diff --git a/gitbutler-app/src/virtual_branches/virtual.rs b/gitbutler-app/src/virtual_branches/virtual.rs
index 2127a83b3..b6e58a4d4 100644
--- a/gitbutler-app/src/virtual_branches/virtual.rs
+++ b/gitbutler-app/src/virtual_branches/virtual.rs
@@ -156,8 +156,7 @@ impl From<git::Signature<'_>> for Author {
 pub fn normalize_branch_name(name: &str) -> String {
     // Technically this pattern should include ".", but it makes libgit2 throws an error
     let pattern = Regex::new("[^A-Za-z0-9_/]+").unwrap();
-    let replaced_name = pattern.replace_all(name, "-").to_string();
-    replaced_name.to_lowercase()
+    pattern.replace_all(name, "-").to_string()
 }
 
 pub fn get_default_target(
diff --git a/gitbutler-app/tests/virtual_branches.rs b/gitbutler-app/tests/virtual_branches.rs
index 917241be1..ac8212dad 100644
--- a/gitbutler-app/tests/virtual_branches.rs
+++ b/gitbutler-app/tests/virtual_branches.rs
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ mod references {
                 .into_iter()
                 .filter_map(|reference| reference.name().map(|name| name.to_string()))
                 .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-            assert!(refnames.contains(&"refs/gitbutler/virtual-branch".to_string()));
+            assert!(refnames.contains(&"refs/gitbutler/Virtual-branch".to_string()));
         }
 
         #[tokio::test]