diff --git a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/RewriteManifestsSparkAction.java b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/RewriteManifestsSparkAction.java
index 475088b148c6..1425c3fcf8c9 100644
--- a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/RewriteManifestsSparkAction.java
+++ b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/RewriteManifestsSparkAction.java
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ private Column sortColumn() {
       // entry dataframe
       Column[] partitionColumns =
           partitionFieldClustering.stream()
-              .map(p -> col(DATA_FILE_PARTITION_COLUMN_NAME + "." + p))
+              .map(p -> col(DATA_FILE_PARTITION_COLUMN_NAME + ".`" + p + "`"))
               .toArray(Column[]::new);
 
       // Form a new temporary column to cluster manifests on, based on the custom clustering columns
diff --git a/spark/v4.0/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/RewriteManifestsSparkAction.java b/spark/v4.0/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/RewriteManifestsSparkAction.java
index 668360c06730..666f9e9d5cb7 100644
--- a/spark/v4.0/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/RewriteManifestsSparkAction.java
+++ b/spark/v4.0/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/RewriteManifestsSparkAction.java
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ private Column sortColumn() {
       // entry dataframe
       Column[] partitionColumns =
           partitionFieldClustering.stream()
-              .map(p -> col(DATA_FILE_PARTITION_COLUMN_NAME + "." + p))
+              .map(p -> col(DATA_FILE_PARTITION_COLUMN_NAME + ".`" + p + "`"))
               .toArray(Column[]::new);
 
       // Form a new temporary column to cluster manifests on, based on the custom clustering columns
diff --git a/spark/v4.1/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/RewriteManifestsSparkAction.java b/spark/v4.1/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/RewriteManifestsSparkAction.java
index 668360c06730..666f9e9d5cb7 100644
--- a/spark/v4.1/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/RewriteManifestsSparkAction.java
+++ b/spark/v4.1/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/RewriteManifestsSparkAction.java
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ private Column sortColumn() {
       // entry dataframe
       Column[] partitionColumns =
           partitionFieldClustering.stream()
-              .map(p -> col(DATA_FILE_PARTITION_COLUMN_NAME + "." + p))
+              .map(p -> col(DATA_FILE_PARTITION_COLUMN_NAME + ".`" + p + "`"))
               .toArray(Column[]::new);
 
       // Form a new temporary column to cluster manifests on, based on the custom clustering columns