diff --git a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/gcp/bigquery/source/PartitionedBigQueryInputFormat.java b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/gcp/bigquery/source/PartitionedBigQueryInputFormat.java
index e0834f357..1fd28bb2b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/gcp/bigquery/source/PartitionedBigQueryInputFormat.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/gcp/bigquery/source/PartitionedBigQueryInputFormat.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.TableReference;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.RangePartitioning;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.StandardTableDefinition;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableDefinition;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.TableDefinition.Type;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.TimePartitioning;
 import com.google.cloud.hadoop.io.bigquery.AbstractBigQueryInputFormat;
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ private void processQuery(JobContext context) throws IOException, InterruptedExc
         readTimeout);
     Type type = Objects.requireNonNull(bigQueryTable).getDefinition().getType();
     Boolean isPartitionFilterRequired = bigQueryTable.getRequirePartitionFilter();
-    StandardTableDefinition tableDefinition = Objects.requireNonNull(bigQueryTable).getDefinition();
+    TableDefinition tableDefinition = Objects.requireNonNull(bigQueryTable).getDefinition();
 
     String query;
     if (type == Type.VIEW || type == Type.MATERIALIZED_VIEW || type == Type.EXTERNAL) {
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ private void processQuery(JobContext context) throws IOException, InterruptedExc
   @VisibleForTesting
   String generateQuery(String partitionFromDate, String partitionToDate, String filter,
       String datasetProject, String dataset, String table, String limit, String orderBy,
-      Boolean isPartitionFilterRequired, StandardTableDefinition tableDefinition) {
+      Boolean isPartitionFilterRequired, TableDefinition tableDef) {
 
     if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(filter) && Strings.isNullOrEmpty(orderBy) && Strings.isNullOrEmpty(
         limit)
@@ -188,6 +189,13 @@ String generateQuery(String partitionFromDate, String partitionToDate, String fi
       return null;
     }
 
+    if (!(tableDef instanceof StandardTableDefinition)) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+          String.format("Unsupported BigQuery table type for filtering/partitioning: %s. " +
+              "Cannot apply filters, limits, or ordering.", tableDef.getType()));
+    }
+
+    StandardTableDefinition tableDefinition = (StandardTableDefinition) tableDef;
     RangePartitioning rangePartitioning = tableDefinition.getRangePartitioning();
     TimePartitioning timePartitioning = tableDefinition.getTimePartitioning();
     StringBuilder condition = new StringBuilder();