diff --git a/packages/db-postgres/src/queries/parseParams.ts b/packages/db-postgres/src/queries/parseParams.ts
index 570c9c5caf..f6b1622b4b 100644
--- a/packages/db-postgres/src/queries/parseParams.ts
+++ b/packages/db-postgres/src/queries/parseParams.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export async function parseParams({
           // So we need to loop on keys again here to handle each operator independently
           const pathOperators = where[relationOrPath]
           if (typeof pathOperators === 'object') {
-            for (const operator of Object.keys(pathOperators)) {
+            for (let operator of Object.keys(pathOperators)) {
               if (validOperators.includes(operator as Operator)) {
                 const val = where[relationOrPath][operator]
                 const {
@@ -157,6 +157,13 @@ export async function parseParams({
                   break
                 }
 
+                if (
+                  operator === 'like' &&
+                  (field.type === 'number' || table[columnName].columnType === 'PgUUID')
+                ) {
+                  operator = 'equals'
+                }
+
                 if (operator === 'like') {
                   constraints.push(
                     and(...val.split(' ').map((word) => ilike(table[columnName], `%${word}%`))),
diff --git a/test/collections-rest/int.spec.ts b/test/collections-rest/int.spec.ts
index 1e21f7a594..8398a1c51c 100644
--- a/test/collections-rest/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/collections-rest/int.spec.ts
@@ -513,6 +513,26 @@ describe('collections-rest', () => {
           expect(result.docs).toEqual([post])
           expect(result.totalDocs).toEqual(1)
         })
+
+        it('should query LIKE by ID', async () => {
+          const post = await payload.create({
+            collection: slug,
+            data: {
+              title: 'find me buddy',
+            },
+          })
+
+          const { result, status } = await client.find<Post>({
+            query: {
+              id: {
+                like: post.id,
+              },
+            },
+          })
+
+          expect(status).toStrictEqual(200)
+          expect(result.totalDocs).toStrictEqual(1)
+        })
       })
 
       it('should query nested relationship - hasMany', async () => {