diff --git a/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go b/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
index 9c117824ad..252a2b2ae7 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
@@ -295,10 +295,14 @@ func (c *BigQueryConnector) ReplayTableSchemaDeltas(
 
 		for _, addedColumn := range schemaDelta.AddedColumns {
 			dstDatasetTable, _ := c.convertToDatasetTable(schemaDelta.DstTableName)
+			addedColumnBigQueryType := qValueKindToBigQueryType(addedColumn.ColumnType)
+			// string(bigquery.FloatFieldType) is "FLOAT" which is not a BigQuery type.
+			if addedColumnBigQueryType == bigquery.FloatFieldType {
+				addedColumnBigQueryType = "FLOAT64"
+			}
 			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/e2e/bigquery/peer_flow_bq_test.go b/flow/e2e/bigquery/peer_flow_bq_test.go
index 3dff6e310e..310bbca408 100644
--- a/flow/e2e/bigquery/peer_flow_bq_test.go
+++ b/flow/e2e/bigquery/peer_flow_bq_test.go
@@ -696,11 +696,11 @@ 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")