diff --git a/lib/destination/dml/merge.go b/lib/destination/dml/merge.go
index 271ee33e1..d494e1f7e 100644
--- a/lib/destination/dml/merge.go
+++ b/lib/destination/dml/merge.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func removeDeleteColumnMarker(cols []columns.Column) ([]columns.Column, bool) {
 	return cols, len(cols) != origLength
 }
 
-func (m *MergeArgument) buildInsertQuery(columns []columns.Column, equalitySQLParts []string) string {
+func (m *MergeArgument) buildRedshiftInsertQuery(columns []columns.Column, equalitySQLParts []string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`INSERT INTO %s (%s) SELECT %s FROM %s as cc LEFT JOIN %s as c on %s WHERE c.%s IS NULL;`,
 		// insert into target (col1, col2, col3)
 		m.TableID.FullyQualifiedName(), strings.Join(quoteColumns(columns, m.Dialect), ","),
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func (m *MergeArgument) GetParts() ([]string, error) {
 	if m.SoftDelete {
 		return []string{
 			// INSERT
-			m.buildInsertQuery(m.Columns, equalitySQLParts),
+			m.buildRedshiftInsertQuery(m.Columns, equalitySQLParts),
 			// UPDATE
 			fmt.Sprintf(`UPDATE %s as c SET %s FROM %s as cc WHERE %s%s;`,
 				// UPDATE table set col1 = cc. col1
@@ -148,14 +148,9 @@ func (m *MergeArgument) GetParts() ([]string, error) {
 		return nil, errors.New("artie delete flag doesn't exist")
 	}
 
-	var pks []string
-	for _, pk := range m.PrimaryKeys {
-		pks = append(pks, m.Dialect.QuoteIdentifier(pk.Name()))
-	}
-
 	parts := []string{
 		// INSERT
-		m.buildInsertQuery(columns, equalitySQLParts),
+		m.buildRedshiftInsertQuery(columns, equalitySQLParts),
 		// UPDATE
 		fmt.Sprintf(`UPDATE %s as c SET %s FROM %s as cc WHERE %s%s AND COALESCE(cc.%s, false) = false;`,
 			// UPDATE table set col1 = cc. col1
@@ -170,10 +165,10 @@ func (m *MergeArgument) GetParts() ([]string, error) {
 			// DELETE
 			fmt.Sprintf(`DELETE FROM %s WHERE (%s) IN (SELECT %s FROM %s as cc WHERE cc.%s = true);`,
 				// DELETE from table where (pk_1, pk_2)
-				m.TableID.FullyQualifiedName(), strings.Join(pks, ","),
+				m.TableID.FullyQualifiedName(), strings.Join(quoteColumns(m.PrimaryKeys, m.Dialect), ","),
 				// IN (cc.pk_1, cc.pk_2) FROM staging
 				array.StringsJoinAddPrefix(array.StringsJoinAddPrefixArgs{
-					Vals:      pks,
+					Vals:      quoteColumns(m.PrimaryKeys, m.Dialect),
 					Separator: ",",
 					Prefix:    "cc.",
 				}), m.SubQuery, m.Dialect.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker),
diff --git a/lib/destination/dml/merge_test.go b/lib/destination/dml/merge_test.go
index 3836e7282..04453597b 100644
--- a/lib/destination/dml/merge_test.go
+++ b/lib/destination/dml/merge_test.go
@@ -324,6 +324,6 @@ func TestBuildInsertQuery(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	assert.Equal(t,
 		`INSERT INTO {TABLE_ID} ("COL1","COL2") SELECT cc."COL1",cc."COL2" FROM {SUB_QUERY} as cc LEFT JOIN {TABLE_ID} as c on {EQUALITY_PART_1} and {EQUALITY_PART_2} WHERE c."COL1" IS NULL;`,
-		mergeArg.buildInsertQuery(cols, []string{"{EQUALITY_PART_1}", "{EQUALITY_PART_2}"}),
+		mergeArg.buildRedshiftInsertQuery(cols, []string{"{EQUALITY_PART_1}", "{EQUALITY_PART_2}"}),
 	)
 }