diff --git a/superset/sql_parse.py b/superset/sql_parse.py
index f84d73bef032a..03c9926a44a55 100644
--- a/superset/sql_parse.py
+++ b/superset/sql_parse.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def is_select(self) -> bool:
         # for `UNKNOWN`, check all DDL/DML explicitly: only `SELECT` DML is allowed,
         # and no DDL is allowed
         if any(token.ttype == DDL for token in parsed[0]) or any(
-            token.ttype == DML and token.value != "SELECT" for token in parsed[0]
+            token.ttype == DML and token.normalized != "SELECT" for token in parsed[0]
         ):
             return False
 
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ def is_select(self) -> bool:
             return False
 
         return any(
-            token.ttype == DML and token.value == "SELECT" for token in parsed[0]
+            token.ttype == DML and token.normalized == "SELECT" for token in parsed[0]
         )
 
     def is_valid_ctas(self) -> bool:
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/sql_parse_tests.py b/tests/unit_tests/sql_parse_tests.py
index ba3da69aaefaf..f6d63cf465236 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/sql_parse_tests.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/sql_parse_tests.py
@@ -1008,6 +1008,28 @@ def test_cte_is_select() -> None:
     assert sql.is_select()
 
 
+def test_cte_is_select_lowercase() -> None:
+    """
+    Some CTEs with lowercase select are not correctly identified as SELECTS.
+    """
+    sql = ParsedQuery(
+        """WITH foo AS(
+select
+  FLOOR(__time TO WEEK) AS "week",
+  name,
+  COUNT(DISTINCT user_id) AS "unique_users"
+FROM "druid"."my_table"
+GROUP BY 1,2
+)
+select
+  f.week,
+  f.name,
+  f.unique_users
+FROM foo f"""
+    )
+    assert sql.is_select()
+
+
 def test_unknown_select() -> None:
     """
     Test that `is_select` works when sqlparse fails to identify the type.