diff --git a/bigquery/bigquery.go b/bigquery/bigquery.go
index 94720a912784..c597679bc70b 100644
--- a/bigquery/bigquery.go
+++ b/bigquery/bigquery.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -59,6 +60,9 @@ type Client struct {
 	projectID string
 	bqs       *bq.Service
 	rc        *readClient
+
+	// governs use of preview query features.
+	enableQueryPreview bool
 }
 
 // DetectProjectID is a sentinel value that instructs NewClient to detect the
@@ -75,6 +79,12 @@ const DetectProjectID = "*detect-project-id*"
 //
 // If the project ID is set to DetectProjectID, NewClient will attempt to detect
 // the project ID from credentials.
+//
+// This client supports enabling query-related preview features via environmental
+// variables.  By setting the environment variable QUERY_PREVIEW_ENABLED to the string
+// "TRUE", the client will enable preview features, though behavior may still be
+// controlled via the bigquery service as well.  Currently, the feature(s) in scope
+// include: stateless queries (query execution without corresponding job metadata).
 func NewClient(ctx context.Context, projectID string, opts ...option.ClientOption) (*Client, error) {
 	o := []option.ClientOption{
 		option.WithScopes(Scope),
@@ -92,9 +102,17 @@ func NewClient(ctx context.Context, projectID string, opts ...option.ClientOptio
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	var preview bool
+	if v, ok := os.LookupEnv("QUERY_PREVIEW_ENABLED"); ok {
+		if strings.ToUpper(v) == "TRUE" {
+			preview = true
+		}
+	}
+
 	c := &Client{
-		projectID: projectID,
-		bqs:       bqs,
+		projectID:          projectID,
+		bqs:                bqs,
+		enableQueryPreview: preview,
 	}
 	return c, nil
 }
diff --git a/bigquery/go.mod b/bigquery/go.mod
index 06cbdf1e7141..f00fd4307ffd 100644
--- a/bigquery/go.mod
+++ b/bigquery/go.mod
@@ -3,23 +3,23 @@ module cloud.google.com/go/bigquery
 go 1.19
 
 require (
-	cloud.google.com/go v0.110.6
+	cloud.google.com/go v0.110.7
 	cloud.google.com/go/datacatalog v1.16.0
 	cloud.google.com/go/iam v1.1.1
 	cloud.google.com/go/longrunning v0.5.1
 	cloud.google.com/go/storage v1.30.1
 	github.com/apache/arrow/go/v12 v12.0.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1
 	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.12.0
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2
-	google.golang.org/api v0.139.0
-	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230803162519-f966b187b2e5
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230803162519-f966b187b2e5
-	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230822172742-b8732ec3820d
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.57.0
+	google.golang.org/api v0.145.0
+	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230913181813-007df8e322eb
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230913181813-007df8e322eb
+	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230920204549-e6e6cdab5c13
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.58.2
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
 )
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/flatbuffers v2.0.8+incompatible // indirect
 	github.com/google/martian/v3 v3.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.7 // indirect
-	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.2.5 // indirect
+	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/asmfmt v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.9 // indirect
 	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.9 // indirect
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.10.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.11.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.12.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.13.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.9.1 // indirect
diff --git a/bigquery/go.sum b/bigquery/go.sum
index 2ccda0976c9e..a6cef97b448c 100644
--- a/bigquery/go.sum
+++ b/bigquery/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
-cloud.google.com/go v0.110.6 h1:8uYAkj3YHTP/1iwReuHPxLSbdcyc+dSBbzFMrVwDR6Q=
-cloud.google.com/go v0.110.6/go.mod h1:+EYjdK8e5RME/VY/qLCAtuyALQ9q67dvuum8i+H5xsI=
