diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/controllers/data-table.controller.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/controllers/data-table.controller.ts
index e15bb39ffb..35d4c1c6f2 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/controllers/data-table.controller.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/controllers/data-table.controller.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,13 @@ export class DataTableController {
     @Param('columnId') columnId: string,
     @Param('rowId') rowId: string,
     @Body()
-    refRowIds: string | string[] | number | number[] | Record<string, any>,
+    refRowIds:
+      | string
+      | string[]
+      | number
+      | number[]
+      | Record<string, any>
+      | Record<string, any>[],
   ) {
     return await this.dataTableService.nestedLink({
       modelId,
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts
index 6899f7b466..ad5b7dcc80 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/db/BaseModelSqlv2.ts
@@ -4878,8 +4878,11 @@ class BaseModelSqlv2 {
               .filter((childRow) => !childRow[vChildCol.column_name])
               // generate insert data for new links
               .map((childRow) => ({
-                [vParentCol.column_name]: childRow[parentColumn.column_name],
-                [vChildCol.column_name]: row[childColumn.column_name],
+                [vParentCol.column_name]:
+                  childRow[parentColumn.title] ??
+                  childRow[parentColumn.column_name],
+                [vChildCol.column_name]:
+                  row[childColumn.title] ?? row[childColumn.column_name],
               }));
 
             // if no new links, return true
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/services/data-table.service.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/services/data-table.service.ts
index 299d6d2d95..485c290731 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/services/data-table.service.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/services/data-table.service.ts
@@ -371,7 +371,13 @@ export class DataTableService {
     modelId: string;
     columnId: string;
     query: any;
-    refRowIds: string | string[] | number | number[] | Record<string, any>;
+    refRowIds:
+      | string
+      | string[]
+      | number
+      | number[]
+      | Record<string, any>
+      | Record<string, any>[];
     rowId: string;
   }) {
     this.validateIds(param.refRowIds);