diff --git a/soda-databricks/src/soda_databricks/common/data_sources/databricks_data_source.py b/soda-databricks/src/soda_databricks/common/data_sources/databricks_data_source.py
index 733052729..7e75c2c62 100644
--- a/soda-databricks/src/soda_databricks/common/data_sources/databricks_data_source.py
+++ b/soda-databricks/src/soda_databricks/common/data_sources/databricks_data_source.py
@@ -227,7 +227,12 @@ def _get_data_type_name_synonyms(self) -> list[list[str]]:
     def build_columns_metadata_query_str(self, table_namespace: DataSourceNamespace, table_name: str) -> str:
         database_name: str | None = table_namespace.get_database_for_metadata_query()
         schema_name: str = table_namespace.get_schema_for_metadata_query()
-        return f"DESCRIBE {database_name}.{schema_name}.{table_name}"
+
+        fully_qualified_name = self.qualify_dataset_name(
+            dataset_prefix=[database_name, schema_name], dataset_name=table_name
+        )
+
+        return f"DESCRIBE {fully_qualified_name}"
 
     def build_column_metadatas_from_query_result(self, query_result: QueryResult) -> list[ColumnMetadata]:
         # Filter out dataset description rows (first such line starts with #, ignore the rest) or empty
diff --git a/soda-databricks/tests/data_sources/test_databricks.py b/soda-databricks/tests/data_sources/test_databricks.py
index 1f3e58ec6..04d81b0e2 100644
--- a/soda-databricks/tests/data_sources/test_databricks.py
+++ b/soda-databricks/tests/data_sources/test_databricks.py
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
 import os
 
 import pytest
+from helpers.data_source_test_helper import DataSourceTestHelper
+from helpers.mock_soda_cloud import MockResponse
 from helpers.test_connection import TestConnection
+from helpers.test_table import TestTableSpecification
+
+test_table_specification = (
+    TestTableSpecification.builder()
+    .table_purpose("1-schema_databricks-special-chars")
+    .column_varchar("id-1")
+    .column_integer("2-size")
+    .column_date("/+created")
+    .build()
+)
 
 DATABRICKS_HOST = os.getenv("DATABRICKS_HOST")
 DATABRICKS_HTTP_PATH = os.getenv("DATABRICKS_HTTP_PATH")
@@ -61,3 +73,33 @@
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("test_connection", test_connections, ids=[tc.test_name for tc in test_connections])
 def test_databricks_connections(test_connection: TestConnection):
     test_connection.test()
+
+
+def test_databricks_schema_check_special_chars(data_source_test_helper: DataSourceTestHelper):
+    test_table = data_source_test_helper.ensure_test_table(test_table_specification)
+    data_source_test_helper.enable_soda_cloud_mock(
+        [
+            MockResponse(status_code=200, json_object={"fileId": "a81bc81b-dead-4e5d-abff-90865d1e13b1"}),
+        ]
+    )
+
+    data_source_test_helper.assert_contract_pass(
+        test_table=test_table,
+        contract_yaml_str=f"""
+            checks:
+              - schema:
+            columns:
+              - name: id-1
+                data_type: {test_table.data_type('id-1')}
+              - name: 2-size
+                data_type: {test_table.data_type('2-size')}
+              - name: /+created
+        """,
+    )
+
+    soda_core_insert_scan_results_command = data_source_test_helper.soda_cloud.requests[1].json
+    check_json: dict = soda_core_insert_scan_results_command["checks"][0]
+    schema_diagnostics: dict = check_json["diagnostics"]["v4"]
+    assert schema_diagnostics["type"] == "schema"
+    assert set([c["name"] for c in schema_diagnostics["actual"]]) == {"id-1", "2-size", "/+created"}
+    assert set([c["name"] for c in schema_diagnostics["expected"]]) == {"id-1", "2-size", "/+created"}