diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index e8a3fc702..c9c3fde0d 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 * Fixed `snow git setup` command behaviour for fully qualified repository names.
 * Fixed `snow git setup` command behaviour in case API integration or secret with default name already exists.
 * `snow streamlit deploy` will check for existing streamlit instance before deploying anything.
+* Fixed `snow snowpark package create` creating empty zip when package name contained capital letters.
 
 # v3.0.0
 ## Backward incompatibility
diff --git a/src/snowflake/cli/_plugins/snowpark/models.py b/src/snowflake/cli/_plugins/snowpark/models.py
index 2a48c55ff..a30aeae05 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/cli/_plugins/snowpark/models.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/cli/_plugins/snowpark/models.py
@@ -121,13 +121,14 @@ def from_wheel(cls, wheel_path: Path):
                 if line.startswith(dep_keyword)
             ]
             name = cls._get_name_from_wheel_filename(wheel_path.name)
+
             return cls(name=name, wheel_path=wheel_path, dependencies=dependencies)
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_name_from_wheel_filename(wheel_filename: str) -> str:
         # wheel filename is in format {name}-{version}[-{extra info}]
         # https://peps.python.org/pep-0491/#file-name-convention
-        return wheel_filename.split("-")[0]
+        return wheel_filename.split("-")[0].lower()
 
     @staticmethod
     def to_wheel_name_format(package_name: str) -> str:
diff --git a/tests/snowpark/test_models.py b/tests/snowpark/test_models.py
index b8dcbae2e..c1e847398 100644
--- a/tests/snowpark/test_models.py
+++ b/tests/snowpark/test_models.py
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import pytest
-from snowflake.cli._plugins.snowpark.models import Requirement, get_package_name
+from snowflake.cli._plugins.snowpark.models import (
+    Requirement,
+    WheelMetadata,
+    get_package_name,
+)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -58,3 +62,27 @@ def test_requirement_is_parsed_correctly(line, name, extras):
 )
 def test_get_package_name(line, name):
     assert get_package_name(line) == name
+
+
+def test_wheel_metadata_parsing(test_root_path):
+    from snowflake.cli._plugins.snowpark.zipper import zip_dir
+    from snowflake.cli.api.secure_path import SecurePath
+
+    with SecurePath.temporary_directory() as tmpdir:
+        wheel_path = tmpdir / "Zendesk-1.1.1-py3-none-any.whl"
+
+        # prepare .whl package
+        package_dir = tmpdir / "ZendeskWhl"
+        package_dir.mkdir()
+        package_src = (
+            SecurePath(test_root_path) / "test_data" / "local_packages" / ".packages"
+        )
+        for srcdir in ["zendesk", "Zendesk-1.1.1.dist-info"]:
+            (package_src / srcdir).copy(package_dir.path)
+        zip_dir(source=package_dir.path, dest_zip=wheel_path.path)
+
+        # check metadata
+        meta = WheelMetadata.from_wheel(wheel_path.path)
+        assert meta.name == "zendesk"
+        assert meta.wheel_path == wheel_path.path
+        assert meta.dependencies == ["httplib2", "simplejson"]
diff --git a/tests_integration/test_package.py b/tests_integration/test_package.py
index 18afcc18e..39022ec15 100644
--- a/tests_integration/test_package.py
+++ b/tests_integration/test_package.py
@@ -208,6 +208,30 @@ def test_package_with_native_libraries(self, directory_for_test, runner):
         assert result.exit_code == 1
         assert "at https://support.anaconda.com/" in result.output
 
+    @pytest.mark.integration
+    def test_package_with_capital_letters(self, directory_for_test, runner):
+        # TODO: change to package controlled by SF, for example dummy-package-with-Capital-Letters
+        package_name = "Zendesk"
+        result = runner.invoke(
+            [
+                "snowpark",
+                "package",
+                "create",
+                package_name,
+                "--ignore-anaconda",
+                "--allow-shared-libraries",
+            ]
+        )
+        assert result.exit_code == 0
+        zipfile = f"{package_name.lower()}.zip"
+        assert Path(zipfile).exists()
+        files = self._get_filenames_from_zip(zipfile)
+        assert any(
+            file.startswith(package_name) and file.endswith("dist-info/")
+            for file in files
+        )
+
+    @pytest.mark.integration
     @pytest.mark.integration
     def test_incorrect_input(self, runner):
         from packaging.requirements import InvalidRequirement