diff --git a/server/src/repositories/search.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/search.repository.ts
index 6a7ec55130..a8fb56fa65 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/search.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/search.repository.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
   withExifInner,
   withSearchOrder,
 } from 'src/utils/database';
-import { paginationHelper } from 'src/utils/pagination';
+import { paginationHelper, PaginationOptions } from 'src/utils/pagination';
 import z from 'zod';
 
 export interface SearchAssetIdOptions {
@@ -149,11 +149,6 @@ export interface AssetSearchBuilderV3Options {
   order?: SearchOrder;
 }
 
-export interface AssetSearchPaginationV3Options {
-  size: number;
-  offset?: number;
-}
-
 export type SmartSearchOptions = SearchDateOptions &
   SearchEmbeddingOptions &
   SearchExifOptions &
@@ -532,16 +527,16 @@ export class SearchRepository {
   // TODO(v4): drop the V3 suffix once the legacy methods are removed
   @GenerateSql(...searchMetadataV3Examples)
   async searchMetadataV3(
-    pagination: AssetSearchPaginationV3Options,
+    pagination: PaginationOptions,
     options: AssetSearchBuilderV3Options,
     scope: AssetSearchScope,
   ) {
     const items = await withSearchOrder(searchAssetBuilder(this.db, options, scope), options.order)
       .select(columns.searchAsset)
-      .limit(pagination.size + 1)
-      .offset(pagination.offset ?? 0)
+      .limit(pagination.take + 1)
+      .offset(pagination.skip ?? 0)
       .execute();
-    return paginationHelper(items, pagination.size);
+    return paginationHelper(items, pagination.take);
   }
 
   // TODO(v4): drop the V3 suffix once the legacy methods are removed
@@ -561,7 +556,7 @@ export class SearchRepository {
   // TODO(v4): drop the V3 suffix once the legacy methods are removed
   @GenerateSql(...searchSmartV3Examples)
   searchSmartV3(
-    pagination: AssetSearchPaginationV3Options,
+    pagination: PaginationOptions,
     options: Omit<AssetSearchBuilderV3Options, 'order'> & { embedding: string },
     scope: AssetSearchScope,
   ) {
@@ -572,10 +567,10 @@ export class SearchRepository {
         .innerJoin('smart_search', 'asset.id', 'smart_search.assetId')
         .orderBy(sql`smart_search.embedding <=> ${options.embedding}`)
         .orderBy('asset.id', 'asc')
-        .limit(pagination.size + 1)
-        .offset(pagination.offset ?? 0)
+        .limit(pagination.take + 1)
+        .offset(pagination.skip ?? 0)
         .execute();
-      return paginationHelper(items, pagination.size);
+      return paginationHelper(items, pagination.take);
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/server/src/services/search.service.spec.ts b/server/src/services/search.service.spec.ts
index a39357cedd..12bb8c9db9 100644
--- a/server/src/services/search.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/search.service.spec.ts
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ describe(SearchService.name, () => {
       mocks.machineLearning.encodeText.mockResolvedValue('[1, 2, 3]');
       await sut.searchSmart(auth, { size: 100, filter: {}, query: 'test' });
       expect(mocks.search.searchSmartV3).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-        { size: 100 },
+        { take: 100 },
         expect.objectContaining({ embedding: '[1, 2, 3]' }),
         expect.objectContaining({ lockedOwnerId: expect.any(String) }),
       );
diff --git a/server/src/services/search.service.ts b/server/src/services/search.service.ts
index 7db9f31da9..d96050798f 100644
--- a/server/src/services/search.service.ts
+++ b/server/src/services/search.service.ts
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ export class SearchService extends BaseService {
     const { offset } = decodeSearchCursor(dto.cursor);
     const size = dto.size;
     const { hasNextPage, items } = await this.searchRepository.searchMetadataV3(
-      { size, offset },
+      { take: size, skip: offset },
       {
         filter,
         withExif: dto.withExif,
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ export class SearchService extends BaseService {
 
