diff --git a/src/Common/NamedCollections/NamedCollectionsMetadataStorage.cpp b/src/Common/NamedCollections/NamedCollectionsMetadataStorage.cpp
index b8413bfadd7..8bb411f1437 100644
--- a/src/Common/NamedCollections/NamedCollectionsMetadataStorage.cpp
+++ b/src/Common/NamedCollections/NamedCollectionsMetadataStorage.cpp
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> NamedCollectionsMetadataStorage::listCollections() cons
     std::vector<std::string> collections;
     collections.reserve(paths.size());
     for (const auto & path : paths)
-        collections.push_back(std::filesystem::path(path).stem());
+        collections.push_back(unescapeForFileName(std::filesystem::path(path).stem()));
     return collections;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_named_collections/test.py b/tests/integration/test_named_collections/test.py
index ed80898ebc7..e2fa776a8f0 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_named_collections/test.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_named_collections/test.py
@@ -794,3 +794,17 @@ def test_keeper_storage_remove_on_cluster(cluster, ignore, expected_raise):
         node.query(
             f"DROP NAMED COLLECTION test_nc ON CLUSTER `replicated_nc_nodes_cluster`"
         )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "instance_name",
+    [("node"), ("node_with_keeper")],
+)
+def test_name_escaping(cluster, instance_name):
+    node = cluster.instances[instance_name]
+
+    node.query("DROP NAMED COLLECTION IF EXISTS `test_!strange/symbols!`;")
+    node.query("CREATE NAMED COLLECTION `test_!strange/symbols!` AS key1=1, key2=2")
+    node.restart_clickhouse()
+
+    node.query("DROP NAMED COLLECTION `test_!strange/symbols!`")