diff --git a/Snowflake.Data/Core/Session/SFSession.cs b/Snowflake.Data/Core/Session/SFSession.cs
index 788febed2..c5a47438a 100755
--- a/Snowflake.Data/Core/Session/SFSession.cs
+++ b/Snowflake.Data/Core/Session/SFSession.cs
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ internal void UpdateSessionProperty(ref string initialSessionValue, string final
                 string unquotedFinalValue = UnquoteJson(finalSessionValue, ref quoted);
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(initialSessionValue))
                 {
-                    quoted |= initialSessionValue.StartsWith('\"');
+                    quoted |= initialSessionValue.StartsWith("\"");
                     if (!string.Equals(initialSessionValue, unquotedFinalValue, quoted ? StringComparison.Ordinal : StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
                     {
                         sessionPropertiesChanged = true;