diff --git a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/hooks/bigtable.py b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/hooks/bigtable.py
index cefc5a24b46d..93120f3d075e 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/hooks/bigtable.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/hooks/bigtable.py
@@ -22,12 +22,11 @@
 import warnings
 from typing import Sequence
 
-from google.cloud.bigtable import Client
+from google.cloud.bigtable import Client, enums
 from google.cloud.bigtable.cluster import Cluster
 from google.cloud.bigtable.column_family import ColumnFamily, GarbageCollectionRule
 from google.cloud.bigtable.instance import Instance
 from google.cloud.bigtable.table import ClusterState, Table
-from google.cloud.bigtable_admin_v2 import enums
 
 from airflow.providers.google.common.consts import CLIENT_INFO
 from airflow.providers.google.common.hooks.base_google import GoogleBaseHook
@@ -56,9 +55,9 @@ def __init__(
             delegate_to=delegate_to,
             impersonation_chain=impersonation_chain,
         )
-        self._client = None
+        self._client: Client | None = None
 
-    def _get_client(self, project_id: str):
+    def _get_client(self, project_id: str) -> Client:
         if not self._client:
             self._client = Client(
                 project=project_id,
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ def _get_client(self, project_id: str):
         return self._client
 
     @GoogleBaseHook.fallback_to_default_project_id
-    def get_instance(self, instance_id: str, project_id: str) -> Instance:
+    def get_instance(self, instance_id: str, project_id: str) -> Instance | None:
         """
         Retrieves and returns the specified Cloud Bigtable instance if it exists.
         Otherwise, returns None.
@@ -113,10 +112,10 @@ def create_instance(
         project_id: str,
         replica_clusters: list[dict[str, str]] | None = None,
         instance_display_name: str | None = None,
-        instance_type: enums.Instance.Type = enums.Instance.Type.TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
+        instance_type: enums.Instance.Type = enums.Instance.Type.UNSPECIFIED,  # type: ignore[assignment]
         instance_labels: dict | None = None,
         cluster_nodes: int | None = None,
-        cluster_storage_type: enums.StorageType = enums.StorageType.STORAGE_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED,
+        cluster_storage_type: enums.StorageType = enums.StorageType.UNSPECIFIED,  # type: ignore[assignment]
         timeout: float | None = None,
     ) -> Instance:
         """
@@ -142,9 +141,6 @@ def create_instance(
         :param timeout: (optional) timeout (in seconds) for instance creation.
                         If None is not specified, Operator will wait indefinitely.
         """
-        cluster_storage_type = enums.StorageType(cluster_storage_type)
-        instance_type = enums.Instance.Type(instance_type)
-
         instance = Instance(
             instance_id,
             self._get_client(project_id=project_id),
@@ -200,8 +196,6 @@ def update_instance(
         :param timeout: (optional) timeout (in seconds) for instance update.
             If None is not specified, Operator will wait indefinitely.
         """
-        instance_type = enums.Instance.Type(instance_type)
-
         instance = Instance(
             instance_id=instance_id,
             client=self._get_client(project_id=project_id),
@@ -253,7 +247,10 @@ def delete_table(self, instance_id: str, table_id: str, project_id: str) -> None
             BigTable exists. If set to None or missing,
             the default project_id from the Google Cloud connection is used.
         """
-        table = self.get_instance(instance_id=instance_id, project_id=project_id).table(table_id=table_id)
+        instance = self.get_instance(instance_id=instance_id, project_id=project_id)
+        if instance is None:
+            raise RuntimeError("Instance %s did not exist; unable to delete table %s" % instance_id, table_id)
+        table = instance.table(table_id=table_id)
         table.delete()
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigtable.py b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigtable.py
index e2e54166d546..50c86c56a8f9 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigtable.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/operators/bigtable.py
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Iterable, Sequence
 
 import google.api_core.exceptions
+from google.cloud.bigtable import enums
 from google.cloud.bigtable.column_family import GarbageCollectionRule
-from google.cloud.bigtable_admin_v2 import enums
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.models import BaseOperator
diff --git a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/sensors/bigtable.py b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/sensors/bigtable.py
index 3dd689f8c608..c69d4099cad1 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/sensors/bigtable.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/sensors/bigtable.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Sequence
 
 import google.api_core.exceptions
+from google.cloud.bigtable import enums
 from google.cloud.bigtable.table import ClusterState
-from google.cloud.bigtable_admin_v2 import enums
 
 from airflow.providers.google.cloud.hooks.bigtable import BigtableHook
 from airflow.providers.google.cloud.links.bigtable import BigtableTablesLink
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def poke(self, context: Context) -> bool:
             )
             return False
 
