diff --git a/java-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryJdbcBulkInsertWriter.java b/java-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryJdbcBulkInsertWriter.java
index 99b1374637ac..857600214626 100644
--- a/java-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryJdbcBulkInsertWriter.java
+++ b/java-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryJdbcBulkInsertWriter.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ void initialize(TableName parentTable, BigQueryWriteClient client, RetrySettings
     WriteStream writeStream = client.createWriteStream(createWriteStreamRequest);
 
     JsonStreamWriter.Builder jsonStreamWriterBuilder =
-        JsonStreamWriter.newBuilder(writeStream.getName(), writeStream.getTableSchema());
+        JsonStreamWriter.newBuilder(writeStream.getName(), writeStream.getTableSchema(), client);
 
     if (retrySettings != null) {
       jsonStreamWriterBuilder.setRetrySettings(retrySettings);
diff --git a/java-bigquery-jdbc/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryJdbcBulkInsertWriterTest.java b/java-bigquery-jdbc/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryJdbcBulkInsertWriterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..98b4bd1392a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java-bigquery-jdbc/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryJdbcBulkInsertWriterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.google.cloud.bigquery.jdbc;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+import com.google.api.gax.core.NoCredentialsProvider;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.BigQueryWriteClient;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.BigQueryWriteSettings;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.CreateWriteStreamRequest;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.TableName;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.TableSchema;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.storage.v1.WriteStream;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class BigQueryJdbcBulkInsertWriterTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInitializePassesClientToJsonStreamWriter() throws Exception {
+    BigQueryWriteClient mockClient = mock(BigQueryWriteClient.class);
+    BigQueryWriteSettings mockSettings =
+        BigQueryWriteSettings.newBuilder()
+            .setCredentialsProvider(NoCredentialsProvider.create())
+            .build();
+    when(mockClient.getSettings()).thenReturn(mockSettings);
+
+    WriteStream stream =
+        WriteStream.newBuilder()
+            .setName(
+                "projects/test-project/datasets/test_dataset/tables/test_table/streams/_default")
+            .setTableSchema(TableSchema.newBuilder().build())
+            .build();
+    when(mockClient.createWriteStream(any(CreateWriteStreamRequest.class))).thenReturn(stream);
+
+    TableName tableName = TableName.of("test-project", "test_dataset", "test_table");
+    BigQueryJdbcBulkInsertWriter writer = new BigQueryJdbcBulkInsertWriter();
+    writer.initialize(tableName, mockClient, null);
+
+    assertNotNull(writer.getStreamName());
+    verify(mockClient).getSettings();
+  }
+}