diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/common/utils/StringUtils.java b/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/common/utils/StringUtils.java
index c81f56ef634..4d26c6190e9 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/common/utils/StringUtils.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/common/utils/StringUtils.java
@@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ public static String unquoteText(String text) {
     for (int chIndex = 1; chIndex < text.length() - 1; chIndex++) {
       currentChar = text.charAt(chIndex);
       nextChar = text.charAt(chIndex + 1);
-      if (currentChar == enclosingQuote && nextChar == currentChar) {
+
+      if ((currentChar == '\\' && (nextChar == '"' || nextChar == '\\' || nextChar == '\''))
+          || (currentChar == nextChar && currentChar == enclosingQuote)) {
         chIndex++;
+        currentChar = nextChar;
       }
       textSB.append(currentChar);
     }
diff --git a/docs/user/dql/expressions.rst b/docs/user/dql/expressions.rst
index 4816121be2c..460fa47c181 100644
--- a/docs/user/dql/expressions.rst
+++ b/docs/user/dql/expressions.rst
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Here is an example for different type of literals::
     +---------+---------+---------+---------+--------+---------+---------+-----------+----------+
     | "Hello" | 'Hello' | "It""s" | 'It''s' | "It's" | '"Its"' | 'It\'s' | 'It\\\'s' | "\I\t\s" |
     |---------+---------+---------+---------+--------+---------+---------+-----------+----------|
-    | Hello   | Hello   | It"s    | It's    | It's   | "Its"   | It\'s   | It\\\'s   | \I\t\s   |
+    | Hello   | Hello   | It"s    | It's    | It's   | "Its"   | It's    | It\'s     | \I\t\s   |
     +---------+---------+---------+---------+--------+---------+---------+-----------+----------+
 
 
diff --git a/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/ppl/SearchCommandIT.java b/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/ppl/SearchCommandIT.java
index 4620ca586c0..b251e5bc694 100644
--- a/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/ppl/SearchCommandIT.java
+++ b/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/ppl/SearchCommandIT.java
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ public void testWildcardEscaping() throws IOException {
         executeQuery(
             String.format(
                 "search source=%s"
-                    + " `attributes.error.type`=\\\"C:\\\\\\\\Users\\\\\\\\admin\\\""
+                    + " `attributes.error.type`=\\\"C:\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\Users\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\admin\\\""
                     + " | sort time | fields attributes.error.type",
                 TEST_INDEX_OTEL_LOGS));
     verifyDataRows(backslashSearch, rows("C:\\Users\\admin"));
diff --git a/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/sql/WildcardQueryIT.java b/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/sql/WildcardQueryIT.java
index c6e43010d90..8123f887f23 100644
--- a/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/sql/WildcardQueryIT.java
+++ b/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/sql/WildcardQueryIT.java
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public void test_backslash_wildcard() throws IOException {
     String query =
         "SELECT KeywordBody FROM "
             + TEST_INDEX_WILDCARD
-            + " WHERE wildcard_query(KeywordBody, '*\\\\\\\\\\\\_')";
+            + " WHERE wildcard_query(KeywordBody, '*\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\_')";
     JSONObject result = executeJdbcRequest(query);
     verifyDataRows(result, rows("test backslash wildcard \\_"));
   }
diff --git a/ppl/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/ppl/calcite/CalcitePPLStringFunctionTest.java b/ppl/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/ppl/calcite/CalcitePPLStringFunctionTest.java
index d1c11aec0af..1e97052dea0 100644
--- a/ppl/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/ppl/calcite/CalcitePPLStringFunctionTest.java
+++ b/ppl/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/ppl/calcite/CalcitePPLStringFunctionTest.java
@@ -285,12 +285,12 @@ public void testReplaceWithRegexPattern() {
     String ppl = "source=EMP | eval no_digits = replace(JOB, '\\\\d+', '') | fields JOB, no_digits";
     RelNode root = getRelNode(ppl);
     String expectedLogical =
-        "LogicalProject(JOB=[$2], no_digits=[REGEXP_REPLACE($2, '\\\\d+':VARCHAR, '':VARCHAR)])\n"
+        "LogicalProject(JOB=[$2], no_digits=[REGEXP_REPLACE($2, '\\d+':VARCHAR, '':VARCHAR)])\n"
             + "  LogicalTableScan(table=[[scott, EMP]])\n";
     verifyLogical(root, expectedLogical);
 
     String expectedSparkSql =
-        "SELECT `JOB`, REGEXP_REPLACE(`JOB`, '\\\\d+', '') `no_digits`\n" + "FROM `scott`.`EMP`";
+        "SELECT `JOB`, REGEXP_REPLACE(`JOB`, '\\d+', '') `no_digits`\n" + "FROM `scott`.`EMP`";
     verifyPPLToSparkSQL(root, expectedSparkSql);
   }
 
@@ -303,12 +303,12 @@ public void testReplaceWithRegexCaptureGroups() {
     RelNode root = getRelNode(ppl);
     String expectedLogical =
         "LogicalProject(ENAME=[$1], swapped=[REGEXP_REPLACE($1, '^(.)(.)':VARCHAR,"
-            + " '\\$2\\$1')])\n"
+            + " '$2$1')])\n"
             + "  LogicalTableScan(table=[[scott, EMP]])\n";
     verifyLogical(root, expectedLogical);
 
     String expectedSparkSql =
-        "SELECT `ENAME`, REGEXP_REPLACE(`ENAME`, '^(.)(.)', '\\$2\\$1') `swapped`\n"
+        "SELECT `ENAME`, REGEXP_REPLACE(`ENAME`, '^(.)(.)', '$2$1') `swapped`\n"
             + "FROM `scott`.`EMP`";
     verifyPPLToSparkSQL(root, expectedSparkSql);
   }