diff --git a/packages/components/package-lock.json b/packages/components/package-lock.json
index fa8f3e711e..08e20f7140 100644
--- a/packages/components/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/components/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@labkey/components",
-  "version": "7.7.2",
+  "version": "7.7.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@labkey/components",
-      "version": "7.7.2",
+      "version": "7.7.3",
       "license": "SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.txt",
       "dependencies": {
         "@hello-pangea/dnd": "18.0.1",
diff --git a/packages/components/package.json b/packages/components/package.json
index 0ccf1c5edd..ae0ca2eba2 100644
--- a/packages/components/package.json
+++ b/packages/components/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@labkey/components",
-  "version": "7.7.2",
+  "version": "7.7.3",
   "description": "Components, models, actions, and utility functions for LabKey applications and pages",
   "sideEffects": false,
   "files": [
diff --git a/packages/components/releaseNotes/components.md b/packages/components/releaseNotes/components.md
index 575ecceae2..f50cafc6d6 100644
--- a/packages/components/releaseNotes/components.md
+++ b/packages/components/releaseNotes/components.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 # @labkey/components
 Components, models, actions, and utility functions for LabKey applications and pages
 
+### version 7.7.3
+*Released*: 31 December 2025
+- [GitHub Issue #495](https://github.com/LabKey/internal-issues/issues/495)
+ - Remove some gratuitous capitalization of field names in audit event details
+ - When generating a column label for an added parent column in the editable grid, don't capitalize the query name
+
 ### version 7.7.2
 *Released*: 30 December 2025
 - Remove unused `getVolumeMinStep` method
diff --git a/packages/components/src/internal/components/auditlog/AuditDetails.tsx b/packages/components/src/internal/components/auditlog/AuditDetails.tsx
index abe3e8d404..557e9cb746 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/internal/components/auditlog/AuditDetails.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/internal/components/auditlog/AuditDetails.tsx
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export class AuditDetails extends Component<Props> {
             <div className="row margin-bottom" key={field}>
                 <div className="left-padding right-padding">
                     <span className="audit-detail-row-label right-padding">
-                        {capitalizeFirstChar(field)}
+                        {field}
                         {!!providedVals.length && (
                             <LabelHelpTip
                                 iconComponent={<i className="original-value-icon fa fa-info-circle left-padding" />}
diff --git a/packages/components/src/internal/components/entities/models.test.ts b/packages/components/src/internal/components/entities/models.test.ts
index 4edd0f503c..6a3311e2e9 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/internal/components/entities/models.test.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/internal/components/entities/models.test.ts
@@ -27,19 +27,19 @@ describe('EntityParentType', () => {
             'Display Column',
             SCHEMAS.DATA_CLASSES.SCHEMA
         );
-        expect(col.caption).toBe('Dataclass Parents');
+        expect(col.caption).toBe('dataclass Parents');
 
         col = EntityParentType.create({ schema: SCHEMAS.DATA_CLASSES.SCHEMA, query: 'dataclass' }).generateColumn(
             'Display Column',
             SCHEMAS.SAMPLE_SETS.SCHEMA
         );
-        expect(col.caption).toBe('Dataclass');
+        expect(col.caption).toBe('dataclass');
 
         col = EntityParentType.create({ schema: SCHEMAS.SAMPLE_SETS.SCHEMA, query: 'sampletype' }).generateColumn(
             'Display Column',
             SCHEMAS.SAMPLE_SETS.SCHEMA
         );
-        expect(col.caption).toBe('Sampletype Parents');
+        expect(col.caption).toBe('sampletype Parents');
 
         col = EntityParentType.create({
             schema: SCHEMAS.SAMPLE_SETS.SCHEMA,
diff --git a/packages/components/src/internal/components/entities/models.ts b/packages/components/src/internal/components/entities/models.ts
index fbf53a6913..c31111f0a6 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/internal/components/entities/models.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/internal/components/entities/models.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { ExtendedMap } from '../../../public/ExtendedMap';
 import { decodePart, encodePart, SchemaQuery } from '../../../public/SchemaQuery';
 import { IEntityDetails } from '../domainproperties/entities/models';
 import { SelectInputOption } from '../forms/input/SelectInput';
-import { capitalizeFirstChar, caseInsensitive, generateId } from '../../util/utils';
+import { caseInsensitive, generateId } from '../../util/utils';
 import { QueryColumn, QueryLookup } from '../../../public/QueryColumn';
 import { SCHEMAS } from '../../schemas';
 import { EntityCreationType } from '../samples/models';
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export class EntityParentType extends Record({
     }
 
     generateColumn(displayColumn: string, targetSchema: string): QueryColumn {
-        const label_ = this.label ?? capitalizeFirstChar(this.query);
+        const label_ = this.label ?? this.query;
         const parentColName = this.generateFieldKey();
 
         // Issue 40233: SM app allows for two types of parents, sources and samples, and its confusing if both use