diff --git a/lib/modules/platform/gerrit/client.spec.ts b/lib/modules/platform/gerrit/client.spec.ts
index 9ebdc67b7a8ed3f6c836beee0bc8aa3b9dfc4db1..dbae6713445b6e3a475c03ce2ff7a5e52a78eaa3 100644
--- a/lib/modules/platform/gerrit/client.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/platform/gerrit/client.spec.ts
@@ -118,6 +118,22 @@ describe('modules/platform/gerrit/client', () => {
           prTitle: 'fix(deps): update dependency react-router-dom to v6.21.2',
         },
       ],
+      [
+        'message:"fix(deps): update dependency react-router-dom to ~> v6.21.2"',
+        {
+          branchName: 'dependency-xyz',
+          prTitle:
+            'fix(deps): update dependency react-router-dom to ~> "v6.21.2"',
+        },
+      ],
+      [
+        'message:"fix(deps): update dependency react-router-dom to ~> v6.21.2"',
+        {
+          branchName: 'dependency-xyz',
+          prTitle:
+            'fix(deps): "update dependency react-router-dom to ~> "v6.21.2""',
+        },
+      ],
     ])(
       'query contains %p',
       async (expectedQueryPart: string, config: GerritFindPRConfig) => {
diff --git a/lib/modules/platform/gerrit/client.ts b/lib/modules/platform/gerrit/client.ts
index 087d27097c72f3a625ff01ff268f43f7f10d7fdb..ff11a0a69f8bcc61cf8549ce320ec9822dc81b37 100644
--- a/lib/modules/platform/gerrit/client.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/platform/gerrit/client.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { REPOSITORY_ARCHIVED } from '../../../constants/error-messages';
 import { logger } from '../../../logger';
 import { GerritHttp } from '../../../util/http/gerrit';
+import { regEx } from '../../../util/regex';
 import type {
   GerritAccountInfo,
   GerritBranchInfo,
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ import type {
 } from './types';
 import { mapPrStateToGerritFilter } from './utils';
 
+const QUOTES_REGEX = regEx('"', 'g');
+
 class GerritClient {
   private requestDetails = [
     'SUBMITTABLE', //include the submittable field in ChangeInfo, which can be used to tell if the change is reviewed and ready for submit.
@@ -235,8 +238,10 @@ class GerritClient {
       filters.push(`label:Code-Review=${searchConfig.label}`);
     }
     if (searchConfig.prTitle) {
+      // escaping support in Gerrit is not great, so we need to remove quotes
+      // special characters are ignored anyway in the search so it does not create any issues
       filters.push(
-        `message:${encodeURIComponent('"' + searchConfig.prTitle + '"')}`,
+        `message:${encodeURIComponent('"' + searchConfig.prTitle.replace(QUOTES_REGEX, '') + '"')}`,
       );
     }
     return filters;