diff --git a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/cloud/storage/SnowflakeAzureClient.java b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/cloud/storage/SnowflakeAzureClient.java
index 4bec46ca7..0f8014ef6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/cloud/storage/SnowflakeAzureClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/cloud/storage/SnowflakeAzureClient.java
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ private SFPair<InputStream, Boolean> createUploadStream(
     final InputStream stream;
     FileInputStream srcFileStream = null;
     try {
-      if (isEncrypting() && getEncryptionKeySize() < 256) {
+      if (isEncrypting() && getEncryptionKeySize() <= 256) {
         try {
           final InputStream uploadStream =
               uploadFromStream
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/cloud/storage/SnowflakeGCSClient.java b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/cloud/storage/SnowflakeGCSClient.java
index 003d894ae..31341c5a3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/cloud/storage/SnowflakeGCSClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/jdbc/cloud/storage/SnowflakeGCSClient.java
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ private SFPair<InputStream, Boolean> createUploadStream(
     final InputStream stream;
     FileInputStream srcFileStream = null;
     try {
-      if (isEncrypting() && getEncryptionKeySize() < 256) {
+      if (isEncrypting() && getEncryptionKeySize() <= 256) {
         try {
           final InputStream uploadStream =
               uploadFromStream