diff --git a/enterprise/app/services/captain/llm/conversation_faq_service.rb b/enterprise/app/services/captain/llm/conversation_faq_service.rb
index 6c046b178..44c9f1960 100644
--- a/enterprise/app/services/captain/llm/conversation_faq_service.rb
+++ b/enterprise/app/services/captain/llm/conversation_faq_service.rb
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class Captain::Llm::ConversationFaqService < Llm::BaseAiService
   end
 
   def approved_faqs_for_language
-    return assistant.responses.approved if base_language(faq_language) == base_language(account_language)
+    return assistant.responses.approved if faq_language == account_language
 
     assistant.responses.none
   end
@@ -182,15 +182,11 @@ class Captain::Llm::ConversationFaqService < Llm::BaseAiService
   end
 
   def normalize_language(language)
-    language.to_s.tr('-', '_')
-  end
-
-  def base_language(language)
-    language.split('_').first
+    language.to_s.tr('-', '_').split('_').first.downcase
   end
 
   def language_name(language)
-    ISO_639.find(base_language(language))&.english_name&.downcase || 'english'
+    ISO_639.find(language)&.english_name&.downcase || 'english'
   end
 
   def parse_generation_response(response)
diff --git a/spec/enterprise/services/captain/llm/conversation_faq_service_spec.rb b/spec/enterprise/services/captain/llm/conversation_faq_service_spec.rb
index e247f6020..9c2021190 100644
--- a/spec/enterprise/services/captain/llm/conversation_faq_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/enterprise/services/captain/llm/conversation_faq_service_spec.rb
@@ -248,11 +248,46 @@ RSpec.describe Captain::Llm::ConversationFaqService do
           service.generate_and_deduplicate
         end.to change(captain_assistant.faq_suggestions, :count).by(1)
 
-        expect(captain_assistant.faq_suggestions.pluck(:language)).to contain_exactly('en', 'pt_BR')
+        expect(captain_assistant.faq_suggestions.pluck(:language)).to contain_exactly('en', 'pt')
         expect(existing_suggestion.reload.source_count).to eq(1)
       end
     end
 
+    context 'when an open suggestion uses another locale variant of the same language' do
+      let(:account) { create(:account, locale: 'pt_BR') }
+      let(:captain_assistant) { create(:captain_assistant, account: account) }
+      let(:conversation) { create(:conversation, account: account, first_reply_created_at: Time.zone.now) }
+      let(:sample_faqs) { [{ 'question' => 'Como ativo o recurso?', 'answer' => 'Ative nas configuracoes.' }] }
+      let(:existing_suggestion) do
+        captain_assistant.faq_suggestions.create!(
+          question: 'Como habilito o recurso?',
+          answer: 'Ative nas configuracoes.',
+          embedding: embedding_one,
+          language: 'pt',
+          source_count: 1
+        )
+      end
+      let(:equivalence_response) { instance_double(RubyLLM::Message, content: { same_faq: true }.to_json) }
+
+      before do
+        existing_suggestion
+        allow(embedding_service).to receive(:get_embedding).and_return(embedding_one)
+        allow(mock_chat).to receive(:ask) do |input|
+          input.start_with?('{') ? equivalence_response : mock_response
+        end
+      end
+
+      it 'attaches the observation to the existing base-language suggestion' do
+        expect do
+          service.generate_and_deduplicate
+        end.to change(existing_suggestion.observations, :count).by(1)
+
+        expect(existing_suggestion.reload.source_count).to eq(2)
+        expect(captain_assistant.faq_suggestions.count).to eq(1)
+        expect(existing_suggestion.observations.last.language).to eq('pt')
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'when a similar approved FAQ uses the account language' do
       let(:sample_faqs) { [{ 'question' => 'Como ativo o recurso?', 'answer' => 'Ative nas configuracoes.' }] }
 
@@ -269,7 +304,7 @@ RSpec.describe Captain::Llm::ConversationFaqService do
           service.generate_and_deduplicate
         end.to change(captain_assistant.faq_suggestions, :count).by(1)
         expect(Captain::FaqObservation.discarded.count).to be_zero
-        expect(captain_assistant.faq_suggestions.last.language).to eq('pt_BR')
+        expect(captain_assistant.faq_suggestions.last.language).to eq('pt')
       end
     end