diff --git a/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go b/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
index 2d278580f..2d38cbf89 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/bigquery/bigquery.go
@@ -878,31 +878,75 @@ func (c *BigQueryConnector) getRawTableName(flowJobName string) string {
 }
 
 func (c *BigQueryConnector) RenameTables(req *protos.RenameTablesInput) (*protos.RenameTablesOutput, error) {
+	// BigQuery doesn't really do transactions properly anyway so why bother?
 	for _, renameRequest := range req.RenameTableOptions {
 		srcDatasetTable, _ := c.convertToDatasetTable(renameRequest.CurrentName)
 		dstDatasetTable, _ := c.convertToDatasetTable(renameRequest.NewName)
-		c.logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("renaming table '%s' to '%s'...", srcDatasetTable.string(),
+		c.logger.InfoContext(c.ctx, fmt.Sprintf("renaming table '%s' to '%s'...", srcDatasetTable.string(),
 			dstDatasetTable.string()))
 
 		activity.RecordHeartbeat(c.ctx, fmt.Sprintf("renaming table '%s' to '%s'...", srcDatasetTable.string(),
 			dstDatasetTable.string()))
 
+		if req.SoftDeleteColName != nil {
+			allCols := strings.Join(utils.TableSchemaColumnNames(renameRequest.TableSchema), ",")
+			pkeyCols := strings.Join(renameRequest.TableSchema.PrimaryKeyColumns, ",")
+
+			c.logger.InfoContext(c.ctx, fmt.Sprintf("handling soft-deletes for table '%s'...", dstDatasetTable.string()))
+
+			activity.RecordHeartbeat(c.ctx, fmt.Sprintf("handling soft-deletes for table '%s'...", dstDatasetTable.string()))
+
+			c.logger.InfoContext(c.ctx, fmt.Sprintf("INSERT INTO %s(%s) SELECT %s,true AS %s FROM %s WHERE (%s) NOT IN (SELECT %s FROM %s)",
+				srcDatasetTable.string(), fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s", allCols, *req.SoftDeleteColName),
+				allCols, *req.SoftDeleteColName, dstDatasetTable.string(),
+				pkeyCols, pkeyCols, srcDatasetTable.string()))
+			_, err := c.client.Query(
+				fmt.Sprintf("INSERT INTO %s(%s) SELECT %s,true AS %s FROM %s WHERE (%s) NOT IN (SELECT %s FROM %s)",
+					srcDatasetTable.string(), fmt.Sprintf("%s,%s", allCols, *req.SoftDeleteColName),
+					allCols, *req.SoftDeleteColName, dstDatasetTable.string(),
+					pkeyCols, pkeyCols, srcDatasetTable.string())).Read(c.ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to handle soft-deletes for table %s: %w", dstDatasetTable.string(), err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		if req.SyncedAtColName != nil {
+			c.logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("setting synced at column for table '%s'...", srcDatasetTable.string()))
+
+			activity.RecordHeartbeat(c.ctx, fmt.Sprintf("setting synced at column for table '%s'...",
+				srcDatasetTable.string()))
+
+			c.logger.InfoContext(c.ctx,
+				fmt.Sprintf("UPDATE %s SET %s = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP WHERE %s IS NULL", srcDatasetTable.string(),
+					*req.SyncedAtColName, *req.SyncedAtColName))
+			_, err := c.client.Query(
+				fmt.Sprintf("UPDATE %s SET %s = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP WHERE %s IS NULL", srcDatasetTable.string(),
+					*req.SyncedAtColName, *req.SyncedAtColName)).Read(c.ctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to set synced at column for table %s: %w", srcDatasetTable.string(), err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		c.logger.InfoContext(c.ctx, fmt.Sprintf("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS %s",
+			dstDatasetTable.string()))
 		// drop the dst table if exists
-		_, err := c.client.Query(fmt.Sprintf("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS %s.%s",
-			dstDatasetTable.dataset, dstDatasetTable.table)).Run(c.ctx)
+		_, err := c.client.Query(fmt.Sprintf("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS %s",
+			dstDatasetTable.string())).Read(c.ctx)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to drop table %s: %w", dstDatasetTable.string(), err)
 		}
 
+		c.logger.InfoContext(c.ctx, fmt.Sprintf("ALTER TABLE %s RENAME TO %s",
+			srcDatasetTable.string(), dstDatasetTable.table))
 		// rename the src table to dst
-		_, err = c.client.Query(fmt.Sprintf("ALTER TABLE %s.%s RENAME TO %s",
-			srcDatasetTable.dataset, srcDatasetTable.table, dstDatasetTable.table)).Run(c.ctx)
+		_, err = c.client.Query(fmt.Sprintf("ALTER TABLE %s RENAME TO %s",
+			srcDatasetTable.string(), dstDatasetTable.table)).Read(c.ctx)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to rename table %s to %s: %w", srcDatasetTable.string(),
 				dstDatasetTable.string(), err)
 		}
 
-		c.logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("successfully renamed table '%s' to '%s'", srcDatasetTable.string(),
+		c.logger.InfoContext(c.ctx, fmt.Sprintf("successfully renamed table '%s' to '%s'", srcDatasetTable.string(),
 			dstDatasetTable.string()))
 	}
 
@@ -923,7 +967,7 @@ func (c *BigQueryConnector) CreateTablesFromExisting(req *protos.CreateTablesFro
 
 		// rename the src table to dst
 		_, err := c.client.Query(fmt.Sprintf("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `%s` LIKE `%s`",
-			newDatasetTable.string(), existingDatasetTable.string())).Run(c.ctx)
+			newDatasetTable.string(), existingDatasetTable.string())).Read(c.ctx)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to create table %s: %w", newTable, err)
 		}