diff --git a/apps/modernization-api/src/main/java/gov/cdc/nbs/search/criteria/text/TextCriteriaNestedQueryResolver.java b/apps/modernization-api/src/main/java/gov/cdc/nbs/search/criteria/text/TextCriteriaNestedQueryResolver.java
index 3d165b4642..c58fcd65ed 100644
--- a/apps/modernization-api/src/main/java/gov/cdc/nbs/search/criteria/text/TextCriteriaNestedQueryResolver.java
+++ b/apps/modernization-api/src/main/java/gov/cdc/nbs/search/criteria/text/TextCriteriaNestedQueryResolver.java
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ public static  BoolQuery equalTo(final String path, final String name, final Str
 
   public static BoolQuery notEquals(final String path, final String name, final String value) {
     return BoolQuery.of(
-        bool -> bool.should(
-            should -> should.nested(
+        bool -> bool.mustNot(
+            mustNot -> mustNot.nested(
                 nested -> nested.path(path)
                     .query(
                         query -> query.bool(
-                            field -> field.mustNot(
-                                mustNot -> mustNot.match(
+                            field -> field.must(
+                                must -> must.match(
                                     match -> match
                                         .field(name)
                                         .query(value)