diff --git a/chromadb/db/impl/sqlite.py b/chromadb/db/impl/sqlite.py
index c7cdb3063246..8549bc36207e 100644
--- a/chromadb/db/impl/sqlite.py
+++ b/chromadb/db/impl/sqlite.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def __init__(self, conn_pool: Pool, stack: local):
     @override
     def __enter__(self) -> base.Cursor:
         if len(self._tx_stack.stack) == 0:
+            self._conn.execute("PRAGMA case_sensitive_like = ON")
             self._conn.execute("BEGIN;")
         self._tx_stack.stack.append(self)
         return self._conn.cursor()  # type: ignore