diff --git a/target_snowflake/connector.py b/target_snowflake/connector.py
index 78a971a..1bdd4d9 100644
--- a/target_snowflake/connector.py
+++ b/target_snowflake/connector.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 from snowflake.sqlalchemy import URL
 from snowflake.sqlalchemy.base import SnowflakeIdentifierPreparer
 from snowflake.sqlalchemy.snowdialect import SnowflakeDialect
-from sqlalchemy.sql import text
+from sqlalchemy.sql import quoted_name, text
 
 from target_snowflake.snowflake_types import NUMBER, TIMESTAMP_NTZ, VARIANT
 
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ def _get_merge_from_stage_statement(  # noqa: ANN202
         dedup = f"QUALIFY ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY {dedup_cols} ORDER BY SEQ8() DESC) = 1"
         return (
             text(
-                f"merge into {full_table_name} d using "  # noqa: ISC003
+                f"merge into {quoted_name(full_table_name, quote=True)} d using "  # noqa: ISC003
                 + f"(select {json_casting_selects} from '@~/target-snowflake/{sync_id}'"  # noqa: S608
                 + f"(file_format => {file_format}) {dedup}) s "
                 + f"on {join_expr} "