diff --git a/changes.md b/changes.md
index 16729cca899..f82e3b072c6 100644
--- a/changes.md
+++ b/changes.md
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
 </details>
 
 
+<details>
+<summary>Changed Property(s)</summary>
+
+- :warning: changed property `filter` of type `SearchSorting` from type `SearchQueryExpression` to `SearchQuery`
+</details>
+
+
 <details>
 <summary>Added Property(s)</summary>
 
diff --git a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/search/SearchSorting.java b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/search/SearchSorting.java
index 4ccabfbe32f..ff72f8245b3 100644
--- a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/search/SearchSorting.java
+++ b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/search/SearchSorting.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public interface SearchSorting {
      */
     @Valid
     @JsonProperty("filter")
-    public SearchQueryExpression getFilter();
+    public SearchQuery getFilter();
 
     /**
      *  <p>Use any searchable field of the resource as sort criterion, or <code>"score"</code> to sort by relevance score calculated by the API.</p>
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public interface SearchSorting {
      * @param filter value to be set
      */
 
-    public void setFilter(final SearchQueryExpression filter);
+    public void setFilter(final SearchQuery filter);
 
     /**
      * factory method
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public static SearchSorting deepCopy(@Nullable final SearchSorting template) {
         instance.setOrder(template.getOrder());
         instance.setMode(template.getMode());
         instance.setFieldType(template.getFieldType());
-        instance.setFilter(com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryExpression.deepCopy(template.getFilter()));
+        instance.setFilter(com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQuery.deepCopy(template.getFilter()));
         return instance;
     }
 
diff --git a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/search/SearchSortingBuilder.java b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/search/SearchSortingBuilder.java
index e3bb0c26d0b..12dfdaf3613 100644
--- a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/search/SearchSortingBuilder.java
+++ b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/search/SearchSortingBuilder.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class SearchSortingBuilder implements Builder<SearchSorting> {
     private com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchFieldType fieldType;
 
     @Nullable
-    private com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryExpression filter;
+    private com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQuery filter;
 
     /**
      *  <p>Use any searchable field of the resource as sort criterion, or <code>"score"</code> to sort by relevance score calculated by the API.</p>
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ public SearchSortingBuilder fieldType(
      */
 
     public SearchSortingBuilder filter(
-            Function<com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryExpressionBuilder, com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryExpressionBuilder> builder) {
-        this.filter = builder.apply(com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryExpressionBuilder.of()).build();
+            Function<com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryBuilder, com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryBuilder> builder) {
+        this.filter = builder.apply(com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryBuilder.of()).build();
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ public SearchSortingBuilder filter(
      */
 
     public SearchSortingBuilder withFilter(
-            Function<com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryExpressionBuilder, com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryExpression> builder) {
-        this.filter = builder.apply(com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryExpressionBuilder.of());
+            Function<com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryBuilder, com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQuery> builder) {
+        this.filter = builder.apply(com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryBuilder.of());
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -127,8 +127,7 @@ public SearchSortingBuilder withFilter(
      * @return Builder
      */
 
-    public SearchSortingBuilder filter(
-            @Nullable final com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryExpression filter) {
+    public SearchSortingBuilder filter(@Nullable final com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQuery filter) {
         this.filter = filter;
         return this;
     }
@@ -187,7 +186,7 @@ public com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchFieldType getFieldType() {
      */
 
     @Nullable
-    public com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryExpression getFilter() {
+    public com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQuery getFilter() {
         return this.filter;
     }
 
diff --git a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/search/SearchSortingImpl.java b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/search/SearchSortingImpl.java
index 075f9e22f9f..7fcadcfe733 100644
--- a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/search/SearchSortingImpl.java
+++ b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/search/SearchSortingImpl.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class SearchSortingImpl implements SearchSorting, ModelBase {
 
     private com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchFieldType fieldType;
 
-    private com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryExpression filter;
+    private com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQuery filter;
 
