diff --git a/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpreplace.rs b/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpreplace.rs
index b5ab46f0ec713..9a4f2219b4d1f 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpreplace.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpreplace.rs
@@ -189,13 +189,15 @@ fn regexp_replace_func(args: &[ColumnarValue]) -> Result<ArrayRef> {
     }
 }
 
-/// replace POSIX capture groups (like \1) with Rust Regex group (like ${1})
+/// replace POSIX capture groups (like \1 or \\1) with Rust Regex group (like ${1})
 /// used by regexp_replace
+/// Handles both single backslash (\1) and double backslash (\\1) which can occur
+/// when SQL strings with escaped backslashes are passed through
 fn regex_replace_posix_groups(replacement: &str) -> String {
     static CAPTURE_GROUPS_RE_LOCK: LazyLock<Regex> =
-        LazyLock::new(|| Regex::new(r"(\\)(\d*)").unwrap());
+        LazyLock::new(|| Regex::new(r"\\{1,2}(\d+)").unwrap());
     CAPTURE_GROUPS_RE_LOCK
-        .replace_all(replacement, "$${$2}")
+        .replace_all(replacement, "$${$1}")
         .into_owned()
 }
 
@@ -659,6 +661,33 @@ mod tests {
 
     use super::*;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_regex_replace_posix_groups() {
+        // Test that \1, \2, etc. are replaced with ${1}, ${2}, etc.
+        assert_eq!(regex_replace_posix_groups(r"\1"), "${1}");
+        assert_eq!(regex_replace_posix_groups(r"\12"), "${12}");
+        assert_eq!(regex_replace_posix_groups(r"X\1Y"), "X${1}Y");
+        assert_eq!(regex_replace_posix_groups(r"\1\2"), "${1}${2}");
+
+        // Test double backslash (from SQL escaped strings like '\\1')
+        assert_eq!(regex_replace_posix_groups(r"\\1"), "${1}");
+        assert_eq!(regex_replace_posix_groups(r"X\\1Y"), "X${1}Y");
+        assert_eq!(regex_replace_posix_groups(r"\\1\\2"), "${1}${2}");
+
+        // Test 3 or 4 backslashes before digits to document expected behavior
+        assert_eq!(regex_replace_posix_groups(r"\\\1"), r"\${1}");
+        assert_eq!(regex_replace_posix_groups(r"\\\\1"), r"\\${1}");
+        assert_eq!(regex_replace_posix_groups(r"\\\1\\\\2"), r"\${1}\\${2}");
+
+        // Test that a lone backslash is NOT replaced (requires at least one digit)
+        assert_eq!(regex_replace_posix_groups(r"\"), r"\");
+        assert_eq!(regex_replace_posix_groups(r"foo\bar"), r"foo\bar");
+
+        // Test that backslash followed by non-digit is preserved
+        assert_eq!(regex_replace_posix_groups(r"\n"), r"\n");
+        assert_eq!(regex_replace_posix_groups(r"\t"), r"\t");
+    }
+
     macro_rules! static_pattern_regexp_replace {
         ($name:ident, $T:ty, $O:ty) => {
             #[test]