+cloud.google.com/go v0.110.7 h1:rJyC7nWRg2jWGZ4wSJ5nY65GTdYJkg0cd/uXb+ACI6o=
+cloud.google.com/go v0.110.7/go.mod h1:+EYjdK8e5RME/VY/qLCAtuyALQ9q67dvuum8i+H5xsI=
 cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.23.0 h1:tP41Zoavr8ptEqaW6j+LQOnyBBhO7OkOMAGrgLopTwY=
 cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.23.0/go.mod h1:4tCnrn48xsqlwSAiLf1HXMQk8CONslYbdiEZc9FEIbM=
 cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata v0.2.3 h1:mg4jlk7mCAj6xXp9UJ4fjI9VUI5rubuGBW5aJ7UnBMY=
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ github.com/google/martian/v3 v3.3.2/go.mod h1:oBOf6HBosgwRXnUGWUB05QECsc6uvmMiJ3
 github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.7 h1:60BLSyTrOV4/haCDW4zb1guZItoSq8foHCXrAnjBo/o=
 github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.7/go.mod h1:50CgR4k1jNlWBu4UfS4AcfhVe1r6pdZPygJ3R8F0Qdw=
 github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
-github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 h1:t6JiXgmwXMjEs8VusXIJk2BXHsn+wx8BZdTaoZ5fu7I=
-github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
-github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.2.5 h1:UR4rDjcgpgEnqpIEvkiqTYKBCKLNmlge2eVjoZfySzM=
-github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.2.5/go.mod h1:RxW0N9901Cko1VOCW3SXCpWP+mlIEkk2tP7jnHy9a3w=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1 h1:KjJaJ9iWZ3jOFZIf1Lqf4laDRCasjl0BCmnEGxkdLb4=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.3.1/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.3.1 h1:SBWmZhjUDRorQxrN0nwzf+AHBxnbFjViHQS4P0yVpmQ=
+github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.3.1/go.mod h1:VLSiSSBs/ksPL8kq3OBOQ6WRI2QnaFynd1DCjZ62+V0=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.12.0 h1:A+gCJKdRfqXkr+BIRGtZLibNXf0m1f9E4HG56etFpas=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.12.0/go.mod h1:y+aIqrI5eb1YGMVJfuV3185Ts/D7qKpsEkdD5+I6QGU=
 github.com/klauspost/asmfmt v1.3.2 h1:4Ri7ox3EwapiOjCki+hw14RyKk201CN4rzyCJRFLpK4=
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201110031124-69a78807bb2b/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwY
 golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 h1:pVaXccu2ozPjCXewfr1S7xza/zcXTity9cCdXQYSjIM=
 golang.org/x/net v0.17.0/go.mod h1:NxSsAGuq816PNPmqtQdLE42eU2Fs7NoRIZrHJAlaCOE=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20180821212333-d2e6202438be/go.mod h1:N/0e6XlmueqKjAGxoOufVs8QHGRruUQn6yWY3a++T0U=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.11.0 h1:vPL4xzxBM4niKCW6g9whtaWVXTJf1U5e4aZxxFx/gbU=
-golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.11.0/go.mod h1:LdF7O/8bLR/qWK9DrpXmbHLTouvRHK0SgJl0GmDBchk=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.12.0 h1:smVPGxink+n1ZI5pkQa8y6fZT0RW0MgCO5bFpepy4B4=
+golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.12.0/go.mod h1:A74bZ3aGXgCY0qaIC9Ahg6Lglin4AMAco8cIv9baba4=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181108010431-42b317875d0f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8T
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2 h1:H2TDz8ibqkAF6YGhCdN3jS9O0/s90v0rJh3X/OLHEUk=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2/go.mod h1:K8+ghG5WaK9qNqU5K3HdILfMLy1f3aNYFI/wnl100a8=
 gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.11.0 h1:f1IJhK4Km5tBJmaiJXtk/PkL4cdVX6J+tGiM187uT5E=
-google.golang.org/api v0.139.0 h1:A1TrCPgMmOiYu0AiNkvQIpIx+D8blHTDcJ5EogkP7LI=
-google.golang.org/api v0.139.0/go.mod h1:CVagp6Eekz9CjGZ718Z+sloknzkDJE7Vc1Ckj9+viBk=
+google.golang.org/api v0.145.0 h1:kBjvf1A3/m30kUvnUX9jZJxTu3lJrpGFt5V/1YZrjwg=
+google.golang.org/api v0.145.0/go.mod h1:OARJqIfoYjXJj4C1AiBSXYZt03qsoz8FQYU6fBEfrHM=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EbEs0AVv82hx2wNQdGPgUI5lhzA/G0D9YwlJXL52JkM=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.4.0/go.mod h1:xpcJRLb0r/rnEns0DIKYYv+WjYCduHsrkT7/EB5XEv4=
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 h1:FZR1q0exgwxzPzp/aF+VccGrSfxfPpkBqjIIEq3ru6c=
@@ -176,20 +176,20 @@ google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7/go.mod h1:8WjMMxjGQR8xUklV/ARdw2HLXBOI7O7uCID