     // no cursor until a rank-aware pagination strategy for smart search is decided
     const { items } = await this.searchRepository.searchSmartV3(
-      { size: dto.size },
+      { take: dto.size },
       { filter, withExif: dto.withExif, embedding },
       scope,
     );
diff --git a/server/src/utils/database.ts b/server/src/utils/database.ts
index eb3dbb1106..5a98f5fffc 100644
--- a/server/src/utils/database.ts
+++ b/server/src/utils/database.ts
@@ -817,12 +817,12 @@ export function withSearchOrder(qb: ReturnType<typeof searchAssetBuilder>, order
 const scopeExample: AssetSearchScope = { userIds: [DummyValue.UUID], lockedOwnerId: DummyValue.UUID };
 
 export const searchMetadataV3Examples: GenerateSqlQueries[] = [
-  { name: 'baseline', params: [{ size: 100 }, {}, scopeExample] },
-  { name: 'empty', params: [{ size: 100 }, {}, { lockedOwnerId: DummyValue.UUID }] },
+  { name: 'baseline', params: [{ take: 100 }, {}, scopeExample] },
+  { name: 'empty', params: [{ take: 100 }, {}, { lockedOwnerId: DummyValue.UUID }] },
   {
     name: 'or-exif-only',
     params: [
-      { size: 100 },
+      { take: 100 },
       {
         filter: { or: [{ city: { eq: DummyValue.STRING } }] },
       },
@@ -831,12 +831,12 @@ export const searchMetadataV3Examples: GenerateSqlQueries[] = [
   },
   {
     name: 'string-eq-null',
-    params: [{ size: 100 }, { filter: { city: { eq: null } } }, scopeExample],
+    params: [{ take: 100 }, { filter: { city: { eq: null } } }, scopeExample],
   },
   {
     name: 'string-pattern-like',
     params: [
-      { size: 100 },
+      { take: 100 },
       {
         filter: { description: { like: DummyValue.STRING } },
       },
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ export const searchMetadataV3Examples: GenerateSqlQueries[] = [
   {
     name: 'string-pattern-notLike',
     params: [
-      { size: 100 },
+      { take: 100 },
       {
         filter: { description: { notLike: DummyValue.STRING } },
       },
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ export const searchMetadataV3Examples: GenerateSqlQueries[] = [
   {
     name: 'string-pattern-startsWith',
     params: [
-      { size: 100 },
+      { take: 100 },
       {
         filter: { originalFileName: { startsWith: DummyValue.STRING } },
       },
@@ -865,16 +865,16 @@ export const searchMetadataV3Examples: GenerateSqlQueries[] = [
   },
   {
     name: 'string-similarity-ocr',
-    params: [{ size: 100 }, { filter: { ocr: { matches: DummyValue.STRING } } }, scopeExample],
+    params: [{ take: 100 }, { filter: { ocr: { matches: DummyValue.STRING } } }, scopeExample],
   },
   {
     name: 'ids-any',
-    params: [{ size: 100 }, { filter: { albumIds: { any: [DummyValue.UUID] } } }, scopeExample],
+    params: [{ take: 100 }, { filter: { albumIds: { any: [DummyValue.UUID] } } }, scopeExample],
   },
   {
     name: 'ids-all',
     params: [
-      { size: 100 },
+      { take: 100 },
       {
         filter: { personIds: { all: [DummyValue.UUID, DummyValue.UUID_1] } },
       },
@@ -883,16 +883,16 @@ export const searchMetadataV3Examples: GenerateSqlQueries[] = [
   },
   {
     name: 'ids-all-single',
-    params: [{ size: 100 }, { filter: { albumIds: { all: [DummyValue.UUID] } } }, scopeExample],
+    params: [{ take: 100 }, { filter: { albumIds: { all: [DummyValue.UUID] } } }, scopeExample],
   },
   {
     name: 'ids-none',
-    params: [{ size: 100 }, { filter: { tagIds: { none: [DummyValue.UUID] } } }, scopeExample],
+    params: [{ take: 100 }, { filter: { tagIds: { none: [DummyValue.UUID] } } }, scopeExample],
   },
   {
     name: 'ids-tags-all',
     params: [
-      { size: 100 },
+      { take: 100 },
       {
         filter: { tagIds: { all: [DummyValue.UUID, DummyValue.UUID_1] } },
       },
@@ -901,16 +901,16 @@ export const searchMetadataV3Examples: GenerateSqlQueries[] = [
   },
   {
     name: 'has-albums-false',
-    params: [{ size: 100 }, { filter: { hasAlbums: { eq: false } } }, scopeExample],
+    params: [{ take: 100 }, { filter: { hasAlbums: { eq: false } } }, scopeExample],
   },
   {
     name: 'is-encoded',
-    params: [{ size: 100 }, { filter: { isEncoded: { eq: true } } }, scopeExample],
+    params: [{ take: 100 }, { filter: { isEncoded: { eq: true } } }, scopeExample],
   },
   {
     name: 'number-range',
     params: [
-      { size: 100 },
+      { take: 100 },
       {
         filter: { fileSizeInBytes: { gte: 100, lte: 1000 } },
       },
@@ -919,12 +919,12 @@ export const searchMetadataV3Examples: GenerateSqlQueries[] = [
   },
   {
     name: 'date-eq',
-    params: [{ size: 100 }, { filter: { takenAt: { eq: DummyValue.DATE } } }, scopeExample],
+    params: [{ take: 100 }, { filter: { takenAt: { eq: DummyValue.DATE } } }, scopeExample],
   },
   {
     name: 'date-range',
     params: [
-      { size: 100 },
+      { take: 100 },
       {
         filter: { takenAt: { gte: DummyValue.DATE, lt: DummyValue.DATE } },
       },
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ export const searchMetadataV3Examples: GenerateSqlQueries[] = [
   {
     name: 'order-fileSize-noExif',
     params: [
-      { size: 100 },
+      { take: 100 },
       {
         order: { field: SearchOrderField.FileSizeInBytes, direction: AssetOrder.Desc },
         withExif: false,
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ export const searchMetadataV3Examples: GenerateSqlQueries[] = [
   {
     name: 'order-rating-withExif',
     params: [
-      { size: 100 },
+      { take: 100 },
       {
         order: { field: SearchOrderField.Rating, direction: AssetOrder.Asc },
         withExif: true,
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ export const searchMetadataV3Examples: GenerateSqlQueries[] = [
   {
     name: 'or-branches',
     params: [
-      { size: 100 },
+      { take: 100 },
       {
         filter: {
           or: [{ isFavorite: { eq: true } }, { personIds: { any: [DummyValue.UUID] } }],
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ export const searchMetadataV3Examples: GenerateSqlQueries[] = [
   {
     name: 'or-with-top-level',
     params: [
-      { size: 100 },
+      { take: 100 },
       {
         filter: {
           takenAt: { gte: DummyValue.DATE, lt: DummyValue.DATE },
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ export const searchMetadataV3Examples: GenerateSqlQueries[] = [
   },
   {
     name: 'cursor-offset',
-    params: [{ size: 100, offset: 100 }, { filter: { isFavorite: { eq: true } } }, scopeExample],
+    params: [{ take: 100, skip: 100 }, { filter: { isFavorite: { eq: true } } }, scopeExample],
   },
 ];
 
@@ -995,12 +995,12 @@ export const searchRandomV3Examples: GenerateSqlQueries[] = [
 export const searchSmartV3Examples: GenerateSqlQueries[] = [
   {
     name: 'baseline',
-    params: [{ size: 100 }, { embedding: DummyValue.VECTOR }, scopeExample],
+    params: [{ take: 100 }, { embedding: DummyValue.VECTOR }, scopeExample],
   },
   {
     name: 'with-filter',
     params: [
-      { size: 100 },
+      { take: 100 },
       {
         embedding: DummyValue.VECTOR,
         filter: { takenAt: { gte: DummyValue.DATE, lt: DummyValue.DATE } },
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ export const searchSmartV3Examples: GenerateSqlQueries[] = [
   },
   {
     name: 'cursor-offset',
-    params: [{ size: 100, offset: 100 }, { embedding: DummyValue.VECTOR }, scopeExample],
+    params: [{ take: 100, skip: 100 }, { embedding: DummyValue.VECTOR }, scopeExample],
   },
 ];
 
diff --git a/server/test/medium/specs/services/search.service.spec.ts b/server/test/medium/specs/services/search.service.spec.ts
index 668ee58515..3a64bf53df 100644
--- a/server/test/medium/specs/services/search.service.spec.ts
+++ b/server/test/medium/specs/services/search.service.spec.ts
@@ -406,12 +406,12 @@ describe(SearchService.name, () => {
 
       const options = { filter: {}, embedding: unitVector(0) };
       const scope = { userIds: [user.id], lockedOwnerId: user.id };
-      const firstPage = await searchRepository.searchSmartV3({ size: 2 }, options, scope);
+      const firstPage = await searchRepository.searchSmartV3({ take: 2 }, options, scope);
       expect(firstPage.items.length).toBe(2);
       expect(firstPage.items[0].id).toBe(assetIds[0]);
       expect(firstPage.hasNextPage).toBe(true);
 
-      const secondPage = await searchRepository.searchSmartV3({ size: 2, offset: 2 }, options, scope);
+      const secondPage = await searchRepository.searchSmartV3({ take: 2, skip: 2 }, options, scope);
       expect(secondPage.items.length).toBe(1);
       expect(secondPage.hasNextPage).toBe(false);
     });