diff --git a/pkg/datasources/row_access_policies.go b/pkg/datasources/row_access_policies.go
index e16d8069ae..7de84d4811 100644
--- a/pkg/datasources/row_access_policies.go
+++ b/pkg/datasources/row_access_policies.go
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ package datasources
 import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
-	"fmt"
 	"log"
 
+	"github.com/Snowflake-Labs/terraform-provider-snowflake/pkg/helpers"
 	"github.com/Snowflake-Labs/terraform-provider-snowflake/pkg/sdk"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
 )
@@ -85,6 +85,6 @@ func ReadRowAccessPolicies(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	d.SetId(fmt.Sprintf(`%v|%v`, databaseName, schemaName))
+	d.SetId(helpers.EncodeSnowflakeID(databaseName, schemaName))
 	return d.Set("row_access_policies", rowAccessPolicies)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/resources/row_access_policy.go b/pkg/resources/row_access_policy.go
index 8750bea307..07b3a264c3 100644
--- a/pkg/resources/row_access_policy.go
+++ b/pkg/resources/row_access_policy.go
@@ -82,10 +82,7 @@ func CreateRowAccessPolicy(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 
 	args := make([]sdk.CreateRowAccessPolicyArgsRequest, 0)
 	for k, v := range signature {
-		dataType, err := sdk.ToDataType(v.(string))
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+		dataType := sdk.DataType(v.(string))
 		args = append(args, *sdk.NewCreateRowAccessPolicyArgsRequest(k, dataType))
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/sdk/testint/row_access_policies_gen_integration_test.go b/pkg/sdk/testint/row_access_policies_gen_integration_test.go
index d85bca82a6..ce17cf3b0e 100644
--- a/pkg/sdk/testint/row_access_policies_gen_integration_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sdk/testint/row_access_policies_gen_integration_test.go
@@ -291,6 +291,21 @@ func TestInt_RowAccessPolicies(t *testing.T) {
 		assertRowAccessPolicyDescription(t, returnedRowAccessPolicyDescription, rowAccessPolicy.ID(), fmt.Sprintf("(%s %s)", strings.ToUpper(argName), sdk.DataTypeTimestampNTZ), body)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("describe row access policy: with data type normalization", func(t *testing.T) {
+		argName := random.AlphaN(5)
+		argType := sdk.DataType("VARCHAR(200)")
+		args := sdk.NewCreateRowAccessPolicyArgsRequest(argName, argType)
+		body := "true"
+
+		request := createRowAccessPolicyRequest(t, []sdk.CreateRowAccessPolicyArgsRequest{*args}, body)
+		rowAccessPolicy := createRowAccessPolicyWithRequest(t, request)
+
+		returnedRowAccessPolicyDescription, err := client.RowAccessPolicies.Describe(ctx, rowAccessPolicy.ID())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		assertRowAccessPolicyDescription(t, returnedRowAccessPolicyDescription, rowAccessPolicy.ID(), fmt.Sprintf("(%s %s)", strings.ToUpper(argName), sdk.DataTypeVARCHAR), body)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("describe row access policy: non-existing", func(t *testing.T) {
 		id := sdk.NewSchemaObjectIdentifier(testDb(t).Name, testSchema(t).Name, "does_not_exist")