diff --git a/pkg/resources/stage.go b/pkg/resources/stage.go
index 8dbb0c0806..884ca76d79 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/stage.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/stage.go
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ var stageSchema = map[string]*schema.Schema{
 		Description: "Specifies the name of the storage integration used to delegate authentication responsibility for external cloud storage to a Snowflake identity and access management (IAM) entity.",
 	},
 	"file_format": {
-		Type:        schema.TypeString,
-		Optional:    true,
-		Description: "Specifies the file format for the stage.",
+		Type:             schema.TypeString,
+		Optional:         true,
+		Description:      "Specifies the file format for the stage.",
+		DiffSuppressFunc: suppressQuoting,
 	},
 	"copy_options": {
 		Type:             schema.TypeString,
diff --git a/pkg/resources/stage_acceptance_test.go b/pkg/resources/stage_acceptance_test.go
index c6f97e53f2..58ac1ff4b8 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/stage_acceptance_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/stage_acceptance_test.go
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ func TestAcc_Stage_CreateAndAlter(t *testing.T) {
 	changedStorageIntegration := ids.PrecreatedS3StorageIntegration
 	changedEncryption := "TYPE = 'AWS_SSE_S3'"
 	changedFileFormat := "TYPE = JSON NULL_IF = []"
+	changedFileFormatWithQuotes := "FIELD_DELIMITER = '|' PARSE_HEADER = true"
 	changedComment := random.Comment()
 	copyOptionsWithoutQuotes := "ON_ERROR = CONTINUE"
 
@@ -129,6 +130,25 @@ func TestAcc_Stage_CreateAndAlter(t *testing.T) {
 					PostApplyPreRefresh: []plancheck.PlanCheck{plancheck.ExpectEmptyPlan()},
 				},
 			},
+			{
+				ConfigDirectory: config.TestNameDirectory(),
+				ConfigVariables: configVariables(changedUrl, changedStorageIntegration.Name(), credentials, changedEncryption, changedFileFormatWithQuotes, changedComment, copyOptionsWithoutQuotes),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "database", databaseName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "schema", schemaName),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "name", name),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "storage_integration", changedStorageIntegration.Name()),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "credentials", credentials),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "encryption", changedEncryption),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "file_format", changedFileFormatWithQuotes),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "copy_options", copyOptionsWithoutQuotes),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "url", changedUrl),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(resourceName, "comment", changedComment),
+				),
+				ConfigPlanChecks: resource.ConfigPlanChecks{
+					PostApplyPreRefresh: []plancheck.PlanCheck{plancheck.ExpectEmptyPlan()},
+				},
+			},
 			{
 				ConfigDirectory: config.TestNameDirectory(),
 				ConfigVariables: configVariables(changedUrl, changedStorageIntegration.Name(), credentials, changedEncryption, changedFileFormat, changedComment, copyOptionsWithoutQuotes),