diff --git a/algoliasearch-core/src/main/java/com/algolia/search/models/indexing/FiltersJsonDeserializer.java b/algoliasearch-core/src/main/java/com/algolia/search/models/indexing/FiltersJsonDeserializer.java
index 53f61af10..594566e3a 100644
--- a/algoliasearch-core/src/main/java/com/algolia/search/models/indexing/FiltersJsonDeserializer.java
+++ b/algoliasearch-core/src/main/java/com/algolia/search/models/indexing/FiltersJsonDeserializer.java
@@ -29,15 +29,12 @@ public List<List<String>> deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt)
 
     switch (currentToken) {
       case START_ARRAY:
-        List list = p.readValueAs(List.class);
-        if (list.stream().allMatch(String.class::isInstance)) { // are all elements strings?
-          result = Collections.singletonList(list);
-        } else {
-          result = buildFilters(list);
-        }
+        List<Object> list = p.readValueAs(List.class);
+        result = buildFilters(list);
         break;
       case VALUE_STRING:
-        result = Collections.singletonList(Arrays.asList(p.getValueAsString().split(",")));
+        String string = p.getValueAsString();
+        result = buildFilters(string);
         break;
       case VALUE_NULL:
         break;
@@ -49,6 +46,7 @@ public List<List<String>> deserialize(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext ctxt)
     return result;
   }
 
+  /** Build filters from a list */
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   private List<List<String>> buildFilters(List list) {
     return (List<List<String>>)
@@ -63,4 +61,21 @@ private List<List<String>> buildFilters(List list) {
                 })
             .collect(Collectors.toList());
   }
+
+  /** Build filters from (legacy) string */
+  private List<List<String>> buildFilters(String string) {
+    // Extract groups: "(A:1,B:2),C:3" -> ["(A:1,B:2)","C:3"]
+    List<String> groups = Arrays.asList(string.split(",(?![^()]*\\))"));
+    return groups.stream()
+        .map(
+            group -> {
+              if (group.startsWith("(") && group.endsWith(")")) {
+                String input = group.substring(1, group.length() - 1);
+                return Arrays.asList(input.split(","));
+              } else {
+                return Collections.singletonList(group);
+              }
+            })
+        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/algoliasearch-core/src/test/java/com/algolia/search/JacksonParserTest.java b/algoliasearch-core/src/test/java/com/algolia/search/JacksonParserTest.java
index 011872e30..db1c4c757 100644
--- a/algoliasearch-core/src/test/java/com/algolia/search/JacksonParserTest.java
+++ b/algoliasearch-core/src/test/java/com/algolia/search/JacksonParserTest.java
@@ -171,18 +171,17 @@ void serializeFacetFilters() throws IOException {
   @ValueSource(strings = {"facetFilters", "optionalFilters", "tagFilters", "numericFilters"})
   void testLegacyFiltersFormat(String input) throws IOException {
 
-    // Testing "one string" legacy filters => should be converted to "ORED" nested filters
-    // [["color:green","color:yellow"]]
+    // Testing "one string" legacy filters => should be converted to "ANDED" filters
+    // [["color:green"],["color:yellow"]]
     String stringFilters = String.format("{\"%s\":\"color:green,color:yellow\"}", input);
-
-    assertOREDResult(
+    assertANDEDListResult(
         extractFilters(
             Defaults.getObjectMapper().readValue(stringFilters, ConsequenceParams.class), input));
 
-    // Testing "one array" legacy filters => should be converted to "ORED" nested filters
-    // [["color:green","color:yellow"]]
+    // Testing "one array" legacy filters => should be converted to "ANDED" filters
+    // [["color:green"],["color:yellow"]]
     String arrayFilters = String.format("{\"%s\":[\"color:green\",\"color:yellow\"]}", input);
-    assertOREDResult(
+    assertANDEDListResult(
         extractFilters(
             Defaults.getObjectMapper().readValue(arrayFilters, ConsequenceParams.class), input));
 
@@ -193,8 +192,17 @@ void testLegacyFiltersFormat(String input) throws IOException {
             Defaults.getObjectMapper().readValue(nestedArrayFilters, ConsequenceParams.class),
             input));
 
+    // Testing "one string with parenthesis" legacy filters => should be converted to "ORED" filters
+    // [["color:green", "color:yellow"], ["color:blue"]]
+    String stringParenthesisFilters =
+        String.format("{\"%s\":\"(color:green,color:yellow),color:blue\"}", input);
+    assertOREDLatestResult(
+        extractFilters(
+            Defaults.getObjectMapper().readValue(stringParenthesisFilters, ConsequenceParams.class),
+            input));
+
     // Testing mixed case with array and string
-    // [["color:green","color:yellow"],"color:blue"]
+    // [["color:green","color:yellow"], ["color:blue"]]
     String stringAndArrayFilters =
         String.format("{\"%s\":[[\"color:green\",\"color:yellow\"],\"color:blue\"]}", input);
     List<List<String>> mixedDeserialized =
@@ -242,6 +250,14 @@ void assertOREDResult(List<List<String>> result) {
     assertThat(result.get(0)).containsSequence("color:yellow");
   }
 
+  void assertANDEDListResult(List<List<String>> result) {
+    assertThat(result).hasSize(2);
+    assertThat(result.get(0)).hasSize(1);
+    assertThat(result.get(0)).containsSequence("color:green");
+    assertThat(result.get(1)).hasSize(1);
+    assertThat(result.get(1)).containsSequence("color:yellow");
+  }
+
   void assertOREDLatestResult(List<List<String>> result) {
     assertThat(result).hasSize(2);
     assertThat(result.get(0)).hasSize(2);