diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 1a5fc849..3c555260 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
-### Fixed
+### Fixed 
 
+* Remove the str2list converter from intersection queries via BaseSearchGetRequest ([#668](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi/pull/668))
 * Apply datetime converter in ItemCollection endpoint model ([#667](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi/pull/667))
 
 ## [2.5.2] - 2024-04-19
diff --git a/stac_fastapi/types/stac_fastapi/types/search.py b/stac_fastapi/types/stac_fastapi/types/search.py
index 0851c1d3..fb847349 100644
--- a/stac_fastapi/types/stac_fastapi/types/search.py
+++ b/stac_fastapi/types/stac_fastapi/types/search.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class BaseSearchGetRequest(APIRequest):
     collections: Optional[str] = attr.ib(default=None, converter=str2list)
     ids: Optional[str] = attr.ib(default=None, converter=str2list)
     bbox: Optional[BBox] = attr.ib(default=None, converter=str2bbox)
-    intersects: Optional[str] = attr.ib(default=None, converter=str2list)
+    intersects: Optional[str] = attr.ib(default=None)
     datetime: Optional[DateTimeType] = attr.ib(default=None, converter=str_to_interval)
     limit: Optional[int] = attr.ib(default=10)