diff --git a/cmd/setup/25.go b/cmd/setup/25.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a6ac6eccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/setup/25.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package setup
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	_ "embed"
+
+	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/database"
+	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/eventstore"
+)
+
+var (
+	//go:embed 25.sql
+	addLowerFieldsToVerifiedEmail string
+)
+
+type AddLowerFieldsToVerifiedEmail struct {
+	dbClient *database.DB
+}
+
+func (mig *AddLowerFieldsToVerifiedEmail) Execute(ctx context.Context, _ eventstore.Event) error {
+	_, err := mig.dbClient.ExecContext(ctx, addLowerFieldsToVerifiedEmail)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (mig *AddLowerFieldsToVerifiedEmail) String() string {
+	return "25_add_lower_fields_to_verified_email"
+}
diff --git a/cmd/setup/25.sql b/cmd/setup/25.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59db819847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/setup/25.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS projections.users10_notifications ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS verified_email_lower TEXT GENERATED ALWAYS AS (lower(verified_email)) STORED;
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS users10_notifications_email_search ON projections.users10_notifications (instance_id, verified_email_lower);
diff --git a/cmd/setup/config.go b/cmd/setup/config.go
index 59143d87dd..510999bcce 100644
--- a/cmd/setup/config.go
+++ b/cmd/setup/config.go
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ type Steps struct {
 	s22ActiveInstancesIndex           *ActiveInstanceEvents
 	s23CorrectGlobalUniqueConstraints *CorrectGlobalUniqueConstraints
 	s24AddActorToAuthTokens           *AddActorToAuthTokens
+	s25AddLowerFieldsToVerifiedEmail  *AddLowerFieldsToVerifiedEmail
 }
 
 func MustNewSteps(v *viper.Viper) *Steps {
diff --git a/cmd/setup/setup.go b/cmd/setup/setup.go
index a493b2569f..16d7b62a7d 100644
--- a/cmd/setup/setup.go
+++ b/cmd/setup/setup.go
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ func Setup(config *Config, steps *Steps, masterKey string) {
 	steps.s22ActiveInstancesIndex = &ActiveInstanceEvents{dbClient: queryDBClient}
 	steps.s23CorrectGlobalUniqueConstraints = &CorrectGlobalUniqueConstraints{dbClient: esPusherDBClient}
 	steps.s24AddActorToAuthTokens = &AddActorToAuthTokens{dbClient: queryDBClient}
+	steps.s25AddLowerFieldsToVerifiedEmail = &AddLowerFieldsToVerifiedEmail{dbClient: esPusherDBClient}
 
 	err = projection.Create(ctx, projectionDBClient, eventstoreClient, config.Projections, nil, nil, nil)
 	logging.OnError(err).Fatal("unable to start projections")
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ func Setup(config *Config, steps *Steps, masterKey string) {
 	for _, step := range []migration.Migration{
 		steps.s18AddLowerFieldsToLoginNames,
 		steps.s21AddBlockFieldToLimits,
+		steps.s25AddLowerFieldsToVerifiedEmail,
 	} {
 		mustExecuteMigration(ctx, eventstoreClient, step, "migration failed")
 	}
diff --git a/internal/auth/repository/eventsourcing/view/user.go b/internal/auth/repository/eventsourcing/view/user.go
index 8479924f9a..3c1c3ddcc1 100644
--- a/internal/auth/repository/eventsourcing/view/user.go
+++ b/internal/auth/repository/eventsourcing/view/user.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func (v *View) UserByLoginNameAndResourceOwner(ctx context.Context, loginName, r
 }
 
 func (v *View) UserByEmail(ctx context.Context, email, instanceID string) (*model.UserView, error) {
-	emailQuery, err := query.NewUserVerifiedEmailSearchQuery(email, query.TextEqualsIgnoreCase)
+	emailQuery, err := query.NewUserVerifiedEmailSearchQuery(email)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (v *View) UserByEmail(ctx context.Context, email, instanceID string) (*mode
 }
 
 func (v *View) UserByEmailAndResourceOwner(ctx context.Context, email, resourceOwner, instanceID string) (*model.UserView, error) {
-	emailQuery, err := query.NewUserVerifiedEmailSearchQuery(email, query.TextEquals)
+	emailQuery, err := query.NewUserVerifiedEmailSearchQuery(email)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/internal/query/projection/user.go b/internal/query/projection/user.go
index 61a9708546..ab1c158bb9 100644
--- a/internal/query/projection/user.go
+++ b/internal/query/projection/user.go
@@ -61,14 +61,15 @@ const (
 	MachineAccessTokenTypeCol = "access_token_type"
 
 	// notify
-	UserNotifySuffix       = "notifications"
-	NotifyUserIDCol        = "user_id"
-	NotifyInstanceIDCol    = "instance_id"
-	NotifyLastEmailCol     = "last_email"
-	NotifyVerifiedEmailCol = "verified_email"
-	NotifyLastPhoneCol     = "last_phone"
-	NotifyVerifiedPhoneCol = "verified_phone"
-	NotifyPasswordSetCol   = "password_set"
+	UserNotifySuffix            = "notifications"
+	NotifyUserIDCol             = "user_id"
+	NotifyInstanceIDCol         = "instance_id"
+	NotifyLastEmailCol          = "last_email"
+	NotifyVerifiedEmailCol      = "verified_email"
+	NotifyVerifiedEmailLowerCol = "verified_email_lower"
+	NotifyLastPhoneCol          = "last_phone"
+	NotifyVerifiedPhoneCol      = "verified_phone"
+	NotifyPasswordSetCol        = "password_set"
 )
 
 type userProjection struct{}
diff --git a/internal/query/user.go b/internal/query/user.go
index 5209f1b08c..9367dca35b 100644
--- a/internal/query/user.go
+++ b/internal/query/user.go
@@ -324,6 +324,10 @@ var (
 		table:          notifyTable,
 		isOrderByLower: true,
 	}
+	NotifyVerifiedEmailLowerCaseCol = Column{
+		name:  projection.NotifyVerifiedEmailLowerCol,
+		table: notifyTable,
+	}
 	NotifyPhoneCol = Column{
 		name:  projection.NotifyLastPhoneCol,
 		table: notifyTable,
@@ -714,8 +718,8 @@ func NewUserPhoneSearchQuery(value string, comparison TextComparison) (SearchQue
 	return NewTextQuery(HumanPhoneCol, value, comparison)
 }
 
-func NewUserVerifiedEmailSearchQuery(value string, comparison TextComparison) (SearchQuery, error) {
-	return NewTextQuery(NotifyVerifiedEmailCol, value, comparison)
+func NewUserVerifiedEmailSearchQuery(value string) (SearchQuery, error) {
+	return NewTextQuery(NotifyVerifiedEmailLowerCaseCol, strings.ToLower(value), TextEquals)
 }
 
 func NewUserVerifiedPhoneSearchQuery(value string, comparison TextComparison) (SearchQuery, error) {