diff --git a/.changeset/old-cobras-serve.md b/.changeset/old-cobras-serve.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6998eb7a2b6fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/old-cobras-serve.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@rocket.chat/meteor': patch
+---
+
+Fixes an issue where private channels that a user belongs to were not shown in Directory search results.
diff --git a/apps/meteor/app/api/server/v1/misc.ts b/apps/meteor/app/api/server/v1/misc.ts
index 00c7262acdad9..ecdd8c58b052c 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/app/api/server/v1/misc.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/app/api/server/v1/misc.ts
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ API.v1.addRoute(
 			const sortBy = sort ? Object.keys(sort)[0] : undefined;
 			const sortDirection = sort && Object.values(sort)[0] === 1 ? 'asc' : 'desc';
 
+			const user = await Users.findOneById(this.userId, { projection: { __rooms: 1 } });
 			const result = await browseChannelsMethod(
 				{
 					...filter,
@@ -372,7 +373,7 @@ API.v1.addRoute(
 					offset: Math.max(0, offset),
 					limit: Math.max(0, count),
 				},
-				this.user,
+				user,
 			);
 
 			if (!result) {
diff --git a/apps/meteor/server/methods/browseChannels.ts b/apps/meteor/server/methods/browseChannels.ts
index 2b22d2cd74ed1..965aa7669ea7a 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/server/methods/browseChannels.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/server/methods/browseChannels.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Team } from '@rocket.chat/core-services';
-import type { IRoom, IUser } from '@rocket.chat/core-typings';
+import type { IUser, AtLeast } from '@rocket.chat/core-typings';
 import type { ServerMethods } from '@rocket.chat/ddp-client';
 import { Rooms, Users, Subscriptions } from '@rocket.chat/models';
 import { escapeRegExp } from '@rocket.chat/string-helpers';
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const sortUsers = (field: string, direction: 'asc' | 'desc'): Record<string, Sor
 };
 
 const getChannelsAndGroups = async (
-	user: IUser & { __rooms?: IRoom['_id'][] },
+	user: AtLeast<IUser, '_id' | '__rooms'>,
 	canViewAnon: boolean,
 	searchTerm: string,
 	sort: Record<string, number>,
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ const getChannelsCountForTeam = mem((teamId) => Rooms.countByTeamId(teamId), {
 });
 
 const getTeams = async (
-	user: IUser,
+	user: AtLeast<IUser, '_id' | '__rooms'>,
 	searchTerm: string,
 	sort: Record<string, number>,
 	pagination: {
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ const findUsers = async ({
 };
 
 const getUsers = async (
-	user: IUser | undefined,
+	user: AtLeast<IUser, '_id' | '__rooms'> | undefined,
 	text: string,
 	workspace: string,
 	sort: Record<string, SortDirection>,
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ export const browseChannelsMethod = async (
 		offset = 0,
 		limit = 10,
 	}: BrowseChannelsParams,
-	user: IUser | undefined | null,
+	user: AtLeast<IUser, '_id' | '__rooms'> | undefined | null,
 ) => {
 	const searchTerm = trim(escapeRegExp(text));
 
diff --git a/apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/miscellaneous.ts b/apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/miscellaneous.ts
index ffa8f9d4586e1..de022f7a2f7dd 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/miscellaneous.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/tests/end-to-end/api/miscellaneous.ts
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ describe('miscellaneous', () => {
 	describe('/directory', () => {
 		let user: TestUser<IUser>;
 		let testChannel: IRoom;
+		let testGroup: IRoom;
 		let normalUserCredentials: Credentials;
 		const teamName = `new-team-name-${Date.now()}` as const;
 		let teamCreated: ITeam;
@@ -223,8 +224,11 @@ describe('miscellaneous', () => {
 			await updatePermission('create-team', ['admin', 'user']);
 			user = await createUser();
 			normalUserCredentials = await doLogin(user.username, password);
-			testChannel = (await createRoom({ name: `channel.test.${Date.now()}`, type: 'c' })).body.channel;
-			teamCreated = await createTeam(normalUserCredentials, teamName, TEAM_TYPE.PUBLIC);
+			[testChannel, testGroup, teamCreated] = await Promise.all([
+				createRoom({ name: `channel.test.${Date.now()}`, type: 'c' }).then((res) => res.body.channel),
+				createRoom({ name: `group.test.${Date.now()}`, type: 'p' }).then((res) => res.body.group),
+				createTeam(normalUserCredentials, teamName, TEAM_TYPE.PUBLIC),
+			]);
 		});
 
 		after(async () => {
@@ -232,6 +236,7 @@ describe('miscellaneous', () => {
 				deleteTeam(normalUserCredentials, teamName),
 				deleteUser(user),
 				deleteRoom({ type: 'c', roomId: testChannel._id }),
+				deleteRoom({ type: 'p', roomId: testGroup._id }),
 				updatePermission('create-team', ['admin', 'user']),
 			]);
 		});
@@ -308,6 +313,31 @@ describe('miscellaneous', () => {
 				})
 				.end(done);
 		});
+
+		it('should return private group when search by channel and execute successfully', async () => {
+			await request
+				.get(api('directory'))
+				.set(credentials)
+				.query({
+					text: testGroup.name,
+					type: 'channels',
+				})
+				.expect('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+				.expect(200)
+				.expect((res) => {
+					expect(res.body).to.have.property('success', true);
+					expect(res.body).to.have.property('offset');
+					expect(res.body).to.have.property('total');
+					expect(res.body).to.have.property('count');
+					expect(res.body).to.have.property('result').and.to.be.an('array');
+					expect(res.body.result[0]).to.have.property('_id', testGroup._id);
+					expect(res.body.result[0]).to.have.property('t', 'p');
+					expect(res.body.result[0]).to.have.property('name');
+					expect(res.body.result[0]).to.have.property('usersCount').and.to.be.an('number');
+					expect(res.body.result[0]).to.have.property('ts');
+				});
+		});
+
 		it('should return an array(result) when search by channel with sort params correctly and execute successfully', (done) => {
 			void request
 				.get(api('directory'))