diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c99c10f4..3ffa151b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,13 +10,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 ### Added
 
 - Collection-level Assets to the CollectionSerializer [#148](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-elasticsearch/issues/148)
-
-### Added
-
 - Examples folder with example docker setup for running sfes from pip [#147](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-elasticsearch/pull/147)
+- Added support for GET /search intersection queries [#158](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-elasticsearch/issues/158)
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Updated core stac-fastapi libraries to 2.4.8 from 2.4.3 [#151](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-elasticsearch/pull/151)
 - Use aliases on Elasticsearch indices, add number suffix in index name. [#152](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-elasticsearch/pull/152)
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/core.py b/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/core.py
index 776ac746..031a0235 100644
--- a/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/core.py
+++ b/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/core.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime as datetime_type
 from datetime import timezone
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set, Type, Union
-from urllib.parse import urljoin
+from urllib.parse import unquote_plus, urljoin
 
 import attr
 import stac_pydantic
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ async def get_search(
             base_args["datetime"] = datetime
 
         if intersects:
-            base_args["intersects"] = intersects
+            base_args["intersects"] = json.loads(unquote_plus(intersects))
 
         if sortby:
             # https://github.com/radiantearth/stac-spec/tree/master/api-spec/extensions/sort#http-get-or-post-form
diff --git a/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/tests/api/test_api.py b/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/tests/api/test_api.py
index c8edca78..3ae65ebd 100644
--- a/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/tests/api/test_api.py
+++ b/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/tests/api/test_api.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 import uuid
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
+import pytest
+
 from ..conftest import create_collection, create_item
 
 ROUTES = {
@@ -233,7 +235,29 @@ async def test_search_invalid_date(app_client, ctx):
     assert resp.status_code == 400
 
 
-async def test_search_point_intersects(app_client, ctx):
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_search_point_intersects_get(app_client, ctx):
+    resp = await app_client.get(
+        '/search?intersects={"type":"Point","coordinates":[150.04,-33.14]}'
+    )
+
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    resp_json = resp.json()
+    assert len(resp_json["features"]) == 1
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_search_polygon_intersects_get(app_client, ctx):
+    resp = await app_client.get(
+        '/search?intersects={"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[149.04, -34.14],[149.04, -32.14],[151.04, -32.14],[151.04, -34.14],[149.04, -34.14]]]}'
+    )
+
+    assert resp.status_code == 200
+    resp_json = resp.json()
+    assert len(resp_json["features"]) == 1
+
+
+async def test_search_point_intersects_post(app_client, ctx):
     point = [150.04, -33.14]
     intersects = {"type": "Point", "coordinates": point}