diff --git a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Worksheet/Worksheet.php b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Worksheet/Worksheet.php
index 2ba3f08187..35f0c7f99d 100644
--- a/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Worksheet/Worksheet.php
+++ b/src/PhpSpreadsheet/Worksheet/Worksheet.php
@@ -3112,7 +3112,14 @@ public static function extractSheetTitle(?string $range, bool $returnRange = fal
         }
 
         if ($returnRange) {
-            return [substr($range, 0, $sep), substr($range, $sep + 1)];
+            $sheet = substr($range, 0, $sep);
+            if (($pos = strpos($sheet, "'")) !== false) {
+                $sheet = substr_replace($sheet, '', $pos, 1);
+            }
+            if (($pos = strrpos($sheet, "'")) !== false) {
+                $sheet = substr_replace($sheet, '', $pos, 1);
+            }
+            return [$sheet, substr($range, $sep + 1)];
         }
 
         return substr($range, $sep + 1);