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20180817151627-c66870c02cf8/go.mod h1:JiN7NxoALGmiZfu7CAH4rXhgtRTLTxftemlI0sWmxmc=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20190819201941-24fa4b261c55/go.mod h1:DMBHOl98Agz4BDEuKkezgsaosCRResVns1a3J2ZsMNc=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20200526211855-cb27e3aa2013/go.mod h1:NbSheEEYHJ7i3ixzK3sjbqSGDJWnxyFXZblF3eUsNvo=
-google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230803162519-f966b187b2e5 h1:L6iMMGrtzgHsWofoFcihmDEMYeDR9KN/ThbPWGrh++g=
-google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230803162519-f966b187b2e5/go.mod h1:oH/ZOT02u4kWEp7oYBGYFFkCdKS/uYR9Z7+0/xuuFp8=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230803162519-f966b187b2e5 h1:nIgk/EEq3/YlnmVVXVnm14rC2oxgs1o0ong4sD/rd44=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230803162519-f966b187b2e5/go.mod h1:5DZzOUPCLYL3mNkQ0ms0F3EuUNZ7py1Bqeq6sxzI7/Q=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230822172742-b8732ec3820d h1:uvYuEyMHKNt+lT4K3bN6fGswmK8qSvcreM3BwjDh+y4=
-google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230822172742-b8732ec3820d/go.mod h1:+Bk1OCOj40wS2hwAMA+aCW9ypzm63QTBBHp6lQ3p+9M=
+google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230913181813-007df8e322eb h1:XFBgcDwm7irdHTbz4Zk2h7Mh+eis4nfJEFQFYzJzuIA=
+google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230913181813-007df8e322eb/go.mod h1:yZTlhN0tQnXo3h00fuXNCxJdLdIdnVFVBaRJ5LWBbw4=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230913181813-007df8e322eb h1:lK0oleSc7IQsUxO3U5TjL9DWlsxpEBemh+zpB7IqhWI=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20230913181813-007df8e322eb/go.mod h1:KjSP20unUpOx5kyQUFa7k4OJg0qeJ7DEZflGDu2p6Bk=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230920204549-e6e6cdab5c13 h1:N3bU/SQDCDyD6R528GJ/PwW9KjYcJA3dgyH+MovAkIM=
+google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230920204549-e6e6cdab5c13/go.mod h1:KSqppvjFjtoCI+KGd4PELB0qLNxdJHRGqRI09mB6pQA=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.19.0/go.mod h1:mqu4LbDTu4XGKhr4mRzUsmM4RtVoemTSY81AxZiDr8c=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.23.0/go.mod h1:Y5yQAOtifL1yxbo5wqy6BxZv8vAUGQwXBOALyacEbxg=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.25.1/go.mod h1:c3i+UQWmh7LiEpx4sFZnkU36qjEYZ0imhYfXVyQciAY=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.27.0/go.mod h1:qbnxyOmOxrQa7FizSgH+ReBfzJrCY1pSN7KXBS8abTk=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.33.2/go.mod h1:JMHMWHQWaTccqQQlmk3MJZS+GWXOdAesneDmEnv2fbc=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.37.0/go.mod h1:NREThFqKR1f3iQ6oBuvc5LadQuXVGo9rkm5ZGrQdJfM=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.57.0 h1:kfzNeI/klCGD2YPMUlaGNT3pxvYfga7smW3Vth8Zsiw=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.57.0/go.mod h1:Sd+9RMTACXwmub0zcNY2c4arhtrbBYD1AUHI/dt16Mo=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.58.2 h1:SXUpjxeVF3FKrTYQI4f4KvbGD5u2xccdYdurwowix5I=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.58.2/go.mod h1:tgX3ZQDlNJGU96V6yHh1T/JeoBQ2TXdr43YbYSsCJk0=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.1.0/go.mod h1:6Kw0yEErY5E/yWrBtf03jp27GLLJujG4z/JK95pnjjw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200109180630-ec00e32a8dfd/go.mod h1:DFci5gLYBciE7Vtevhsrf46CRTquxDuWsQurQQe4oz8=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v0.0.0-20200221191635-4d8936d0db64/go.mod h1:kwYJMbMJ01Woi6D6+Kah6886xMZcty6N08ah7+eCXa0=
diff --git a/bigquery/integration_test.go b/bigquery/integration_test.go
index 64ea202a5923..232333383da9 100644
--- a/bigquery/integration_test.go
+++ b/bigquery/integration_test.go
@@ -775,6 +775,11 @@ func TestIntegration_SimpleRowResults(t *testing.T) {
 	if client == nil {
 		t.Skip("Integration tests skipped")
 	}
+	beforePreview := client.enableQueryPreview
+	// ensure we restore the preview setting on test exit
+	defer func() {
+		client.enableQueryPreview = beforePreview
+	}()
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
 	testCases := []struct {
@@ -797,7 +802,7 @@ func TestIntegration_SimpleRowResults(t *testing.T) {
 			// in the job config, but switching to relying on jobs.getQueryResults allows the
 			// service to decide the behavior.
