Searching for strings containing dots "." is broken

Issue Summary

JQL does not return any results/issues when searching for an issue that contains "moresomething.something.somethingelse" text.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Navigate to Advanced issue search and run this JQL: text ~ "something.somethingelse"

Expected Results

Should return issue that contains "moresomething.something.somethingelse".

Actual Results

No results/issues are returned.

Workarounds

1. Replace dots with space i.e. text ~ "something somethingelse" and it will return issue that contains "moresomething.something.somethingelse".

There's a similar Confluence issue: CONF-28957