diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/internal/ParameterUtils.scala b/src/main/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/internal/ParameterUtils.scala
index 196b876c..adb9fd06 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/internal/ParameterUtils.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/internal/ParameterUtils.scala
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package com.snowflake.snowpark.internal
 
 import net.snowflake.client.core.SFSessionProperty
 
-import java.security.spec.RSAPrivateCrtKeySpec
+import java.security.spec.{PKCS8EncodedKeySpec, RSAPrivateCrtKeySpec}
 import java.security.{GeneralSecurityException, KeyFactory, PrivateKey}
 import java.util.Properties
 import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64
@@ -104,38 +104,55 @@ private[snowpark] object ParameterUtils extends Logging {
   }
 
   private[snowpark] def parsePrivateKey(key: String): PrivateKey = {
+    // try to parse pkcs#8 format first,
+    // if it fails, then try to parse pkcs#1 format.
     try {
       val decoded = Base64.decodeBase64(key)
-      val derReader = new DerInputStream(decoded)
-      val seq = derReader.getSequence(0)
-
-      if (seq.length < 9) {
-        throw new GeneralSecurityException("Could not parse a PKCS1 private key.")
-      }
-
-      // seq(0) is version, skip
-      val modulus = seq(1).getBigInteger
-      val publicExp = seq(2).getBigInteger
-      val privateExp = seq(3).getBigInteger
-      val prime1 = seq(4).getBigInteger
-      val prime2 = seq(5).getBigInteger
-      val exp1 = seq(6).getBigInteger
-      val exp2 = seq(7).getBigInteger
-      val crtCoef = seq(8).getBigInteger
-      val keySpec = new RSAPrivateCrtKeySpec(
-        modulus,
-        publicExp,
-        privateExp,
-        prime1,
-        prime2,
-        exp1,
-        exp2,
-        crtCoef)
-      val keyFactory = KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA")
-      keyFactory.generatePrivate(keySpec)
+      val kf = KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA")
+      val keySpec = new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(decoded)
+      kf.generatePrivate(keySpec)
     } catch {
-      case e: Exception =>
-        throw ErrorMessage.MISC_INVALID_RSA_PRIVATE_KEY(e.getMessage)
+      case pkcs8Exception: Exception =>
+        // try to read PKCS#1 key
+        try {
+          val decoded = Base64.decodeBase64(key)
+          val derReader = new DerInputStream(decoded)
+          val seq = derReader.getSequence(0)
+
+          if (seq.length < 9) {
+            throw new GeneralSecurityException("Could not parse a PKCS1 private key.")
+          }
+
+          // seq(0) is version, skip
+          val modulus = seq(1).getBigInteger
+          val publicExp = seq(2).getBigInteger
+          val privateExp = seq(3).getBigInteger
+          val prime1 = seq(4).getBigInteger
+          val prime2 = seq(5).getBigInteger
+          val exp1 = seq(6).getBigInteger
+          val exp2 = seq(7).getBigInteger
+          val crtCoef = seq(8).getBigInteger
+          val keySpec = new RSAPrivateCrtKeySpec(
+            modulus,
+            publicExp,
+            privateExp,
+            prime1,
+            prime2,
+            exp1,
+            exp2,
+            crtCoef)
+          val keyFactory = KeyFactory.getInstance("RSA")
+          keyFactory.generatePrivate(keySpec)
+        } catch {
+          case pkcs1Exception: Exception =>
+            val errorMessage =
+              s"""Failed to parse PKCS#8 RSA Private key
+                |${pkcs8Exception.getMessage}
+                |Failed to parse PKCS#1 RSA Private key
+                |${pkcs1Exception.getMessage}
+                |""".stripMargin
+            throw ErrorMessage.MISC_INVALID_RSA_PRIVATE_KEY(errorMessage)
+        }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/ParameterSuite.scala b/src/test/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/ParameterSuite.scala
index d1814472..8ee5dddd 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/ParameterSuite.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/snowflake/snowpark/ParameterSuite.scala
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ package com.snowflake.snowpark
 import com.snowflake.snowpark.internal.{ParameterUtils, ServerConnection}
 import net.snowflake.client.core.SFSessionProperty
 
+import java.security.KeyPairGenerator
+import java.security.spec.PKCS8EncodedKeySpec
+import java.util.Base64
+
 class ParameterSuite extends SNTestBase {
 
   val options: Map[String, String] = Session.loadConfFromFile(defaultProfile)
@@ -61,8 +65,26 @@ class ParameterSuite extends SNTestBase {
       // scalastyle:on
     }
 
-    assertThrows[Exception](
+    val ex = intercept[SnowparkClientException] {
       ParameterUtils
-        .jdbcConfig(optionWithoutKey + ("privatekey" -> "wrong key"), isScalaAPI = true))
+        .jdbcConfig(optionWithoutKey + ("privatekey" -> "wrong key"), isScalaAPI = true)
+    }
+    assert(ex.message.contains("Failed to parse PKCS#8 RSA Private key"))
+    assert(ex.message.contains("Failed to parse PKCS#1 RSA Private key"))
+  }
+
+  test("enable to read PKCS#8 private keys") {
+    // no need to verify PKCS#1 format key additionally,
+    // since all Github Action tests use PKCS#1 key to authenticate with Snowflake server.
+    ParameterUtils.parsePrivateKey(generatePKCS8Key())
+  }
+
+  private def generatePKCS8Key(): String = {
+    val keyPairGenerator = KeyPairGenerator.getInstance("RSA")
+    keyPairGenerator.initialize(2048)
+    val keyPair = keyPairGenerator.generateKeyPair()
+    val privateKey = keyPair.getPrivate
+    val encodedKeySpec = new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(privateKey.getEncoded)
+    Base64.getEncoder.encodeToString(encodedKeySpec.getEncoded)
   }
 }