diff --git a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/config/SFClientConfigParser.java b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/config/SFClientConfigParser.java
index 2f3ee3b91..c2923af67 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/config/SFClientConfigParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/config/SFClientConfigParser.java
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ static String convertToWindowsPath(String filePath) {
       filePath = filePath.substring(1);
     } else if (filePath.startsWith("file:\\")) {
       filePath = filePath.substring(6);
+    } else if (filePath.startsWith("nested:\\")) {
+      filePath = filePath.substring(8);
     } else if (filePath.startsWith("\\")) {
       filePath = filePath.substring(2);
     } else if (matcher.find() && matcher.start() != 0) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/config/SFClientConfigParserTest.java b/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/config/SFClientConfigParserTest.java
index 225fff203..48a77625c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/config/SFClientConfigParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/snowflake/client/config/SFClientConfigParserTest.java
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ public void testgetConfigFileNameFromJDBCJarLocation() {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testconvertToWindowsPath() {
+  public void testConvertToWindowsPath() {
     String mockWindowsPath = "C:/Program Files/example.txt";
     String resultWindowsPath = "C:\\Program Files\\example.txt";
-    String[] testCases = new String[] {"", "file:\\", "\\\\", "/"};
+    String[] testCases = new String[] {"", "file:\\", "\\\\", "/", "nested:\\"};
     String mockCloudPrefix = "cloud://";
 
     for (String testcase : testCases) {