diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/range/Interval.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/range/Interval.java
index a0cfff20a917..4feaffa39fac 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/range/Interval.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/range/Interval.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ record Interval<U extends Comparable<U>>(LowerBound<U> lowerBound, UpperBound<U>
 	public Predicate toPredicate(Path<? extends U> path, CriteriaBuilder builder) {
 		return lowerBound.open() || upperBound.open()
 				? builder.and( lowerBound.toPredicate( path, builder ), upperBound.toPredicate( path, builder ) )
-				: builder.between( path, builder.literal( lowerBound.bound() ), builder.literal( upperBound.bound() ) );
+				: builder.between( path, lowerBound.bound(), upperBound.bound() );
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/range/Pattern.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/range/Pattern.java
index 0da1c45e9f13..53e12a159e24 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/range/Pattern.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/range/Pattern.java
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
  * @author Gavin King
  */
 record Pattern(String pattern, boolean caseSensitive) implements Range<String> {
+
+	// default escape and wildcard characters
+	private static final char ESCAPE = '\\';
+	private static final char WILDCARD_CHAR = '_';
+	private static final char WILDCARD_STRING = '%';
+
 	Pattern(String pattern, boolean caseSensitive, char charWildcard, char stringWildcard) {
 		this( translate( pattern, charWildcard, stringWildcard ), caseSensitive );
 	}
@@ -25,10 +31,8 @@ public Predicate toPredicate(Path<? extends String> path, CriteriaBuilder builde
 		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 		final Path<String> stringPath = (Path<String>) path; // safe, because String is final
 		return caseSensitive
-				? builder.like( stringPath, builder.literal( pattern ), '\\' )
-				: builder.like( builder.lower( stringPath ),
-						builder.literal( pattern.toLowerCase( Locale.ROOT ) ),
-						'\\' );
+				? builder.like( stringPath, pattern, ESCAPE )
+				: builder.like( builder.lower( stringPath ), pattern.toLowerCase( Locale.ROOT ), ESCAPE );
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -41,14 +45,14 @@ private static String translate(String pattern, char charWildcard, char stringWi
 		for ( int i = 0; i < pattern.length(); i++ ) {
 			final char ch = pattern.charAt( i );
 			if ( ch == charWildcard ) {
-				result.append( '_' );
+				result.append( WILDCARD_CHAR );
 			}
 			else if ( ch == stringWildcard ) {
-				result.append( '%' );
+				result.append( WILDCARD_STRING );
 			}
 			else {
-				if ( ch == '%' || ch == '_' || ch == '\\' ) {
-					result.append( '\\' );
+				if ( ch == WILDCARD_STRING || ch == WILDCARD_CHAR || ch == ESCAPE ) {
+					result.append( ESCAPE );
 				}
 				result.append( ch );
 			}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/range/ValueList.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/range/ValueList.java
index 56d32caa4137..92c605f50b84 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/range/ValueList.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/range/ValueList.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ record ValueList<U>(List<U> values) implements Range<U> {
 
 	@Override
 	public Predicate toPredicate(Path<? extends U> path, CriteriaBuilder builder) {
-		return path.in( values.stream().map( builder::literal ).toList() );
+		return path.in( values );
 	}
 
 	@Override