diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index b5f3ccff40..df330f5bd1 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 ## Fixes and improvements
 * Fixed crashes with older x86_64 Intel CPUs.
+* Fixed inability to add patches to lowercase quoted versions
 
 # v3.2.0
 
diff --git a/src/snowflake/cli/api/project/util.py b/src/snowflake/cli/api/project/util.py
index 564ebbd867..9564e2bae2 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/cli/api/project/util.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/cli/api/project/util.py
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ def unquote_identifier(identifier: str) -> str:
     string for a LIKE clause, or to match an identifier passed back as
     a value from a SQL statement.
     """
+    # ensure input is a valid identifier - otherwise, it could accidentally uppercase
+    # a quoted identifier
+    identifier = to_identifier(identifier)
+
     if match := re.fullmatch(QUOTED_IDENTIFIER_REGEX, identifier):
         return match.group(1).replace('""', '"')
     # unquoted identifiers are internally represented as uppercase
diff --git a/tests/project/test_util.py b/tests/project/test_util.py
index 02a1ac272c..dc33902968 100644
--- a/tests/project/test_util.py
+++ b/tests/project/test_util.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     to_identifier,
     to_quoted_identifier,
     to_string_literal,
+    unquote_identifier,
 )
 
 VALID_UNQUOTED_IDENTIFIERS = (
@@ -335,3 +336,24 @@ def test_identifier_to_str(identifier, expected_value):
 )
 def test_sanitize_identifier(identifier, expected_value):
     assert sanitize_identifier(identifier) == expected_value
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "identifier, expected",
+    [
+        # valid unquoted id -> return upper case version
+        ("Id_1", "ID_1"),
+        # valid quoted id -> remove quotes and keep case
+        ('"Id""1"', 'Id"1'),
+        # unquoted id with special characters -> treat it as quoted ID and reserve case
+        ("Id.aBc", "Id.aBc"),
+        # unquoted id with double quotes inside -> treat is quoted ID
+        ('Id"1', 'Id"1'),
+        # quoted id with escaped double quotes -> unescape and keep case
+        ('"Id""1"', 'Id"1'),
+        # empty string -> return the same
+        ("", ""),
+    ],
+)
+def test_unquote_identifier(identifier, expected):
+    assert unquote_identifier(identifier) == expected
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 10eadc479a..7e24e002e6 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def test_path_resolver(mock_system, argument, expected):
         ("my_app", "MY_APP"),
         ('"My App"', "My%20App"),
         ("SYSTEM$GET", "SYSTEM%24GET"),
-        ("mailorder_!@#$%^&*()/_app", "MAILORDER_!%40%23%24%25%5E%26*()%2F_APP"),
+        ("mailorder_!@#$%^&*()/_app", "mailorder_!%40%23%24%25%5E%26*()%2F_app"),
         ('"Mailorder *App* is /cool/"', "Mailorder%20*App*%20is%20%2Fcool%2F"),
     ],
 )
diff --git a/tests_integration/nativeapp/test_version.py b/tests_integration/nativeapp/test_version.py
index 701f9e9fc0..61d8fb5fe9 100644
--- a/tests_integration/nativeapp/test_version.py
+++ b/tests_integration/nativeapp/test_version.py
@@ -517,3 +517,53 @@ def test_version_create_with_manage_versions_only(
         ]
     )
     assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+def test_nativeapp_version_create_quoted_identifiers(
+    runner,
+    snowflake_session,
+    default_username,
+    resource_suffix,
+    nativeapp_project_directory,
+):
+    project_name = "myapp"
+    with nativeapp_project_directory("napp_init_v2"):
+        package_name = f"{project_name}_pkg_{default_username}{resource_suffix}".upper()
+
+        # create version
+        result = runner.invoke_with_connection_json(
+            ["app", "version", "create", "v1.0"]
+        )
+        assert result.exit_code == 0
+
+        # create another patch
+        result = runner.invoke_with_connection_json(
+            ["app", "version", "create", "v1.0"]
+        )
+        assert result.exit_code == 0
+
+        # create custom patch
+        result = runner.invoke_with_connection_json(
+            ["app", "version", "create", "v1.0", "--patch", "4"]
+        )
+        assert result.exit_code == 0
+
+        # app package contains 3 patches for version v1.0
+        expect = row_from_snowflake_session(
+            snowflake_session.execute_string(
+                f"show versions in application package {package_name}"
+            )
+        )
+        assert contains_row_with(expect, {"version": "v1.0", "patch": 0})
+        assert contains_row_with(expect, {"version": "v1.0", "patch": 1})
+        assert contains_row_with(expect, {"version": "v1.0", "patch": 4})
+
+        # drop the version
+        result_drop = runner.invoke_with_connection_json(
+            ["app", "version", "drop", "v1.0", "--force"]
+        )
+        assert result_drop.exit_code == 0
+
+        actual = runner.invoke_with_connection_json(["app", "version", "list"])
+        assert len(actual.json) == 0