diff --git a/snowflake/update_snowflake_user.py b/snowflake/update_snowflake_user.py
index f8dcbbe..15c9524 100644
--- a/snowflake/update_snowflake_user.py
+++ b/snowflake/update_snowflake_user.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     For example: sudo ln -s "/usr/local/bin/my python3.7" /usr/local/bin/pam_rotation_venv_python3
 '''
 import json
+import re
 import sys
 import base64
 
@@ -32,6 +33,18 @@
     print("# Error: The 'snowflake connector' package could not be imported. Run 'pip install snowflake-connector-python' to install it.")
     exit(1)
 
+
+def _escape_identifier(name: str) -> str:
+
+    # Unquoted identifier names are matched case-insensitively by Snowflake; leave those alone.
+    # Anything else gets double-quoted, with embedded double quotes doubled, so the name cannot
+    # break out of the identifier and inject SQL.
+    if re.fullmatch(r"[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_$]*", name):
+        return name
+    escaped = name.replace('"', '""')
+    return f'"{escaped}"'
+
+
 def rotate(snowflake_account_name, snowflake_admin_user, snowflake_admin_pass, snowflake_user_name, new_password):
     """
     Connects with Snowflake using the snowflake.connector module.
@@ -61,11 +74,11 @@ def rotate(snowflake_account_name, snowflake_admin_user, snowflake_admin_pass, s
     
     # Create a cursor object
     cur = conn.cursor()
-    
+
     # Change new user's password
     try:
-        change_pass_query = f"ALTER USER {snowflake_user_name} SET PASSWORD = '{new_password}'"
-        cur.execute(change_pass_query)
+        change_pass_query = f"ALTER USER {_escape_identifier(snowflake_user_name)} SET PASSWORD = %s"
+        cur.execute(change_pass_query, (new_password,))
     except Exception as E:
         print(f"Unable to update the password. Error: {E}")
         exit(1)