diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/credentials/Snowflake.credentials.ts b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/Snowflake.credentials.ts
index 0ba9afb1ec..c4b0168e2f 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/credentials/Snowflake.credentials.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/credentials/Snowflake.credentials.ts
@@ -52,11 +52,6 @@ export class Snowflake implements ICredentialType {
 			name: 'username',
 			type: 'string',
 			default: '',
-			displayOptions: {
-				show: {
-					authentication: ['password'],
-				},
-			},
 		},
 		{
 			displayName: 'Password',
@@ -87,7 +82,19 @@ export class Snowflake implements ICredentialType {
 					authentication: ['keyPair'],
 				},
 			},
-			description: 'Private PEM key for Key-pair authentication with Snowflake',
+			description:
+				'Private PEM key for Key-pair authentication with Snowflake, follow guide <a href="https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/key-pair-auth" target="_blank">here</a>',
+		},
+		{
+			displayName: 'Passphrase',
+			name: 'passphrase',
+			type: 'string',
+			default: '',
+			description:
+				'If the private key is encrypted, you must provide the passphrase used to encrypt it',
+			typeOptions: {
+				password: true,
+			},
 		},
 		{
 			displayName: 'Schema',
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Snowflake/GenericFunctions.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Snowflake/GenericFunctions.ts
index 58c2828e31..6d5d9b2b4f 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Snowflake/GenericFunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Snowflake/GenericFunctions.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+import { createPrivateKey } from 'crypto';
 import pick from 'lodash/pick';
 import type snowflake from 'snowflake-sdk';
 
+import { formatPrivateKey } from '@utils/utilities';
+
 const commonConnectionFields = [
 	'account',
 	'database',
@@ -22,15 +25,35 @@ export type SnowflakeCredential = Pick<
 		  }
 		| {
 				authentication: 'keyPair';
+				username: string;
 				privateKey: string;
+				passphrase?: string;
 		  }
 	);
 
+const extractPrivateKey = (credential: { privateKey: string; passphrase?: string }) => {
+	const key = formatPrivateKey(credential.privateKey as string);
+
+	if (!credential.passphrase) return key;
+
+	const privateKeyObject = createPrivateKey({
+		key,
+		format: 'pem',
+		passphrase: credential.passphrase as string,
+	});
+
+	return privateKeyObject.export({
+		format: 'pem',
+		type: 'pkcs8',
+	}) as string;
+};
+
 export const getConnectionOptions = (credential: SnowflakeCredential) => {
 	const connectionOptions: snowflake.ConnectionOptions = pick(credential, commonConnectionFields);
 	if (credential.authentication === 'keyPair') {
 		connectionOptions.authenticator = 'SNOWFLAKE_JWT';
-		connectionOptions.privateKey = credential.privateKey;
+		connectionOptions.username = credential.username;
+		connectionOptions.privateKey = extractPrivateKey(credential);
 	} else {
 		connectionOptions.username = credential.username;
 		connectionOptions.password = credential.password;
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Snowflake/__tests__/GenericFunctions.test.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Snowflake/__tests__/GenericFunctions.test.ts
index 13577d3852..a9af18094c 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Snowflake/__tests__/GenericFunctions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Snowflake/__tests__/GenericFunctions.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+import crypto from 'crypto';
+
 import { getConnectionOptions } from '../GenericFunctions';
 
+jest.mock('crypto');
+
 describe('getConnectionOptions', () => {
 	const commonOptions = {
 		account: 'test-account',
@@ -29,12 +33,43 @@ describe('getConnectionOptions', () => {
 		it('with private key for keyPair authentication', () => {
 			const result = getConnectionOptions({
 				...commonOptions,
+				username: 'test-username',
 				authentication: 'keyPair',
 				privateKey: 'test-private-key',
 			});
 
 			expect(result).toEqual({
 				...commonOptions,
+				username: 'test-username',
+				authenticator: 'SNOWFLAKE_JWT',
+				privateKey: 'test-private-key',
+			});
+		});
+
+		it('with private key for keyPair authentication and passphrase', () => {
+			const createPrivateKeySpy = jest.spyOn(crypto, 'createPrivateKey').mockImplementation(
+				() =>
+					({
+						export: () => 'test-private-key',
+					}) as unknown as crypto.KeyObject,
+			);
+			const result = getConnectionOptions({
+				...commonOptions,
+				username: 'test-username',
+				authentication: 'keyPair',
+				privateKey: 'encrypted-private-key',
+				passphrase: 'test-passphrase',
+			});
+
+			expect(createPrivateKeySpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+				key: 'encrypted-private-key',
+				format: 'pem',
+				passphrase: 'test-passphrase',
+			});
+
+			expect(result).toEqual({
+				...commonOptions,
+				username: 'test-username',
 				authenticator: 'SNOWFLAKE_JWT',
 				privateKey: 'test-private-key',
 			});