diff --git a/app/models/miq_group.rb b/app/models/miq_group.rb
index eab91e1f5e8..1c6b1dedc83 100644
--- a/app/models/miq_group.rb
+++ b/app/models/miq_group.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class MiqGroup < ApplicationRecord
 
   delegate :self_service?, :limited_self_service?, :disallowed_roles, :to => :miq_user_role, :allow_nil => true
 
-  validates :description, :presence => true, :unique_within_region => true
+  validates :description, :presence => true, :unique_within_region => { :match_case => false }
   validate :validate_default_tenant, :on => :update, :if => :tenant_id_changed?
   before_destroy :ensure_can_be_destroyed
   after_destroy :reset_current_group_for_users
diff --git a/app/models/miq_user_role.rb b/app/models/miq_user_role.rb
index aa4db4de9ae..037fcd33285 100644
--- a/app/models/miq_user_role.rb
+++ b/app/models/miq_user_role.rb
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ class MiqUserRole < ApplicationRecord
 
   virtual_column :vm_restriction,                   :type => :string
 
-  validates_presence_of   :name
-  validates_uniqueness_of :name
+  validates :name, :presence => true, :uniqueness => { :case_sensitive => false }
 
   serialize :settings