-        ready_state = ClusterState(enums.Table.ClusterState.ReplicationState.READY)
+        ready_state = ClusterState(enums.Table.ReplicationState.READY)
 
         is_table_replicated = True
         for cluster_id in cluster_states.keys():
diff --git a/airflow/providers/google/provider.yaml b/airflow/providers/google/provider.yaml
index 3326a9cb8d31..1feed66374bd 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/google/provider.yaml
+++ b/airflow/providers/google/provider.yaml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ dependencies:
   - google-cloud-aiplatform>=1.7.1,<2.0.0
   - google-cloud-automl>=2.1.0
   - google-cloud-bigquery-datatransfer>=3.0.0
-  - google-cloud-bigtable>=1.0.0,<2.0.0
+  - google-cloud-bigtable>=2.0.0,<3.0.0
   - google-cloud-build>=3.0.0
   - google-cloud-compute>=0.1.0,<2.0.0
   - google-cloud-container>=2.2.0,<3.0.0
@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@ dependencies:
   # A transient dependency of google-cloud-bigquery-datatransfer, but we
   # further constrain it since older versions are buggy.
   - proto-plus>=1.19.6
-  # Google bigtable client require protobuf <= 3.20.0. We can remove the limitation
-  # when this limitation is removed
-  - protobuf<=3.20.0
 
 integrations:
   - integration-name: Google Analytics360
diff --git a/docs/apache-airflow-providers-google/index.rst b/docs/apache-airflow-providers-google/index.rst
index d19d58506d44..e5d5b1c45911 100644
--- a/docs/apache-airflow-providers-google/index.rst
+++ b/docs/apache-airflow-providers-google/index.rst
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ PIP package                              Version required
 ``google-cloud-aiplatform``              ``>=1.7.1,<2.0.0``
 ``google-cloud-automl``                  ``>=2.1.0``
 ``google-cloud-bigquery-datatransfer``   ``>=3.0.0``
-``google-cloud-bigtable``                ``>=1.0.0,<2.0.0``
+``google-cloud-bigtable``                ``>=2.0.0,<3.0.0``
 ``google-cloud-build``                   ``>=3.0.0``
 ``google-cloud-compute``                 ``>=0.1.0,<2.0.0``
 ``google-cloud-container``               ``>=2.2.0,<3.0.0``
diff --git a/generated/provider_dependencies.json b/generated/provider_dependencies.json
index 6a914f9ca514..575efe0def3e 100644
--- a/generated/provider_dependencies.json
+++ b/generated/provider_dependencies.json
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
       "google-cloud-aiplatform>=1.7.1,<2.0.0",
       "google-cloud-automl>=2.1.0",
       "google-cloud-bigquery-datatransfer>=3.0.0",
-      "google-cloud-bigtable>=1.0.0,<2.0.0",
+      "google-cloud-bigtable>=2.0.0,<3.0.0",
       "google-cloud-build>=3.0.0",
       "google-cloud-compute>=0.1.0,<2.0.0",
       "google-cloud-container>=2.2.0,<3.0.0",
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@
       "pandas-gbq",
       "pandas>=0.17.1",
       "proto-plus>=1.19.6",
-      "protobuf<=3.20.0",
       "sqlalchemy-bigquery>=1.2.1"
     ],
     "cross-providers-deps": [
diff --git a/tests/providers/google/cloud/hooks/test_bigtable.py b/tests/providers/google/cloud/hooks/test_bigtable.py
index 93e77a36ac65..f3f2049f797d 100644
--- a/tests/providers/google/cloud/hooks/test_bigtable.py
+++ b/tests/providers/google/cloud/hooks/test_bigtable.py
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@
 from unittest.mock import PropertyMock
 
 import google
-from google.cloud.bigtable import Client
+from google.cloud.bigtable import Client, enums
 from google.cloud.bigtable.instance import Instance
-from google.cloud.bigtable_admin_v2 import enums
 
 from airflow.providers.google.cloud.hooks.bigtable import BigtableHook
 from airflow.providers.google.common.consts import CLIENT_INFO
diff --git a/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_bigtable.py b/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_bigtable.py
index 68e5134c8b88..ffb7051289a3 100644
--- a/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_bigtable.py
+++ b/tests/providers/google/cloud/operators/test_bigtable.py
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 
 import google.api_core.exceptions
 import pytest
+from google.cloud.bigtable import enums
 from google.cloud.bigtable.column_family import MaxVersionsGCRule
 from google.cloud.bigtable.instance import Instance
-from google.cloud.bigtable_admin_v2 import enums
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
 from airflow.providers.google.cloud.operators.bigtable import (