diff --git a/website/src/pages/[organism]/search/index.astro b/website/src/pages/[organism]/browse/index.astro
similarity index 100%
rename from website/src/pages/[organism]/search/index.astro
rename to website/src/pages/[organism]/browse/index.astro
diff --git a/website/src/pages/[organism]/search/search.ts b/website/src/pages/[organism]/browse/search.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from website/src/pages/[organism]/search/search.ts
rename to website/src/pages/[organism]/browse/search.ts
diff --git a/website/src/routes.ts b/website/src/routes.ts
index f743231d03..5f9710af76 100644
--- a/website/src/routes.ts
+++ b/website/src/routes.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export const routes = {
     statusPage: () => '/status',
     organismStartPage: (organism: string) => `/${organism}`,
     searchPage: <Filter extends FilterValue>(organism: string, searchFilter: Filter[] = [], page: number = 1) =>
-        withOrganism(organism, `/search?${buildSearchParams(searchFilter, page).toString()}`),
+        withOrganism(organism, `/browse?${buildSearchParams(searchFilter, page).toString()}`),
     sequencesDetailsPage: (organism: string, accessionVersion: AccessionVersion | string) =>
         `/${organism}/sequences/${getAccessionVersionString(accessionVersion)}`,
     sequencesVersionsPage: (organism: string, accessionVersion: AccessionVersion | string) =>
diff --git a/website/src/utils/isPublicRoute.spec.ts b/website/src/utils/isPublicRoute.spec.ts
index ff053c91f3..72d6e7f55a 100644
--- a/website/src/utils/isPublicRoute.spec.ts
+++ b/website/src/utils/isPublicRoute.spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('isPublicRoute', () => {
     });
 
     test('should return true if specified as public route', () => {
-        expectToBePublic(`/${testOrganism}/search`);
+        expectToBePublic(`/${testOrganism}/browse`);
         expectToBePublic('/');
         expectToBePublic(`/${testOrganism}`);
         expectToBePublic(`/${testOrganism}/sequences/id_002156`);
diff --git a/website/tests/e2e.fixture.ts b/website/tests/e2e.fixture.ts
index a938ebe7ec..b7b886007f 100644
--- a/website/tests/e2e.fixture.ts
+++ b/website/tests/e2e.fixture.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import winston from 'winston';
 import { EditPage } from './pages/edit/edit.page';
 import { NavigationFixture } from './pages/navigation.fixture';
 import { RevisePage } from './pages/revise/revise.page';
-import { SearchPage } from './pages/search/search.page';
+import { SearchPage } from './pages/browse/search.page';
 import { SequencePage } from './pages/sequences/sequences.page';
 import { SubmitPage } from './pages/submit/submit.page';
 import { UserPage } from './pages/user/user.page';