diff --git a/superset/db_engine_specs/databricks.py b/superset/db_engine_specs/databricks.py
index 66e9078bee83..a885684408f8 100644
--- a/superset/db_engine_specs/databricks.py
+++ b/superset/db_engine_specs/databricks.py
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from datetime import datetime
-from typing import Any, TYPE_CHECKING, TypedDict, Union
+from typing import Any, Callable, TYPE_CHECKING, TypedDict, Union
 
 from apispec import APISpec
 from apispec.ext.marshmallow import MarshmallowPlugin
 from flask_babel import gettext as __
 from marshmallow import fields, Schema
 from marshmallow.validate import Range
+from sqlalchemy import types
 from sqlalchemy.engine.reflection import Inspector
 from sqlalchemy.engine.url import URL
 
@@ -40,6 +41,51 @@
     from superset.models.core import Database
 
 
+try:
+    from databricks.sql.utils import ParamEscaper
+except ImportError:
+
+    class ParamEscaper:  # type: ignore
+        """Dummy class."""
+
+
+class DatabricksStringType(types.TypeDecorator):
+    impl = types.String
+    cache_ok = True
+    pe = ParamEscaper()
+
+    def process_literal_param(self, value: Any, dialect: Any) -> str:
+        return self.pe.escape_string(value)
+
+    def literal_processor(self, dialect: Any) -> Callable[[Any], str]:
+        def process(value: Any) -> str:
+            _step1 = self.process_literal_param(value, dialect="databricks")
+            if dialect.identifier_preparer._double_percents:
+                _step2 = _step1.replace("%", "%%")
+            else:
+                _step2 = _step1
+
+            return "%s" % _step2
+
+        return process
+
+
+def monkeypatch_dialect() -> None:
+    """
+    Monkeypatch dialect to correctly escape single quotes.
+
+    The Databricks SQLAlchemy dialect we currently use does not escape single quotes
+    correctly -- it doubles the single quotes, instead of adding a backslash. The fixed
+    version requires SQLAlchemy 2.0, which is not yet available in Superset.
+    """
+    try:
+        from sqlalchemy_databricks._dialect import DatabricksDialect
+
+        DatabricksDialect.colspecs[types.String] = DatabricksStringType
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+
+
 class DatabricksBaseSchema(Schema):
     """
     Fields that are required for both Databricks drivers that uses a
@@ -595,3 +641,7 @@ def adjust_engine_params(
             uri = uri.update_query_dict({"schema": schema})
 
         return uri, connect_args
+
+
+# remove once we've upgraded to SQLAlchemy 2.0 and the 2.x databricks-sqlalchemy lib
+monkeypatch_dialect()