     /**
      * create instance with all properties
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class SearchSortingImpl implements SearchSorting, ModelBase {
             @JsonProperty("order") final com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchSortOrder order,
             @JsonProperty("mode") final com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchSortMode mode,
             @JsonProperty("fieldType") final com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchFieldType fieldType,
-            @JsonProperty("filter") final com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryExpression filter) {
+            @JsonProperty("filter") final com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQuery filter) {
         this.field = field;
         this.language = language;
         this.order = order;
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchFieldType getFieldType() {
      *  <p>Allows you to apply a sort filter.</p>
      */
 
-    public com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryExpression getFilter() {
+    public com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQuery getFilter() {
         return this.filter;
     }
 
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public void setFieldType(final com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchFieldTy
         this.fieldType = fieldType;
     }
 
-    public void setFilter(final com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryExpression filter) {
+    public void setFilter(final com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQuery filter) {
         this.filter = filter;
     }
 
diff --git a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-predicates-generated/com/commercetools/api/predicates/query/search/SearchSortingQueryBuilderDsl.java b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-predicates-generated/com/commercetools/api/predicates/query/search/SearchSortingQueryBuilderDsl.java
index ec4d119c828..ac49f11a946 100644
--- a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-predicates-generated/com/commercetools/api/predicates/query/search/SearchSortingQueryBuilderDsl.java
+++ b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/main/java-predicates-generated/com/commercetools/api/predicates/query/search/SearchSortingQueryBuilderDsl.java
@@ -44,12 +44,11 @@ public StringComparisonPredicateBuilder<SearchSortingQueryBuilderDsl> fieldType(
     }
 
     public CombinationQueryPredicate<SearchSortingQueryBuilderDsl> filter(
-            Function<com.commercetools.api.predicates.query.search.SearchQueryExpressionQueryBuilderDsl, CombinationQueryPredicate<com.commercetools.api.predicates.query.search.SearchQueryExpressionQueryBuilderDsl>> fn) {
+            Function<com.commercetools.api.predicates.query.search.SearchQueryQueryBuilderDsl, CombinationQueryPredicate<com.commercetools.api.predicates.query.search.SearchQueryQueryBuilderDsl>> fn) {
         return new CombinationQueryPredicate<>(
             ContainerQueryPredicate.of()
                     .parent(ConstantQueryPredicate.of().constant("filter"))
-                    .inner(fn.apply(
-                        com.commercetools.api.predicates.query.search.SearchQueryExpressionQueryBuilderDsl.of())),
+                    .inner(fn.apply(com.commercetools.api.predicates.query.search.SearchQueryQueryBuilderDsl.of())),
             SearchSortingQueryBuilderDsl::of);
     }
 
diff --git a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/test/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/search/SearchSortingTest.java b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/test/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/search/SearchSortingTest.java
index f34da0750fb..f52add4417e 100644
--- a/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/test/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/search/SearchSortingTest.java
+++ b/commercetools/commercetools-sdk-java-api/src/test/java-generated/com/commercetools/api/models/search/SearchSortingTest.java
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ public static Object[][] objectBuilder() {
                 new Object[] { "fieldType",
                         SearchSorting.builder()
                                 .fieldType(com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchFieldType.findEnum("boolean")) },
-                new Object[] { "filter", SearchSorting.builder()
-                        .filter(new com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryExpressionImpl()) } };
+                new Object[] { "filter",
+                        SearchSorting.builder().filter(new com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryImpl()) } };
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ public void fieldType() {
     @Test
     public void filter() {
         SearchSorting value = SearchSorting.of();
-        value.setFilter(new com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryExpressionImpl());
-        Assertions.assertThat(value.getFilter())
-                .isEqualTo(new com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryExpressionImpl());
+        value.setFilter(new com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryImpl());
+        Assertions.assertThat(value.getFilter()).isEqualTo(new com.commercetools.api.models.search.SearchQueryImpl());
     }
 }
diff --git a/references.txt b/references.txt
index 86aa369150b..a44c9a77938 100644
--- a/references.txt
+++ b/references.txt
@@ -419,3 +419,4 @@ b1fc7dfd206272a7717ffe06bf9bdb40fc428a1d
 f94e106041ca73ddf1379a3450017c042ea2a170
 785c84a89e8e2a8c807c80e728e2b160d7304ed1
 472c32aba11ea29bb866c99e21b771acfba70891
+195169313ee8edc8449e7a272160ab4e28ad9fec