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 163403f7f..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
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ private void processQuery(JobContext context) throws IOException, InterruptedExc
       query = generateQuery(partitionFromDate, partitionToDate, filter, datasetProjectId,
           datasetId,
           tableName, limit, orderBy,
-          isPartitionFilterRequired, (StandardTableDefinition) tableDefinition);
+          isPartitionFilterRequired, tableDefinition);
     }
 
     if (query != null) {
@@ -181,7 +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)
@@ -189,6 +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();