diff --git a/superset/models/helpers.py b/superset/models/helpers.py
index 33c7c17d170..5dc97b602af 100644
--- a/superset/models/helpers.py
+++ b/superset/models/helpers.py
@@ -1380,7 +1380,7 @@ class ExploreMixin:  # pylint: disable=too-many-public-methods
             if engine.dialect.identifier_preparer._double_percents:
                 sql = sql.replace("%%", "%")
 
-            df = pd.read_sql_query(sql=sql, con=engine)
+            df = pd.read_sql_query(sql=self.text(sql), con=engine)
             # replace NaN with None to ensure it can be serialized to JSON
             df = df.replace({np.nan: None})
             return df["column_values"].to_list()
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/models/helpers_test.py b/tests/unit_tests/models/helpers_test.py
index cc106dbe649..4e8aa493be3 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/models/helpers_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/models/helpers_test.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
 from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
-from sqlalchemy import create_engine
+from sqlalchemy import create_engine, text
 from sqlalchemy.orm.session import Session
 from sqlalchemy.pool import StaticPool
 
@@ -201,10 +201,12 @@ def test_values_for_column_double_percents(
     )
     # make sure final query has single percents
     with database.get_sqla_engine() as engine:
-        pd.read_sql_query.assert_called_with(
-            sql=(
-                "SELECT DISTINCT CASE WHEN b LIKE 'A%' THEN 'yes' ELSE 'nope' END "
-                "AS column_values \nFROM t\n LIMIT 10000 OFFSET 0"
-            ),
-            con=engine,
+        expected_sql = text(
+            "SELECT DISTINCT CASE WHEN b LIKE 'A%' THEN 'yes' ELSE 'nope' END "
+            "AS column_values \nFROM t\n LIMIT 10000 OFFSET 0"
         )
+        called_sql = pd.read_sql_query.call_args.kwargs["sql"]
+        called_conn = pd.read_sql_query.call_args.kwargs["con"]
+
+        assert called_sql.compare(expected_sql) is True
+        assert called_conn == engine