diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ae96d456ac4..3d9c3ca586e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@
 - Change some CompilationExceptions to ParsingExceptions ([#4254](http://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/4254), [#4328](https://github.com/dbt-core/pull/4328))
 - Reorder logic for static parser sampling to speed up model parsing ([#4332](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/pull/4332))
 - Use more augmented assignment statements ([#4315](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/4315)), ([#4311](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/pull/4331))
+- Adjust logic when finding approximate matches for models and tests ([#3835](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/issues/3835)), [#4076](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/pull/4076))
 
 Contributors:
-[@sarah-weatherbee](https://github.com/sarah-weatherbee) ([#4331](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/pull/4331))
+- [@sarah-weatherbee](https://github.com/sarah-weatherbee) ([#4331](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/pull/4331))
+- [@emilieschario](https://github.com/emilieschario) ([#4076](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/pull/4076))
 
 ## dbt-core 1.0.0rc2 (November 22, 2021)
 
diff --git a/core/dbt/adapters/base/relation.py b/core/dbt/adapters/base/relation.py
index 9f89d82a9b1..672348f4285 100644
--- a/core/dbt/adapters/base/relation.py
+++ b/core/dbt/adapters/base/relation.py
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ def matches(
             if not self._is_exactish_match(k, v):
                 exact_match = False
 
-            if self.path.get_lowered_part(k) != v.lower():
+            if (
+                self.path.get_lowered_part(k).strip(self.quote_character) !=
+                v.lower().strip(self.quote_character)
+            ):
                 approximate_match = False
 
         if approximate_match and not exact_match: