diff --git a/core/translate/group_by.rs b/core/translate/group_by.rs
index 7785c4d2c..d7ac98c29 100644
--- a/core/translate/group_by.rs
+++ b/core/translate/group_by.rs
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ pub fn group_by_process_single_group(
         start_reg_a: registers.reg_group_exprs_cmp,
         start_reg_b: groups_start_reg,
         count: group_by.exprs.len(),
+        collation: program.curr_collation(),
     });
 
     program.add_comment(
diff --git a/core/translate/optimizer/join.rs b/core/translate/optimizer/join.rs
index c10fcc4fa..3a2679b7c 100644
--- a/core/translate/optimizer/join.rs
+++ b/core/translate/optimizer/join.rs
@@ -1205,6 +1205,7 @@ mod tests {
             notnull: false,
             default: None,
             unique: false,
+            collation: None,
         }
     }
     fn _create_column_of_type(name: &str, ty: Type) -> Column {
diff --git a/core/vdbe/execute.rs b/core/vdbe/execute.rs
index c0d912e0c..2c3bcd2d4 100644
--- a/core/vdbe/execute.rs
+++ b/core/vdbe/execute.rs
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ pub fn op_compare(
         start_reg_a,
         start_reg_b,
         count,
+        collation,
     } = insn
     else {
         unreachable!("unexpected Insn {:?}", insn)
@@ -372,6 +373,7 @@ pub fn op_compare(
     let start_reg_a = *start_reg_a;
     let start_reg_b = *start_reg_b;
     let count = *count;
+    let collation = collation.unwrap_or_default();
 
     if start_reg_a + count > start_reg_b {
         return Err(LimboError::InternalError(
@@ -383,7 +385,12 @@ pub fn op_compare(
     for i in 0..count {
         let a = state.registers[start_reg_a + i].get_owned_value();
         let b = state.registers[start_reg_b + i].get_owned_value();
-        cmp = Some(a.cmp(b));
+        cmp = match (a, b) {
+            (Value::Text(left), Value::Text(right)) => {
+                Some(collation.compare_strings(left.as_str(), right.as_str()))
+            }
+            _ => Some(a.cmp(b)),
+        };
         if cmp != Some(std::cmp::Ordering::Equal) {
             break;
         }
diff --git a/core/vdbe/explain.rs b/core/vdbe/explain.rs
index a39ef5482..a2ef91d01 100644
--- a/core/vdbe/explain.rs
+++ b/core/vdbe/explain.rs
@@ -141,12 +141,13 @@ pub fn insn_to_str(
                 start_reg_a,
                 start_reg_b,
                 count,
+                collation,
             } => (
                 "Compare",
                 *start_reg_a as i32,
                 *start_reg_b as i32,
                 *count as i32,
-                Value::build_text(""),
+                Value::build_text(&format!("k({count}, {})", collation.unwrap_or_default())),
                 0,
                 format!(
                     "r[{}..{}]==r[{}..{}]",
diff --git a/core/vdbe/insn.rs b/core/vdbe/insn.rs
index d94ec521c..156abfcd6 100644
--- a/core/vdbe/insn.rs
+++ b/core/vdbe/insn.rs
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ pub enum Insn {
         start_reg_a: usize,
         start_reg_b: usize,
         count: usize,
+        collation: Option<CollationSeq>,
     },
     /// Place the result of rhs bitwise AND lhs in third register.
     BitAnd {
diff --git a/testing/cli_tests/collate.py b/testing/cli_tests/collate.py
index 3dd5daadd..69fa0d574 100644
--- a/testing/cli_tests/collate.py
+++ b/testing/cli_tests/collate.py
@@ -67,19 +67,25 @@ class CollateTest(BaseModel):
             "SELECT x FROM t1 WHERE a = d ORDER BY x;",
             "\n".join(map(lambda x: str(x), [1, 4])),
         )
-        
+
         limbo.run_test(
             "Text comparison 'abc'=c is performed using the RTRIM collating sequence.",
             "SELECT x FROM t1 WHERE 'abc' = c ORDER BY x;",
             "\n".join(map(lambda x: str(x), [1, 2, 3])),
         )
-        
+
         limbo.run_test(
             "Text comparison c='abc' is performed using the RTRIM collating sequence.",
             "SELECT x FROM t1 WHERE c = 'abc' ORDER BY x;",
             "\n".join(map(lambda x: str(x), [1, 2, 3])),
         )
 
+        limbo.run_test(
+            " Grouping is performed using the NOCASE collating sequence (Values 'abc', 'ABC', and 'Abc' are placed in the same group).",
+            "SELECT count(*) FROM t1 GROUP BY d ORDER BY 1;",
+            "\n".join(map(lambda x: str(x), [4])),
+        )
+
 
 def cleanup(db_fullpath: str):
     wal_path = f"{db_fullpath}-wal"