diff --git a/normalizer.go b/normalizer.go
index 7563e3d..a893c43 100644
--- a/normalizer.go
+++ b/normalizer.go
@@ -408,6 +408,11 @@ func (n *Normalizer) shouldStripIdentifierQuotes(token *Token, lastValueToken *L
 	if isAliasContext(lastValueToken) && !token.isSimpleIdentifier {
 		return false
 	}
+	// Bracket-quoted identifiers whose content contains whitespace cannot be
+	// safely unquoted: the stripped form would produce multiple SQL tokens.
+	if strings.ContainsAny(token.Value, " \t\n\r") {
+		return false
+	}
 	return true
 }
 
@@ -470,6 +475,12 @@ func (n *Normalizer) appendSpace(token *Token, lastValueToken *LastValueToken, n
 		return
 	}
 
+	// do not add a space between a dot-suffixed identifier and the following identifier,
+	// because the lexer splits e.g. t.[Col] into "t." and "[Col]" as separate tokens
+	if lastValueToken != nil && len(lastValueToken.Value) > 1 && lastValueToken.Value[len(lastValueToken.Value)-1] == '.' && (token.Type == IDENT || token.Type == QUOTED_IDENT) {
+		return
+	}
+
 	// do not add a space after a colon when followed by an identifier or quoted identifier,
 	// BUT only if the token before the colon was NOT an identifier (to preserve MySQL labels and Snowflake semi-structured access)
 	// This handles Oracle bind variables like :param or :"param"
diff --git a/normalizer_test.go b/normalizer_test.go
index 79fbda1..d6d842a 100644
--- a/normalizer_test.go
+++ b/normalizer_test.go
@@ -1041,6 +1041,85 @@ func TestNormalizeDeobfuscatedSQL(t *testing.T) {
 				WithDBMS(DBMSSQLServer),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			// simple bracket-quoted column after dot — no space, brackets stripped, metadata on
+			input:    `SELECT t.[SimpleCol] FROM dbo.SomeTable AS t`,
+			expected: `SELECT t.SimpleCol FROM dbo.SomeTable AS t`,
+			statementMetadata: StatementMetadata{
+				Tables:     []string{`dbo.SomeTable`},
+				Comments:   []string{},
+				Commands:   []string{"SELECT"},
+				Procedures: []string{},
+				Size:       19,
+			},
+			normalizationConfig: &normalizerConfig{
+				CollectComments: true,
+				CollectCommands: true,
+				CollectTables:   true,
+				KeepSQLAlias:    true,
+			},
+			lexerOptions: []lexerOption{
+				WithDBMS(DBMSSQLServer),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			// same as above with all metadata collection disabled — output must be identical
+			input:    `SELECT t.[SimpleCol] FROM dbo.SomeTable AS t`,
+			expected: `SELECT t.SimpleCol FROM dbo.SomeTable AS t`,
+			statementMetadata: StatementMetadata{
+				Tables:     []string{},
+				Comments:   []string{},
+				Commands:   []string{},
+				Procedures: []string{},
+				Size:       0,
+			},
+			normalizationConfig: &normalizerConfig{
+				KeepSQLAlias: true,
+			},
+			lexerOptions: []lexerOption{
+				WithDBMS(DBMSSQLServer),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			input:    `SELECT t.[Column With Spaces] FROM dbo.SomeTable AS t`,
+			expected: `SELECT t.[Column With Spaces] FROM dbo.SomeTable AS t`,
+			statementMetadata: StatementMetadata{
+				Tables:     []string{`dbo.SomeTable`},
+				Comments:   []string{},
+				Commands:   []string{"SELECT"},
+				Procedures: []string{},
+				Size:       19,
+			},
+			normalizationConfig: &normalizerConfig{
+				CollectComments: true,
+				CollectCommands: true,
+				CollectTables:   true,
+				KeepSQLAlias:    true,
+			},
+			lexerOptions: []lexerOption{
+				WithDBMS(DBMSSQLServer),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			input:    `SELECT [First Name], [Last Name] FROM [My Table]`,
+			expected: `SELECT [First Name], [Last Name] FROM [My Table]`,
+			statementMetadata: StatementMetadata{
+				Tables:     []string{`My Table`},
+				Comments:   []string{},
+				Commands:   []string{"SELECT"},
+				Procedures: []string{},
+				Size:       14,
+			},
+			normalizationConfig: &normalizerConfig{
+				CollectComments: true,
+				CollectCommands: true,
+				CollectTables:   true,
+				KeepSQLAlias:    true,
+			},
+			lexerOptions: []lexerOption{
+				WithDBMS(DBMSSQLServer),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			input:    `( @p1 bigint ) SELECT * from dbm_user as prepared_user WHERE id = @p1`,
 			expected: `SELECT * from dbm_user as prepared_user WHERE id = @p1`,