diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index 7212123d22..0cc771a9a7 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 * Improved error message in `snow spcs image-registry login` when docker is not installed.
 * Improved detection of conflicts between artifact rules for native application projects
 * Fixed URL generation for applications, streamlits, and notebooks that use a quoted identifier with spaces.
+* Fixes markup escaping errors in `snow sql` that may occur when users use unintentionally markup-like escape tags.
 
 # v2.4.0
 ## Backward incompatibility
diff --git a/src/snowflake/cli/app/printing.py b/src/snowflake/cli/app/printing.py
index 390cdb555e..b501c9e473 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/cli/app/printing.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/cli/app/printing.py
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
 # ensure we do not break URLs that wrap lines
 get_console().soft_wrap = True
 
+# Disable markup to avoid escaping errors
+get_console()._markup = False  # noqa: SLF001
+
 
 class CustomJSONEncoder(JSONEncoder):
     """Custom JSON encoder handling serialization of non-standard types"""
diff --git a/tests/output/test_printing.py b/tests/output/test_printing.py
index 29cc9d921a..f91edca34d 100644
--- a/tests/output/test_printing.py
+++ b/tests/output/test_printing.py
@@ -100,6 +100,29 @@ def test_single_collection_result(capsys, mock_cursor):
     )
 
 
+def test_print_markup_tags_in_output_do_not_raise_errors(capsys, mock_cursor):
+    output_data = QueryResult(
+        mock_cursor(
+            columns=["CONCAT('[INST]','FOO', 'TRANSCRIPT','[/INST]')"],
+            rows=[
+                ("[INST]footranscript[/INST]",),
+            ],
+        )
+    )
+    print_result(output_data, output_format=OutputFormat.TABLE)
+
+    assert get_output(capsys) == dedent(
+        """\
+    SELECT A MOCK QUERY
+    +------------------------------------------------+
+    | CONCAT('[INST]','FOO', 'TRANSCRIPT','[/INST]') |
+    |------------------------------------------------|
+    | [INST]footranscript[/INST]                     |
+    +------------------------------------------------+
+    """
+    )
+
+
 def test_print_multi_results_table(capsys, _create_mock_cursor):
     output_data = MultipleResults(
         [