diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModelTest.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModelTest.kt
index 6da351f04b31..d2ffb1accc24 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModelTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModelTest.kt
@@ -1990,6 +1990,12 @@ class BrowserTabViewModelTest {
         assertFalse(browserViewState().showDaxIcon)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun whenQueryIsNotHierarchicalThenUnsupportedOperationExceptionIsHandled() {
+        whenever(mockOmnibarConverter.convertQueryToUrl("about:blank", null)).thenReturn("about:blank")
+        testee.onUserSubmittedQuery("about:blank")
+    }
+
     private inline fun <reified T : Command> assertCommandIssued(instanceAssertions: T.() -> Unit = {}) {
         verify(mockCommandObserver, atLeastOnce()).onChanged(commandCaptor.capture())
         val issuedCommand = commandCaptor.allValues.find { it is T }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModel.kt
index 2b18d68bf7b8..f53adb940aeb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/browser/BrowserTabViewModel.kt
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
 import timber.log.Timber
+import java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
 import java.util.Locale
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 
@@ -445,8 +446,20 @@ class BrowserTabViewModel(
     }
 
     private fun fireQueryChangedPixel(omnibarText: String) {
-        val oldParameter = currentOmnibarViewState().omnibarText.toUri()?.getQueryParameter(AppUrl.ParamKey.QUERY)
-        val newParameter = omnibarText.toUri()?.getQueryParameter(AppUrl.ParamKey.QUERY)
+        val oldUri = currentOmnibarViewState().omnibarText.toUri()
+        val newUri = omnibarText.toUri()
+
+        val oldParameter = try {
+            oldUri.getQueryParameter(AppUrl.ParamKey.QUERY)
+        } catch (e: UnsupportedOperationException) {
+            null
+        }
+        val newParameter = try {
+            newUri.getQueryParameter(AppUrl.ParamKey.QUERY)
+        } catch (e: UnsupportedOperationException) {
+            null
+        }
+
         if (oldParameter == newParameter) {
             pixel.fire(String.format(Locale.US, PixelName.SERP_REQUERY.pixelName, PixelParameter.SERP_QUERY_NOT_CHANGED))
         } else {
diff --git a/app/version/version.properties b/app/version/version.properties
index f23d042c1228..1501f2ef18b0 100644
--- a/app/version/version.properties
+++ b/app/version/version.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION=5.57.0
\ No newline at end of file
+VERSION=5.57.1
\ No newline at end of file