diff --git a/plugins/memory/holographic/retrieval.py b/plugins/memory/holographic/retrieval.py
index a673dcef84..fc7557c160 100644
--- a/plugins/memory/holographic/retrieval.py
+++ b/plugins/memory/holographic/retrieval.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import math
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+from .store import _sanitize_fts5_query
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .store import MemoryStore
 
@@ -496,7 +498,7 @@ class FactRetriever:
         # We need to join facts_fts with facts to get all columns
         params: list = []
         where_clauses = ["facts_fts MATCH ?"]
-        params.append(query)
+        params.append(_sanitize_fts5_query(query))
 
         if category:
             where_clauses.append("f.category = ?")
diff --git a/plugins/memory/holographic/store.py b/plugins/memory/holographic/store.py
index 3dc66d6864..12bb7e33c8 100644
--- a/plugins/memory/holographic/store.py
+++ b/plugins/memory/holographic/store.py
@@ -95,6 +95,32 @@ def _clamp_trust(value: float) -> float:
     return max(_TRUST_MIN, min(_TRUST_MAX, value))
 
 
+def _sanitize_fts5_query(query: str) -> str:
+    """Sanitize user input for safe use in FTS5 MATCH queries.
+
+    Mirrors the SessionDB FTS5 query handling so memory fact search treats
+    hyphenated and dotted tokens the same way as transcript search.
+    """
+    quoted_parts: list[str] = []
+
+    def _preserve_quoted(match: re.Match[str]) -> str:
+        quoted_parts.append(match.group(0))
+        return f"\x00Q{len(quoted_parts) - 1}\x00"
+
+    sanitized = re.sub(r'"[^"]*"', _preserve_quoted, query)
+    sanitized = re.sub(r'[+{}()"^]', " ", sanitized)
+    sanitized = re.sub(r"\*+", "*", sanitized)
+    sanitized = re.sub(r"(^|\s)\*", r"\1", sanitized)
+    sanitized = re.sub(r"(?i)^(AND|OR|NOT)\b\s*", "", sanitized.strip())
+    sanitized = re.sub(r"(?i)\s+(AND|OR|NOT)\s*$", "", sanitized.strip())
+    sanitized = re.sub(r"\b(\w+(?:[.-]\w+)+)\b", r'"\1"', sanitized)
+
+    for idx, quoted in enumerate(quoted_parts):
+        sanitized = sanitized.replace(f"\x00Q{idx}\x00", quoted)
+
+    return sanitized.strip()
+
+
 class MemoryStore:
     """SQLite-backed fact store with entity resolution and trust scoring."""
 
@@ -197,7 +223,7 @@ class MemoryStore:
         descending. Also increments retrieval_count for matched facts.
         """
         with self._lock:
-            query = query.strip()
+            query = _sanitize_fts5_query(query)
             if not query:
                 return []
 
diff --git a/tests/plugins/memory/test_holographic_provider.py b/tests/plugins/memory/test_holographic_provider.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5f5de0d42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/plugins/memory/test_holographic_provider.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+"""Regression tests for the holographic memory provider FTS search."""
+
+from plugins.memory.holographic.retrieval import FactRetriever
+from plugins.memory.holographic.store import MemoryStore, _sanitize_fts5_query
+
+
+def test_sanitize_fts5_query_quotes_hyphenated_terms():
+    assert _sanitize_fts5_query("pve-01") == '"pve-01"'
+    assert _sanitize_fts5_query('"pve-01"') == '"pve-01"'
+
+
+def test_store_search_facts_matches_hyphenated_terms(tmp_path):
+    store = MemoryStore(db_path=tmp_path / "memory_store.db")
+    store.add_fact(
+        "PVE-01 hardware: i5-13500T, IP 10.20.90.00",
+        category="hardware",
+        tags="pve-01,homelab",
+    )
+
+    results = store.search_facts("pve-01", category="hardware", limit=10)
+
+    assert len(results) == 1
+    assert results[0]["content"].startswith("PVE-01 hardware")
+
+
+def test_retriever_search_matches_hyphenated_terms(tmp_path):
+    store = MemoryStore(db_path=tmp_path / "memory_store.db")
+    retriever = FactRetriever(store)
+    store.add_fact(
+        "PVE-01 hardware: i5-13500T, IP 10.20.90.00",
+        category="hardware",
+        tags="pve-01,homelab",
+    )
+
+    results = retriever.search("pve-01", category="hardware", limit=10)
+
+    assert len(results) == 1
+    assert results[0]["content"].startswith("PVE-01 hardware")