diff --git a/server/expression/executor.go b/server/expression/executor.go
index 8874178b55..36edd730c3 100644
--- a/server/expression/executor.go
+++ b/server/expression/executor.go
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ func (e Executor) resolveAttribute(attribute *Attribute) (value.Value, error) {
 		return value.Nil, resolutionError(err)
 	}
 
-	return value.NewFromString(attributeValue), nil
+	str := value.NewFromString(attributeValue)
+	return value.NewFromString(str.UnescappedString()), nil
 }
 
 func (e Executor) resolveEnvironment(environment *Environment) (value.Value, error) {
diff --git a/server/expression/executor_test.go b/server/expression/executor_test.go
index f78247ade4..7fdb0c00fc 100644
--- a/server/expression/executor_test.go
+++ b/server/expression/executor_test.go
@@ -63,6 +63,19 @@ func TestBasicExpressionExecution(t *testing.T) {
 			Query:      `'This should be workin\'' = "This should be workin'"`,
 			ShouldPass: true,
 		},
+		{
+			Name:       "escaped_strings_must_be_equal_to_unescaped_strings_when_escaping_is_not_required",
+			Query:      `attr:response = '"text \"quoted\" and another \"quote\"",'`,
+			ShouldPass: true,
+			AttributeDataStore: expression.AttributeDataStore{
+				Span: traces.Span{
+					ID: id.NewRandGenerator().SpanID(),
+					Attributes: traces.NewAttributes(map[string]string{
+						"response": `"text \"quoted\" and another \"quote\"",`,
+					}),
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	executeTestCases(t, testCases)