diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f73535f..ecca012 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ so make sure you follow the template
 
 -->
 
+## 4.x.x unreleased
+
+### Fixed
+
+* `is_static_expression` now handles expressions with filters correctly
+
 ## 4.0.0 2024-03-18
 
 ### Breaking Changes
diff --git a/src/allianceutils/template.py b/src/allianceutils/template.py
index d4798d9..a188ea3 100644
--- a/src/allianceutils/template.py
+++ b/src/allianceutils/template.py
@@ -173,12 +173,20 @@ def build_html_attrs(html_kwargs: Dict[str, str], prohibited_attrs: Optional[Lis
     return output
 
 
-def is_static_expression(expr: Optional[FilterExpression]) -> bool:
-    """Check if a given expression is static"""
+def is_static_expression(expr: Optional[Union[FilterExpression,str]]) -> bool:
+    """Check if a given expression is static
 
+    This can be used when writing custom template tags to determine if the value passed in is a static value, and can
+    be resolved without ``context``.
+    """
+    if expr is None or isinstance(expr, str):
+        return True
+    if not isinstance(expr, FilterExpression):
+        return False  # type: ignore[unreachable] # unreachable because of type, but we want to return False rather than crash if not a FilterExpression
     # the arg.var.lookups is how Variable internally determines if value is a literal. See its
     # implementation of ``resolve``.
-    if not expr or not isinstance(expr.var, Variable) or expr.var.lookups is None:
-        return True
+    if  not isinstance(expr.var, Variable) or expr.var.lookups is None:
+        # If it has filters then we assume it's not static
+        return not expr.filters
     # There are 3 built-ins that look like vars but get resolved from a static list (see ``BaseContext``)
     return expr.var.var in ["None", "True", "False"]
diff --git a/src/test_allianceutils/tests/test_template_utils.py b/src/test_allianceutils/tests/test_template_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6dd719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test_allianceutils/tests/test_template_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+from typing import cast
+
+from django.template.base import Template
+from django.test import SimpleTestCase
+
+from allianceutils.template import is_static_expression
+from allianceutils.templatetags.default_value import DefaultValueNode
+
+
+class TestTemplateUtils(SimpleTestCase):
+
+    def _get_as_var(self, contents: str):
+        # Bit hacky, but use the default_value tag to parse the variable, which when then access from
+        # ``DefaultValueNode.assignments``.
+        template = Template(f'{{% load default_value %}}{{% default_value test_var={contents}  %}}')
+        node: DefaultValueNode = cast(DefaultValueNode, template.compile_nodelist()[-1])
+        return node.assignments['test_var']
+
+    def test_is_static_expression_string(self):
+        self.assertTrue(is_static_expression(self._get_as_var('"foo"')))
+
+    def test_is_static_expression_bool(self):
+        self.assertTrue(is_static_expression(self._get_as_var("True")))
+        self.assertTrue(is_static_expression(self._get_as_var("False")))
+
+    def test_is_static_expression_with_filter(self):
+        self.assertFalse(is_static_expression(self._get_as_var("foo|add:''")))
+
+    def test_is_static_expression_raw_string(self):
+        self.assertTrue(is_static_expression("foo"))
+
+    def test_is_static_expression_other_value(self):
+        self.assertFalse(is_static_expression({}))  # type: ignore[arg-type] # just testing runtime behaviour