diff --git a/liquibase-core/src/main/java/liquibase/sqlgenerator/core/RenameColumnGenerator.java b/liquibase-core/src/main/java/liquibase/sqlgenerator/core/RenameColumnGenerator.java
index dd0f7ccc8fa..17ff78f505e 100644
--- a/liquibase-core/src/main/java/liquibase/sqlgenerator/core/RenameColumnGenerator.java
+++ b/liquibase-core/src/main/java/liquibase/sqlgenerator/core/RenameColumnGenerator.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public Sql[] generateSql(RenameColumnStatement statement, Database database, Sql
         String sql;
         if (database instanceof MSSQLDatabase) {
         	// do no escape the new column name. Otherwise it produce "exec sp_rename '[dbo].[person].[usernae]', '[username]'"
-            sql = "exec sp_rename '" + database.escapeTableName(statement.getCatalogName(), statement.getSchemaName(), statement.getTableName()) + "." + database.escapeColumnName(statement.getCatalogName(), statement.getSchemaName(), statement.getTableName(), statement.getOldColumnName()) + "', '" + statement.getNewColumnName() + "'";
+            sql = "exec sp_rename '" + database.escapeTableName(statement.getCatalogName(), statement.getSchemaName(), statement.getTableName()) + "." + database.escapeColumnName(statement.getCatalogName(), statement.getSchemaName(), statement.getTableName(), statement.getOldColumnName()) + "', '" + statement.getNewColumnName() + "', 'COLUMN'";
         } else if (database instanceof MySQLDatabase) {
             sql ="ALTER TABLE " + database.escapeTableName(statement.getCatalogName(), statement.getSchemaName(), statement.getTableName()) + " CHANGE " + database.escapeColumnName(statement.getCatalogName(), statement.getSchemaName(), statement.getTableName(), statement.getOldColumnName()) + " " + database.escapeColumnName(statement.getCatalogName(), statement.getSchemaName(), statement.getTableName(), statement.getNewColumnName()) + " " + DataTypeFactory.getInstance().fromDescription(statement.getColumnDataType(), database).toDatabaseDataType(database);
         } else if (database instanceof SybaseDatabase) {
diff --git a/liquibase-core/src/test/java/liquibase/verify/saved_state/compareGeneratedSqlWithExpectedSqlForMinimalChangesets/renameColumn/mssql.sql b/liquibase-core/src/test/java/liquibase/verify/saved_state/compareGeneratedSqlWithExpectedSqlForMinimalChangesets/renameColumn/mssql.sql
index 61ae5adcd6d..eabeb645430 100644
--- a/liquibase-core/src/test/java/liquibase/verify/saved_state/compareGeneratedSqlWithExpectedSqlForMinimalChangesets/renameColumn/mssql.sql
+++ b/liquibase-core/src/test/java/liquibase/verify/saved_state/compareGeneratedSqlWithExpectedSqlForMinimalChangesets/renameColumn/mssql.sql
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 -- Change Parameter: newColumnName=full_name
 -- Change Parameter: oldColumnName=name
 -- Change Parameter: tableName=person
-exec sp_rename 'person.name', 'full_name';
+exec sp_rename 'person.name', 'full_name', 'COLUMN';
diff --git a/liquibase-integration-tests/src/test/java/liquibase/statementexecute/RenameColumnExecuteTest.java b/liquibase-integration-tests/src/test/java/liquibase/statementexecute/RenameColumnExecuteTest.java
index 115de3401f8..aebc561f43c 100644
--- a/liquibase-integration-tests/src/test/java/liquibase/statementexecute/RenameColumnExecuteTest.java
+++ b/liquibase-integration-tests/src/test/java/liquibase/statementexecute/RenameColumnExecuteTest.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public void noSchema() throws Exception {
         assertCorrect("alter table table_name alter column column_name rename to new_name", H2Database.class, HsqlDatabase.class);
         assertCorrect("alter table table_name alter column column_name to new_name", FirebirdDatabase.class);
         assertCorrect("alter table table_name change column_name new_name int", MySQLDatabase.class, MariaDBDatabase.class);
-        assertCorrect("exec sp_rename '[table_name].[column_name]', 'new_name'", MSSQLDatabase.class);
+        assertCorrect("exec sp_rename '[table_name].[column_name]', 'new_name', 'COLUMN'", MSSQLDatabase.class);
         assertCorrect("exec sp_rename 'table_name.column_name', 'new_name'", SybaseDatabase.class);
         assertCorrect("alter table [table_name] rename column_name to new_name",SybaseASADatabase.class);
         assertCorrectOnRest("alter table [table_name] rename column [column_name] to [new_name]");