diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/providers/BigQueryStorageWriteApiSchemaTransformProvider.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/providers/BigQueryStorageWriteApiSchemaTransformProvider.java
index 22e8abca35bc..3391c7ae51b5 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/providers/BigQueryStorageWriteApiSchemaTransformProvider.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/providers/BigQueryStorageWriteApiSchemaTransformProvider.java
@@ -316,7 +316,8 @@ BigQueryIO.Write<Row> createStorageWriteApiTransform() {
               .to(configuration.getTable())
               .withMethod(writeMethod)
               .useBeamSchema()
-              .withFormatFunction(BigQueryUtils.toTableRow());
+              .withFormatFunction(BigQueryUtils.toTableRow())
+              .withWriteDisposition(WriteDisposition.WRITE_APPEND);
 
       if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(configuration.getCreateDisposition())) {
         CreateDisposition createDisposition =