 			description: "ctas ddl",
-			query:       fmt.Sprintf("CREATE TABLE %s.%s AS SELECT 17 as foo", dataset.DatasetID, tableIDs.New()),
+			query:       fmt.Sprintf("CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE %s.%s AS SELECT 17 as foo", dataset.DatasetID, tableIDs.New()),
 			want:        nil,
 		},
 		{
@@ -806,19 +811,45 @@ func TestIntegration_SimpleRowResults(t *testing.T) {
 			query:       "select count(*) from unnest(generate_array(1,1000000)), unnest(generate_array(1, 1000)) as foo",
 			want:        [][]Value{{int64(1000000000)}},
 		},
+		{
+			// Query doesn't yield a result.
+			description: "DML",
+			query:       fmt.Sprintf("CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE %s.%s (foo STRING, bar INT64)", dataset.DatasetID, tableIDs.New()),
+			want:        [][]Value{},
+		},
 	}
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		curCase := tc
-		t.Run(curCase.description, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Parallel()
-			q := client.Query(curCase.query)
-			it, err := q.Read(ctx)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatalf("%s read error: %v", curCase.description, err)
-			}
-			checkReadAndTotalRows(t, curCase.description, it, curCase.want)
-		})
-	}
+
+	t.Run("nopreview_group", func(t *testing.T) {
+		client.enableQueryPreview = false
+		for _, tc := range testCases {
+			curCase := tc
+			t.Run(curCase.description, func(t *testing.T) {
+				t.Parallel()
+				q := client.Query(curCase.query)
+				it, err := q.Read(ctx)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("%s read error: %v", curCase.description, err)
+				}
+				checkReadAndTotalRows(t, curCase.description, it, curCase.want)
+			})
+		}
+	})
+	t.Run("preview_group", func(t *testing.T) {
+		client.enableQueryPreview = true
+		for _, tc := range testCases {
+			curCase := tc
+			t.Run(curCase.description, func(t *testing.T) {
+				t.Parallel()
+				q := client.Query(curCase.query)
+				it, err := q.Read(ctx)
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Fatalf("%s read error: %v", curCase.description, err)
+				}
+				checkReadAndTotalRows(t, curCase.description, it, curCase.want)
+			})
+		}
+	})
+
 }
 
 func TestIntegration_QueryIterationPager(t *testing.T) {
@@ -3284,21 +3315,28 @@ func checkReadAndTotalRows(t *testing.T, msg string, it *RowIterator, want [][]V
 
 func compareRead(it *RowIterator, want [][]Value, compareTotalRows bool) (msg string, ok bool) {
 	got, _, totalRows, err := readAll(it)
+	jobStr := ""
+	if it.SourceJob() != nil {
+		jobStr = it.SourceJob().jobID
+	}
+	if jobStr != "" {
+		jobStr = fmt.Sprintf("(Job: %s)", jobStr)
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return err.Error(), false
 	}
 	if len(got) != len(want) {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("got %d rows, want %d", len(got), len(want)), false
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s got %d rows, want %d", jobStr, len(got), len(want)), false
 	}
 	if compareTotalRows && len(got) != int(totalRows) {
-		return fmt.Sprintf("got %d rows, but totalRows = %d", len(got), totalRows), false
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s got %d rows, but totalRows = %d", jobStr, len(got), totalRows), false
 	}
 	sort.Sort(byCol0(got))
 	for i, r := range got {
