diff --git a/proto/zitadel/filter/v2/filter.proto b/proto/zitadel/filter/v2/filter.proto
index ec85519b44..be8fb184b6 100644
--- a/proto/zitadel/filter/v2/filter.proto
+++ b/proto/zitadel/filter/v2/filter.proto
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ enum TimestampFilterMethod {
   TIMESTAMP_FILTER_METHOD_BEFORE_OR_EQUALS = 4;
 }
 
+enum ByteFilterMethod {
+  BYTE_FILTER_METHOD_EQUALS = 0;
+  BYTE_FILTER_METHOD_NOT_EQUALS = 1;
+}
+
 message PaginationRequest {
   // Starting point for retrieval, in combination of offset used to query a set list of objects.
   uint64 offset = 1 [
diff --git a/proto/zitadel/metadata/v2/metadata.proto b/proto/zitadel/metadata/v2/metadata.proto
index 612e939cbc..174d93265e 100644
--- a/proto/zitadel/metadata/v2/metadata.proto
+++ b/proto/zitadel/metadata/v2/metadata.proto
@@ -65,17 +65,17 @@ message UserByMetadataSearchFilter {
 }
 
 message MetadataValueFilter {
-  string value = 1 [
-    (validate.rules).string = {max_len: 200},
+  bytes value = 1 [
+    (validate.rules).bytes = {max_len: 200},
     (grpc.gateway.protoc_gen_openapiv2.options.openapiv2_field) = {
-      example: "\"my value\""
-      description: "A value matching the metadata values"
+      example: "\"bXkgdmFsdWU=\""
+      description: "A base64 encoded value"
     }
   ];
-  zitadel.filter.v2.TextFilterMethod method = 2 [
+  zitadel.filter.v2.ByteFilterMethod method = 2 [
     (validate.rules).enum.defined_only = true,
     (grpc.gateway.protoc_gen_openapiv2.options.openapiv2_field) = {
-      description: "defines which text equality method is used";
+      description: "defines which bytes equality method is used";
     }
   ];
 }
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