diff --git a/lib/data/dataset.js b/lib/data/dataset.js
index 88491b3de..655e5b5da 100644
--- a/lib/data/dataset.js
+++ b/lib/data/dataset.js
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ const validatePropertyName = (name) => {
   // (similar to above dataset name check with some slight differences)
   // Check for a match with a valid string
   //   (?!__) is negative lookahead to check string does not start with double underscore __
-  //   (?!name$)(?!label$) negative lookahead for "name" and "label" specifically
+  //   (?!name$)(?!label$) negative lookahead for "name" and "label" specifically, insensitive to case
   //   [\p{L}_] valid start character of unicode letter or _ (no :)
   //   [\p{L}\d\\._-]* more characters from valid starting character set, digits, hyphens, and '.'
   // If there's a match, return true (valid)!
   // Non-letter unicode characters also not currently allowed
-  const match = /^(?!__)(?!name$)(?!label$)[\p{L}_][\p{L}\d._-]*$/u.exec(name);
+  const match = /^(?!__)(?!name$)(?!label$)[\p{L}_][\p{L}\d._-]*$/u.exec(name.toLowerCase());
 
   return (match !== null);
 };
diff --git a/test/unit/data/dataset.js b/test/unit/data/dataset.js
index 1e800ee34..48c7a9d54 100644
--- a/test/unit/data/dataset.js
+++ b/test/unit/data/dataset.js
@@ -310,6 +310,12 @@ describe('property name validation', () => {
     validatePropertyName('label').should.equal(false);
   });
 
+  it('should reject name or label in case-insensitive way', () => {
+    validatePropertyName('Name').should.equal(false);
+    validatePropertyName('NaMe').should.equal(false);
+    validatePropertyName('LABEL').should.equal(false);
+  });
+
   it('should reject name with whitespace at the ends', () => {
     validatePropertyName(' bad_whitespace ').should.equal(false);
   });