diff --git a/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go b/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
index 93bedcc337..5b2b8b01f8 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
@@ -295,10 +295,10 @@ func (c *BigQueryConnector) ReplayTableSchemaDeltas(
 
 		for _, addedColumn := range schemaDelta.AddedColumns {
 			dstDatasetTable, _ := c.convertToDatasetTable(schemaDelta.DstTableName)
+			addedColumnBigQueryType := qValueKindToBigQueryTypeString(addedColumn.ColumnType)
 			query := c.client.Query(fmt.Sprintf(
 				"ALTER TABLE %s ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS `%s` %s",
-				dstDatasetTable.table, addedColumn.ColumnName,
-				qValueKindToBigQueryType(addedColumn.ColumnType)))
+				dstDatasetTable.table, addedColumn.ColumnName, addedColumnBigQueryType))
 			query.DefaultProjectID = c.projectID
 			query.DefaultDatasetID = dstDatasetTable.dataset
 			_, err := query.Read(ctx)
diff --git a/flow/connectors/bigquery/merge_stmt_generator.go b/flow/connectors/bigquery/merge_stmt_generator.go
index 57fd00417e..989e8f7435 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/bigquery/merge_stmt_generator.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/bigquery/merge_stmt_generator.go
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
-	"cloud.google.com/go/bigquery"
-
 	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/generated/protos"
 	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/model/qvalue"
 	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/shared"
@@ -36,18 +34,14 @@ func (m *mergeStmtGenerator) generateFlattenedCTE() string {
 
 	for _, column := range m.normalizedTableSchema.Columns {
 		colType := column.Type
-		bqType := qValueKindToBigQueryType(colType)
-		// CAST doesn't work for FLOAT, so rewrite it to FLOAT64.
-		if bqType == bigquery.FloatFieldType {
-			bqType = "FLOAT64"
-		}
+		bqTypeString := qValueKindToBigQueryTypeString(colType)
 		var castStmt string
 		shortCol := m.shortColumn[column.Name]
 		switch qvalue.QValueKind(colType) {
 		case qvalue.QValueKindJSON, qvalue.QValueKindHStore:
 			// if the type is JSON, then just extract JSON
 			castStmt = fmt.Sprintf("CAST(PARSE_JSON(JSON_VALUE(_peerdb_data, '$.%s'),wide_number_mode=>'round') AS %s) AS `%s`",
-				column.Name, bqType, shortCol)
+				column.Name, bqTypeString, shortCol)
 		// expecting data in BASE64 format
 		case qvalue.QValueKindBytes, qvalue.QValueKindBit:
 			castStmt = fmt.Sprintf("FROM_BASE64(JSON_VALUE(_peerdb_data,'$.%s')) AS `%s`",
@@ -58,10 +52,10 @@ func (m *mergeStmtGenerator) generateFlattenedCTE() string {
 			qvalue.QValueKindArrayDate:
 			castStmt = fmt.Sprintf("ARRAY(SELECT CAST(element AS %s) FROM "+
 				"UNNEST(CAST(JSON_VALUE_ARRAY(_peerdb_data, '$.%s') AS ARRAY<STRING>)) AS element WHERE element IS NOT null) AS `%s`",
-				bqType, column.Name, shortCol)
+				bqTypeString, column.Name, shortCol)
 		case qvalue.QValueKindGeography, qvalue.QValueKindGeometry, qvalue.QValueKindPoint:
 			castStmt = fmt.Sprintf("CAST(ST_GEOGFROMTEXT(JSON_VALUE(_peerdb_data, '$.%s')) AS %s) AS `%s`",
-				column.Name, bqType, shortCol)
+				column.Name, bqTypeString, shortCol)
 		// MAKE_INTERVAL(years INT64, months INT64, days INT64, hours INT64, minutes INT64, seconds INT64)
 		// Expecting interval to be in the format of {"Microseconds":2000000,"Days":0,"Months":0,"Valid":true}
 		// json.Marshal in SyncRecords for Postgres already does this - once new data-stores are added,
@@ -79,7 +73,7 @@ func (m *mergeStmtGenerator) generateFlattenedCTE() string {
 		// 		column.Name, column.Name)
 		default:
 			castStmt = fmt.Sprintf("CAST(JSON_VALUE(_peerdb_data, '$.%s') AS %s) AS `%s`",
-				column.Name, bqType, shortCol)
+				column.Name, bqTypeString, shortCol)
 		}
 		flattenedProjs = append(flattenedProjs, castStmt)
 	}
diff --git a/flow/connectors/bigquery/qvalue_convert.go b/flow/connectors/bigquery/qvalue_convert.go
index 2fc179ea25..6a21b217bd 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/bigquery/qvalue_convert.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/bigquery/qvalue_convert.go
@@ -92,3 +92,16 @@ func BigQueryTypeToQValueKind(fieldType bigquery.FieldType) (qvalue.QValueKind,
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("unsupported bigquery field type: %v", fieldType)
 	}
 }
+
+func qValueKindToBigQueryTypeString(colType string) string {
+	bqType := qValueKindToBigQueryType(colType)
+	bqTypeAsString := string(bqType)
+	// string(bigquery.FloatFieldType) is "FLOAT" which is not a BigQuery type.
+	if bqType == bigquery.FloatFieldType {
+		bqTypeAsString = "FLOAT64"
+	}
+	if bqType == bigquery.BooleanFieldType {
+		bqTypeAsString = "BOOL"
+	}
+	return bqTypeAsString
+}
diff --git a/flow/e2e/bigquery/peer_flow_bq_test.go b/flow/e2e/bigquery/peer_flow_bq_test.go
index 678b3fc15f..c5c4170fbd 100644
--- a/flow/e2e/bigquery/peer_flow_bq_test.go
+++ b/flow/e2e/bigquery/peer_flow_bq_test.go
@@ -705,11 +705,11 @@ func (s PeerFlowE2ETestSuiteBQ) Test_Simple_Schema_Changes_BQ() {
 
 	// alter source table, add column c3, drop column c2 and insert another row.
 	_, err = s.Conn().Exec(context.Background(), fmt.Sprintf(`
-		ALTER TABLE %s DROP COLUMN c2, ADD COLUMN c3 BIGINT`, srcTableName))
+		ALTER TABLE %s DROP COLUMN c2, ADD COLUMN c3 FLOAT`, srcTableName))
 	e2e.EnvNoError(s.t, env, err)
 	s.t.Log("Altered source table, dropped column c2 and added column c3")
 	_, err = s.Conn().Exec(context.Background(), fmt.Sprintf(`
-		INSERT INTO %s(c1,c3) VALUES (3,3)`, srcTableName))
+		INSERT INTO %s(c1,c3) VALUES (3,3.5)`, srcTableName))
 	e2e.EnvNoError(s.t, env, err)
 	s.t.Log("Inserted row with added c3 in the source table")