diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/utils/formulaUtils.ts b/packages/nc-gui/utils/formulaUtils.ts
index 43a6990a31..890329bbca 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/utils/formulaUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/utils/formulaUtils.ts
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ const formulas: Record<string, any> = {
   },
 
   REGEX_MATCH: {
-    type: formulaTypes.NUMERIC,
+    type: formulaTypes.STRING,
     validation: {
       args: {
         rqd: 2,
diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/db/functionMappings/pg.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/db/functionMappings/pg.ts
index 7679f86ecf..427454d13b 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/db/functionMappings/pg.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/db/functionMappings/pg.ts
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ const pg = {
     const source = (await fn(pt.arguments[0])).builder;
     const pattern = (await fn(pt.arguments[1])).builder;
     return {
-      builder: knex.raw(`${source}::text ~ ${pattern}::text) ${colAlias}`),
+      builder: knex.raw(`(${source}::text ~ ${pattern}::text) ${colAlias}`),
     };
   },
   REGEX_EXTRACT: async ({ fn, knex, pt, colAlias }: MapFnArgs) => {
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ const pg = {
     const pattern = (await fn(pt.arguments[1])).builder;
     return {
       builder: knex.raw(
-        `regexp_matches(${source}::text, ${pattern}::text) ${colAlias}`,
+        `REGEXP_MATCHES(${source}::text, ${pattern}::text) ${colAlias}`,
       ),
     };
   },
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ const pg = {
     const replacement = (await fn(pt.arguments[2])).builder;
     return {
       builder: knex.raw(
-        `regexp_matches(${source}::text, ${pattern}::text, ${replacement}::text) ${colAlias}`,
+        `REGEXP_REPLACE(${source}::text, ${pattern}::text, ${replacement}::text, 'g') ${colAlias}`,
       ),
     };
   },