diff --git a/gems/gitlab-utils/lib/gitlab/utils.rb b/gems/gitlab-utils/lib/gitlab/utils.rb
index d5a514bfae8c1ab362347b2c2fc4a6bc6ec894c6..51bdb897a15f78bf40370d42583386a2368570c7 100644
--- a/gems/gitlab-utils/lib/gitlab/utils.rb
+++ b/gems/gitlab-utils/lib/gitlab/utils.rb
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@ module Utils
     ConcurrentRubyThreadIsUsedError = Class.new(StandardError)
 
     def allowlisted?(absolute_path, allowlist)
-      path = absolute_path.downcase
-
-      allowlist.map(&:downcase).any? do |allowed_path|
-        path.start_with?(allowed_path)
+      allowlist.any? do |allowed_path|
+        absolute_path.start_with?(allowed_path)
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/gems/gitlab-utils/spec/gitlab/utils_spec.rb b/gems/gitlab-utils/spec/gitlab/utils_spec.rb
index 02d288acedfce2d2ca3d4055dce1dfa8910dcab6..e39e228ba8db381d86053dc63da50511586aad4f 100644
--- a/gems/gitlab-utils/spec/gitlab/utils_spec.rb
+++ b/gems/gitlab-utils/spec/gitlab/utils_spec.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
     it 'returns false if path is not allowed' do
       expect(allowlisted?('/test/test', allowed_paths)).to be(false)
     end
+
+    it 'returns false if path is in different case' do
+      expect(allowlisted?('/Foo/bar', allowed_paths)).to be(false)
+    end
   end
 
   describe '.decode_path' do