diff --git a/packages/ui/src/elements/ListControls/index.tsx b/packages/ui/src/elements/ListControls/index.tsx
index 24310d5d97..2deb787076 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/elements/ListControls/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/elements/ListControls/index.tsx
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ export const ListControls: React.FC<ListControlsProps> = (props) => {
   const searchLabel =
     (titleField &&
       getTranslation(
-        'label' in titleField && typeof titleField.label === 'string'
+        'label' in titleField &&
+          (typeof titleField.label === 'string' || typeof titleField.label === 'object')
           ? titleField.label
           : 'name' in titleField
             ? titleField.name
diff --git a/test/localization/config.ts b/test/localization/config.ts
index bed2f48948..b91b0eb0ae 100644
--- a/test/localization/config.ts
+++ b/test/localization/config.ts
@@ -64,8 +64,16 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
     NestedArray,
     NestedFields,
     {
+      admin: {
+        listSearchableFields: 'name',
+      },
       auth: true,
       fields: [
+        {
+          name: 'name',
+          label: { en: 'Full name' },
+          type: 'text',
+        },
         {
           name: 'relation',
           relationTo: localizedPostsSlug,
@@ -83,6 +91,7 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
       fields: [
         {
           name: 'title',
+          label: { en: 'Full title' },
           index: true,
           localized: true,
           type: 'text',
diff --git a/test/localization/e2e.spec.ts b/test/localization/e2e.spec.ts
index cbe9c14b6c..c2403318b2 100644
--- a/test/localization/e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/test/localization/e2e.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import type { BrowserContext, Page } from '@playwright/test'
+import type { GeneratedTypes } from 'helpers/sdk/types.js'
 
 import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test'
+import { navigateToDoc } from 'helpers/e2e/navigateToDoc.js'
 import { openDocControls } from 'helpers/e2e/openDocControls.js'
+import { upsertPrefs } from 'helpers/e2e/upsertPrefs.js'
+import { RESTClient } from 'helpers/rest.js'
 import path from 'path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 
@@ -31,11 +35,6 @@ import {
   spanishLocale,
   withRequiredLocalizedFields,
 } from './shared.js'
-import { navigateToDoc } from 'helpers/e2e/navigateToDoc.js'
-
-import { upsertPrefs } from 'helpers/e2e/upsertPrefs.js'
-import { RESTClient } from 'helpers/rest.js'
-import { GeneratedTypes } from 'helpers/sdk/types.js'
 
 const filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
 const dirname = path.dirname(filename)
@@ -119,16 +118,16 @@ describe('Localization', () => {
 
       await expect(page.locator('.localizer .popup')).toHaveClass(/popup--active/)
 
-      const activeOption = await page.locator(
+      const activeOption = page.locator(
         `.localizer .popup.popup--active .popup-button-list__button--selected`,
       )
 
       await expect(activeOption).toBeVisible()
       const tagName = await activeOption.evaluate((node) => node.tagName)
-      await expect(tagName).not.toBe('A')
+      expect(tagName).not.toBe('A')
       await expect(activeOption).not.toHaveAttribute('href')
-      await expect(tagName).not.toBe('BUTTON')
-      await expect(tagName).toBe('DIV')
+      expect(tagName).not.toBe('BUTTON')
+      expect(tagName).toBe('DIV')
     })
   })
 
@@ -140,7 +139,7 @@ describe('Localization', () => {
       const createNewButtonLocator =
         '.collection-list a[href="/admin/collections/cannot-create-default-locale/create"]'
 
-      await expect(page.locator(createNewButtonLocator)).not.toBeVisible()
+      await expect(page.locator(createNewButtonLocator)).toBeHidden()
       await changeLocale(page, spanishLocale)
       await expect(page.locator(createNewButtonLocator).first()).toBeVisible()
       await page.goto(urlCannotCreateDefaultLocale.create)
@@ -330,11 +329,11 @@ describe('Localization', () => {
 
       await page.goto(url.list)
 
-      const localeLabel = await page
+      const localeLabel = page
         .locator('.localizer.app-header__localizer .localizer-button__current-label')
-        .innerText()
+        
 
-      expect(localeLabel).not.toEqual('English')
+      await expect(localeLabel).not.toHaveText('English')
     })
   })
 
@@ -351,7 +350,7 @@ describe('Localization', () => {
       await navigateToDoc(page, urlRelationshipLocalized)
       const drawerToggler =
         '#field-relationMultiRelationTo .relationship--single-value__drawer-toggler'
-      expect(page.locator(drawerToggler)).toBeEnabled()
+      await expect(page.locator(drawerToggler)).toBeEnabled()
       await openDocDrawer(page, drawerToggler)
       await expect(page.locator('.doc-drawer__header-text')).toContainText('spanish-relation2')
       await page.locator('.doc-drawer__header-close').click()
@@ -518,7 +517,7 @@ describe('Localization', () => {
 
       // only throttle test after initial load to avoid timeouts
       const cdpSession = await throttleTest({
-        page: page,
+        page,
         context,
         delay: 'Fast 4G',
       })
@@ -541,6 +540,13 @@ describe('Localization', () => {
       await cdpSession.detach()
     })
   })
+
+  test('should use label in search filter when string or object', async () => {
+    await page.goto(url.list)
+    const searchInput = page.locator('.search-filter__input')
+    await expect(searchInput).toBeVisible()
+    await expect(searchInput).toHaveAttribute('placeholder', 'Search by Full title')
+  })
 })
 
 async function fillValues(data: Partial<LocalizedPost>) {
diff --git a/test/localization/payload-types.ts b/test/localization/payload-types.ts
index 320471a4a4..cfc3e07d4c 100644
--- a/test/localization/payload-types.ts
+++ b/test/localization/payload-types.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ export interface Config {
   auth: {
     users: UserAuthOperations;
   };
-  blocks: {};
   collections: {
     richText: RichText;
     'blocks-fields': BlocksField;
@@ -322,6 +321,7 @@ export interface NestedFieldTable {
  */
 export interface User {
   id: string;
+  name?: string | null;
   relation?: (string | null) | LocalizedPost;
   updatedAt: string;
   createdAt: string;
@@ -928,6 +928,7 @@ export interface NestedFieldTablesSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
  * via the `definition` "users_select".
  */
 export interface UsersSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
+  name?: T;
   relation?: T;
   updatedAt?: T;
   createdAt?: T;