diff --git a/k8s/iabweb/nginx-default.conf b/k8s/iabweb/nginx-default.conf
index 663c1ce7..0ef16a12 100644
--- a/k8s/iabweb/nginx-default.conf
+++ b/k8s/iabweb/nginx-default.conf
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ server {
     }
     location /robots.txt {
         add_header Content-Type text/plain;
-        return 200 "User-agent: *\nDisallow: /admin/\n";
+        return 200 "User-agent: *\nDisallow: /admin/\nDisallow: /search/\n";
     }
     location @error_redirect {
         proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;
diff --git a/k8s/ietfweb/nginx-default.conf b/k8s/ietfweb/nginx-default.conf
index e8ab5996..56ff7a47 100644
--- a/k8s/ietfweb/nginx-default.conf
+++ b/k8s/ietfweb/nginx-default.conf
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ server {
     }
     location /robots.txt {
         add_header Content-Type text/plain;
-        return 200 "User-agent: *\nDisallow: /admin/\n";
+        return 200 "User-agent: *\nDisallow: /admin/\nDisallow: /search/\n";
     }
     location @error_redirect {
         proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8000;