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $documents = static::getDatabase()->find('documents', [
+            Query::search('string', ''),
+        ]);
+        $this->assertEquals(0, count($documents));
+
+        $documents = static::getDatabase()->find('documents', [
+            Query::search('string', '*'),
+        ]);
+        $this->assertEquals(0, count($documents));
+
+        $documents = static::getDatabase()->find('documents', [
+            Query::search('string', '<>'),
+        ]);
+        $this->assertEquals(0, count($documents));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @depends testGetDocument
      */