diff --git a/.changeset/olive-hounds-search.md b/.changeset/olive-hounds-search.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea33a34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/olive-hounds-search.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@connectk12/exceljs": patch
+---
+
+Update findMatchingRowById to sanitize text
diff --git a/src/data.ts b/src/data.ts
index 172a88d..ddbe585 100644
--- a/src/data.ts
+++ b/src/data.ts
@@ -130,8 +130,9 @@ export const findMatchingRowById = ({
   }
 
   const row = rows.find((row) => {
-    const lookupValue = sanitizeText(row.getCell(lookupCol).value?.toString());
-    return id === lookupValue;
+    const _id = sanitizeText(id);
+    const _lookupValue = sanitizeText(row.getCell(lookupCol).value?.toString());
+    return _id === _lookupValue;
   });
 
   if (!row && opts?.findSimilarMatchWithLastDigits) {