diff --git a/src/plugins/console/public/application/models/sense_editor/__tests__/editor_input1.txt b/src/plugins/console/public/application/models/sense_editor/__tests__/editor_input1.txt
index f9a4bcb85034d1..398a0fdeab61f1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/console/public/application/models/sense_editor/__tests__/editor_input1.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/console/public/application/models/sense_editor/__tests__/editor_input1.txt
@@ -25,3 +25,9 @@ GET index_1/type1/1/_source?_source_include=f
 
 DELETE index_2
 
+
+POST /_sql?format=txt
+{
+  "query": "SELECT prenom FROM claude_index WHERE prenom = 'claude' ",
+  "fetch_size": 1
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/console/public/application/models/sense_editor/__tests__/sense_editor.test.js b/src/plugins/console/public/application/models/sense_editor/__tests__/sense_editor.test.js
index 6afc03df13b4cd..34b4cad7fbb6bb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/console/public/application/models/sense_editor/__tests__/sense_editor.test.js
+++ b/src/plugins/console/public/application/models/sense_editor/__tests__/sense_editor.test.js
@@ -470,6 +470,18 @@ curl -XGET "http://localhost:9200/_stats?level=shards"
 curl -XPUT "http://localhost:9200/index_1/type1/1" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'
 {
   "f": 1
+}'`.trim()
+  );
+
+  multiReqCopyAsCurlTest(
+    'with single quotes',
+    editorInput1,
+    { start: { lineNumber: 29 }, end: { lineNumber: 33 } },
+    `
+curl -XPOST "http://localhost:9200/_sql?format=txt" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'
+{
+  "query": "SELECT prenom FROM claude_index WHERE prenom = '\\''claude'\\'' ",
+  "fetch_size": 1
 }'`.trim()
   );
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/console/public/application/models/sense_editor/sense_editor.ts b/src/plugins/console/public/application/models/sense_editor/sense_editor.ts
index 9bcd3a68721968..d326543bbe00bb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/console/public/application/models/sense_editor/sense_editor.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/console/public/application/models/sense_editor/sense_editor.ts
@@ -484,8 +484,9 @@ export class SenseEditor {
       if (esData && esData.length) {
         ret += " -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'\n";
         const dataAsString = collapseLiteralStrings(esData.join('\n'));
-        // since Sense doesn't allow single quote json string any single qoute is within a string.
-        ret += dataAsString.replace(/'/g, '\\"');
+
+        // We escape single quoted strings that that are wrapped in single quoted strings
+        ret += dataAsString.replace(/'/g, "'\\''");
         if (esData.length > 1) {
           ret += '\n';
         } // end with a new line