lib/countries/country/finder_methods.rb in countries-5.7.1 vs lib/countries/country/finder_methods.rb in countries-5.7.2

@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@
 
       [attributes, parse_value(val)]
     end
 
     def parse_value(value)
-      value = value.gsub(SEARCH_TERM_FILTER_REGEX, '') if value.respond_to?(:gsub)
+      value = value.gsub(SEARCH_TERM_FILTER_REGEX, '').freeze if value.respond_to?(:gsub)
       strip_accents(value)
     end
 
     def searchable_attribute?(attribute)
       searchable_attributes.include?(attribute.to_sym)