 		gotRow := []Value(r)
 		wantRow := want[i]
 		if !testutil.Equal(gotRow, wantRow) {
-			return fmt.Sprintf("#%d: got %#v, want %#v", i, gotRow, wantRow), false
+			return fmt.Sprintf("%s #%d: got %#v, want %#v", jobStr, i, gotRow, wantRow), false
 		}
 	}
 	return "", true
diff --git a/bigquery/iterator.go b/bigquery/iterator.go
index 37b12dea84d4..6339bd52b541 100644
--- a/bigquery/iterator.go
+++ b/bigquery/iterator.go
@@ -240,7 +240,11 @@ func fetchPage(ctx context.Context, src *rowSource, schema Schema, startIndex ui
 		if src.j != nil {
 			return fetchJobResultPage(ctx, src, schema, startIndex, pageSize, pageToken)
 		}
-		return fetchTableResultPage(ctx, src, schema, startIndex, pageSize, pageToken)
+		if src.t != nil {
+			return fetchTableResultPage(ctx, src, schema, startIndex, pageSize, pageToken)
+		}
+		// No rows, but no table or job reference.  Return an empty result set.
+		return &fetchPageResult{}, nil
 	}
 	return result, nil
 }
diff --git a/bigquery/query.go b/bigquery/query.go
index 7030cfd50c4f..a44e93227d72 100644
--- a/bigquery/query.go
+++ b/bigquery/query.go
@@ -393,11 +393,14 @@ func (q *Query) Read(ctx context.Context) (it *RowIterator, err error) {
 	}
 
 	// construct a minimal job for backing the row iterator.
-	minimalJob := &Job{
-		c:         q.client,
-		jobID:     resp.JobReference.JobId,
-		location:  resp.JobReference.Location,
-		projectID: resp.JobReference.ProjectId,
+	var minimalJob *Job
+	if resp.JobReference != nil {
+		minimalJob = &Job{
+			c:         q.client,
+			jobID:     resp.JobReference.JobId,
+			location:  resp.JobReference.Location,
+			projectID: resp.JobReference.ProjectId,
+		}
 	}
 
 	if resp.JobComplete {
@@ -484,6 +487,9 @@ func (q *Query) probeFastPath() (*bq.QueryRequest, error) {
 			DatasetId: q.QueryConfig.DefaultDatasetID,
 		}
 	}
+	if q.client.enableQueryPreview {
+		qRequest.JobCreationMode = "JOB_CREATION_OPTIONAL"
+	}
 	return qRequest, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/go.work.sum b/go.work.sum
index 389a68974736..e53ed9473d2f 100644
--- a/go.work.sum
+++ b/go.work.sum
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.16.0/go.mod h1:NxSsAGuq816PNPmqtQdLE42eU2Fs7NoRIZrHJAlaCOE=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.12.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.12.0/go.mod h1:owVbMEjm3cBLCHdkQu9b1opXd4ETQWc3BhuQGKgXgvU=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.7.0 h1:W4OVu8VVOaIO0yzWMNdepAulS7YfoS3Zabrm8DOXXU4=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.8.0/go.mod h1:JxBZ99ISMI5ViVkT1tr6tdNmXeTrcpVSD3vZ1RsRdN4=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.10.0 h1:tvDr/iQoUqNdohiYm0LmmKcBk+q86lb9EprIUFhHHGg=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.10.0/go.mod h1:UJwyiVBsOA2uwvK/e5OY3GTpDUJriEd+/YlqAwLPmyM=
-google.golang.org/api v0.123.0/go.mod h1:gcitW0lvnyWjSp9nKxAbdHKIZ6vF4aajGueeslZOyms=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230526203410-71b5a4ffd15e/go.mod h1:zqTuNwFlFRsw5zIts5VnzLQxSRqh+CGOTVMlYbY0Eyk=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230711160842-782d3b101e98/go.mod h1:S7mY02OqCJTD0E1OiQy1F72PWFB4bZJ87cAtLPYgDR0=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230913181813-007df8e322eb/go.mod h1:yZTlhN0tQnXo3h00fuXNCxJdLdIdnVFVBaRJ5LWBbw4=