diff --git a/java/serving/src/test/java/feast/serving/util/DataGenerator.java b/java/serving/src/test/java/feast/serving/util/DataGenerator.java
index 261c9ac134..e38d1ce459 100644
--- a/java/serving/src/test/java/feast/serving/util/DataGenerator.java
+++ b/java/serving/src/test/java/feast/serving/util/DataGenerator.java
@@ -210,11 +210,10 @@ public static DataSource createFileDataSourceSpec(
   }
 
   public static DataSource createBigQueryDataSourceSpec(
-      String bigQueryTableRef, String timestampColumn, String datePartitionColumn) {
+      String bigQueryTable, String timestampColumn, String datePartitionColumn) {
     return DataSource.newBuilder()
         .setType(DataSource.SourceType.BATCH_BIGQUERY)
-        .setBigqueryOptions(
-            DataSource.BigQueryOptions.newBuilder().setTableRef(bigQueryTableRef).build())
+        .setBigqueryOptions(DataSource.BigQueryOptions.newBuilder().setTable(bigQueryTable).build())
         .setTimestampField(timestampColumn)
         .setDatePartitionColumn(datePartitionColumn)
         .build();
diff --git a/protos/feast/core/DataSource.proto b/protos/feast/core/DataSource.proto
index 961b5ac188..0922cc1f25 100644
--- a/protos/feast/core/DataSource.proto
+++ b/protos/feast/core/DataSource.proto
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ message DataSource {
   // