diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6fc1947..8f818d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,14 +7,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [unreleased]
 
-### Breaking Changes
-- JSON path will now be used in full for virtual fields, instead of being cut off at the first section (for all virtual fields except a list of Maps).
+## [0.5.1] - 2025-11-20
 
-### Added
-- The `any` predicate has been added for single and virtual fields.
+### Bugfixes
 
-### Changed
-- Empty `path` now throws an error in most cases. Exception: sub-predicates inside `any`.
+- An error will now be correctly raised when unsupported arguments (non-strings) are passed as an argument to String comparators (`like`, `ilike`, `starts_with`, `ends_with`)
 
 ## [0.5.0] - 2025-10-31
 
@@ -24,11 +21,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `like`, `ilike`, `starts_with` operators now escape `arg` s.t. `%` and `_` characters are not interpreted as
   placeholders anymore.
 - Field names are now converted to atoms using `String.to_existing_atom/1`, failing for unknown field names.
+- JSON path will now be used in full for virtual fields, instead of being cut off at the first section (for all virtual fields except a list of Maps).
 
 ### Added
 
 - `not_eq` operator
 - `ends_with` operator
+- The `any` predicate has been added for single and virtual fields.
 
 ### Deprecated
 
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - `PredicateError`'s message now uses `inspect` on the offending predicate instead of JSON serialization to reduce
   library dependencies
+- Empty `path` now throws an error in most cases. Exception: sub-predicates inside `any`.
 
 ## [0.4.0] - 2025-09-25
 
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Renamed `Utils` module to `Predicates.Utils` to avoid module name collision
 
-[unreleased]: https://github.com/box-id/ecto_predicates/compare/0.5.0...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://github.com/box-id/ecto_predicates/compare/0.5.1...HEAD
+[0.5.1]: https://github.com/box-id/ecto_predicates/compare/0.5.0...0.5.1
 [0.5.0]: https://github.com/box-id/ecto_predicates/compare/0.4.0...0.5.0
 [0.4.0]: https://github.com/box-id/ecto_predicates/compare/0.3.0...0.4.0
diff --git a/lib/utils.ex b/lib/utils.ex
index 53ced1c..8ae64d7 100644
--- a/lib/utils.ex
+++ b/lib/utils.ex
@@ -55,7 +55,13 @@ defmodule Predicates.Utils do
   It does not add any wildcards characters to the beginning/end of the input.
   """
   @spec search_to_like_pattern(search :: String.t()) :: String.t()
-  def search_to_like_pattern(search) when is_binary(search) do
-    String.replace(search, ~r/([%_])/, "\\\\\\1")
-  end
+  def search_to_like_pattern(search) when is_binary(search),
+    do: String.replace(search, ~r/([%_])/, "\\\\\\1")
+
+  def search_to_like_pattern(_search),
+    do:
+      raise(Predicates.PredicateError,
+        message:
+          "Argument is required to be a string for operators 'like/ilike/starts_with/ends_with'."
+      )
 end
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 1309620..1459269 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ defmodule Predicates.MixProject do
   def project do
     [
       app: :ecto_predicates,
-      version: "0.5.0",
+      version: "0.5.1",
       elixir: "~> 1.15",
       elixirc_paths: elixirc_paths(Mix.env()),
       start_permanent: Mix.env() == :prod,
diff --git a/test/predicates_test.exs b/test/predicates_test.exs
index 4433148..ff724c2 100644
--- a/test/predicates_test.exs
+++ b/test/predicates_test.exs
@@ -932,6 +932,58 @@ defmodule PredicatesTest do
                  })
                  |> Predicates.Repo.all()
       end
+
+      test "unsupported values for #{op}" do
+        assert_raise PredicateError,
+                     "Argument is required to be a string for operators 'like/ilike/starts_with/ends_with'.",
+                     fn ->
+                       Converter.build_query(Author, %{
+                         "op" => unquote(op),
+                         "path" => "name",
+                         "arg" => nil
+                       })
+                     end
+
+        assert_raise PredicateError,
+                     "Argument is required to be a string for operators 'like/ilike/starts_with/ends_with'.",
+                     fn ->
+                       Converter.build_query(Author, %{
+                         "op" => unquote(op),
+                         "path" => "name",
+                         "arg" => 123
+                       })
+                     end
+
+        assert_raise PredicateError,
+                     "Argument is required to be a string for operators 'like/ilike/starts_with/ends_with'.",
+                     fn ->
+                       Converter.build_query(Author, %{
+                         "op" => unquote(op),
+                         "path" => "name",
+                         "arg" => %{"foo" => "bar"}
+                       })
+                     end
+
+        assert_raise PredicateError,
+                     "Argument is required to be a string for operators 'like/ilike/starts_with/ends_with'.",
+                     fn ->
+                       Converter.build_query(Author, %{
+                         "op" => unquote(op),
+                         "path" => "name",
+                         "arg" => ["foo", "bar"]
+                       })
+                     end
+
+        assert_raise PredicateError,
+                     "Argument is required to be a string for operators 'like/ilike/starts_with/ends_with'.",
+                     fn ->
+                       Converter.build_query(Author, %{
+                         "op" => unquote(op),
+                         "path" => "name",
+                         "arg" => true
+                       })
+                     end
+      end
     end
   end