diff --git a/packages/django-google-spanner/django_spanner/schema.py b/packages/django-google-spanner/django_spanner/schema.py
index da57122bb73d..a90a56c72723 100644
--- a/packages/django-google-spanner/django_spanner/schema.py
+++ b/packages/django-google-spanner/django_spanner/schema.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 # license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
 # https://developers.google.com/open-source/licenses/bsd
+import datetime
 import os
 import uuid
 
@@ -448,11 +449,33 @@ def add_index(self, model, index):
             super().add_index(model, index)
 
     def quote_value(self, value):
-        # A more complete implementation isn't currently required.
+        if value is None:
+            return "NULL"
         if isinstance(value, str):
-            return "'%s'" % value.replace("'", "''")
+            # GoogleSQL string literals use backslash escaping; '' quote
+            # doubling is not recognized, so escape the backslash first and
+            # then the quote (matching the db_default/generated inlining above).
+            # Literal newlines are not allowed inside the quotes either.
+            return "'%s'" % (
+                value.replace("\\", "\\\\")
+                .replace("'", "\\'")
+                .replace("\n", "\\n")
+                .replace("\r", "\\r")
+            )
         if isinstance(value, bool):
             return "TRUE" if value else "FALSE"
+        if isinstance(value, (bytes, bytearray, memoryview)):
+            # GoogleSQL bytes literal. The quote, the backslash and anything
+            # outside printable ASCII are emitted as \x escapes.
+            escaped = "".join(
+                chr(b) if 0x20 <= b <= 0x7E and b not in (0x27, 0x5C) else "\\x%02x" % b
+                for b in bytes(value)
+            )
+            return "b'%s'" % escaped
+        if isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
+            return "'%s'" % value.isoformat(sep=" ")
+        if isinstance(value, datetime.date):
+            return "'%s'" % value.isoformat()
         return str(value)
 
     def prepare_default(self, value):
diff --git a/packages/django-google-spanner/tests/unit/django_spanner/test_schema.py b/packages/django-google-spanner/tests/unit/django_spanner/test_schema.py
index b7ef7cec39ec..90fda59cbe7a 100644
--- a/packages/django-google-spanner/tests/unit/django_spanner/test_schema.py
+++ b/packages/django-google-spanner/tests/unit/django_spanner/test_schema.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # https://developers.google.com/open-source/licenses/bsd
 
 
+import datetime
 from unittest import mock
 
 from django.db import NotSupportedError, connection, connections
@@ -40,6 +41,63 @@ def test_quote_value(self):
         schema_editor = DatabaseSchemaEditor(self.connection)
         self.assertEqual(schema_editor.quote_value(value=1.1), "1.1")
 
+    def test_quote_value_escapes_string(self):
+        """
+        String literals must be backslash-escaped for GoogleSQL. A quote or
+        backslash in the value must not be able to terminate the literal.
+        """
+        schema_editor = DatabaseSchemaEditor(self.connection)
+        self.assertEqual(schema_editor.quote_value(value="o'brien"), "'o\\'brien'")
+        self.assertEqual(schema_editor.quote_value(value="a\\b"), "'a\\\\b'")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            schema_editor.quote_value(value="\\'; DROP TABLE t; --"),
+            "'\\\\\\'; DROP TABLE t; --'",
+        )
+
+    def test_quote_value_escapes_newlines_and_carriage_returns(self):
+        schema_editor = DatabaseSchemaEditor(self.connection)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            schema_editor.quote_value("line1\nline2"),
+            "'line1\\nline2'",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            schema_editor.quote_value("line1\r\nline2"),
+            "'line1\\r\\nline2'",
+        )
+
+    def test_quote_value_handles_none(self):
+        schema_editor = DatabaseSchemaEditor(self.connection)
+        self.assertEqual(schema_editor.quote_value(None), "NULL")
+
+    def test_quote_value_handles_date_and_datetime(self):
+        schema_editor = DatabaseSchemaEditor(self.connection)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            schema_editor.quote_value(datetime.date(2026, 9, 4)),
+            "'2026-09-04'",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            schema_editor.quote_value(datetime.datetime(2026, 9, 4, 12, 0, 0)),
+            "'2026-09-04 12:00:00'",
+        )
+
+    def test_quote_value_handles_bytes(self):
+        schema_editor = DatabaseSchemaEditor(self.connection)
+        self.assertEqual(schema_editor.quote_value(b"abc"), "b'abc'")
+        self.assertEqual(
+            schema_editor.quote_value(b"\x00'\\\n\xff"),
+            "b'\\x00\\x27\\x5c\\x0a\\xff'",
+        )
+
+    def test_quote_value_booleans(self):
+        schema_editor = DatabaseSchemaEditor(self.connection)
+        self.assertEqual(schema_editor.quote_value(True), "TRUE")
+        self.assertEqual(schema_editor.quote_value(False), "FALSE")
+
+    def test_prepare_default_delegates_to_quote_value(self):
+        schema_editor = DatabaseSchemaEditor(self.connection)
+        self.assertEqual(schema_editor.prepare_default("o'brien"), "'o\\'brien'")
+        self.assertEqual(schema_editor.prepare_default(True), "TRUE")
+
     def test_skip_default(self):
         """
         Tries skipping default as Cloud spanner doesn't support it.