diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_upper_lower/databricks_template_schema.json b/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_upper_lower/databricks_template_schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..10665de4dae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_upper_lower/databricks_template_schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "properties": {
+        "s": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "An input string",
+            "default": "AbCd0123😀"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helpers/out.test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_upper_lower/out.test.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helpers/out.test.toml
rename to acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_upper_lower/out.test.toml
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_upper_lower/output.txt b/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_upper_lower/output.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c395eeecfbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_upper_lower/output.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+>>> [CLI] bundle init .
+✨ Successfully initialized template
+
+>>> cat hello.txt
+abcd0123😀
+ABCD0123😀
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_upper_lower/script b/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_upper_lower/script
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..62d58afa4c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_upper_lower/script
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+trace $CLI bundle init .
+
+trace cat hello.txt
+rm hello.txt
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_upper_lower/template/hello.txt.tmpl b/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_upper_lower/template/hello.txt.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c5ec245621c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_upper_lower/template/hello.txt.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{{ .s | lower }}
+{{ .s | upper }}
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helpers/databricks_template_schema.json b/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_username/databricks_template_schema.json
similarity index 100%
rename from acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helpers/databricks_template_schema.json
rename to acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_username/databricks_template_schema.json
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_username/out.test.toml b/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_username/out.test.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f3575be7b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_username/out.test.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Local = true
+Cloud = false
+
+[EnvMatrix]
+  DATABRICKS_CLI_DEPLOYMENT = ["terraform", "direct-exp"]
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helpers/output.txt b/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_username/output.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helpers/output.txt
rename to acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_username/output.txt
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helpers/script b/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_username/script
similarity index 100%
rename from acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helpers/script
rename to acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_username/script
diff --git a/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helpers/template/helpers.txt.tmpl b/acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_username/template/helpers.txt.tmpl
similarity index 100%
rename from acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helpers/template/helpers.txt.tmpl
rename to acceptance/bundle/templates-machinery/helper_username/template/helpers.txt.tmpl
diff --git a/libs/template/helpers.go b/libs/template/helpers.go
index d103e714f84..c258775a435 100644
--- a/libs/template/helpers.go
+++ b/libs/template/helpers.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 
 	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/cmdctx"
@@ -167,5 +168,11 @@ func loadHelpers(ctx context.Context) template.FuncMap {
 			cachedIsServicePrincipal = &result
 			return result, nil
 		},
+		"lower": func(s string) string {
+			return strings.ToLower(s)
+		},
+		"upper": func(s string) string {
+			return strings.ToUpper(s)
+		},
 	}
 }