diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 70222f350..0b3367951 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "pelias-logger": "^1.2.0",
     "pelias-microservice-wrapper": "^1.10.0",
     "pelias-model": "^9.0.0",
-    "pelias-parser": "2.2.0",
+    "pelias-parser": "3.4.0",
     "pelias-query": "^11.4.0",
     "pelias-sorting": "^1.7.0",
     "predicates": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/sanitizer/_text_pelias_parser.js b/sanitizer/_text_pelias_parser.js
index a9e3ff1fc..b64322493 100644
--- a/sanitizer/_text_pelias_parser.js
+++ b/sanitizer/_text_pelias_parser.js
@@ -185,7 +185,12 @@ function parse (t) {
 
   // an address query
   if (!_.isEmpty(parsed_text.housenumber) && !_.isEmpty(parsed_text.street)) {
-    parsed_text.subject = `${parsed_text.housenumber} ${parsed_text.street}`;
+    const housenoFirstNumericSection = parsed_text.housenumber.match(/\d+/);
+    if (housenoFirstNumericSection) {
+      parsed_text.subject = `${housenoFirstNumericSection[0]} ${parsed_text.street}`;
+    } else {
+      parsed_text.subject = `${parsed_text.housenumber} ${parsed_text.street}`;
+    }
   }
   // an intersection query
   else if (!_.isEmpty(parsed_text.street) && !_.isEmpty(parsed_text.cross_street)) {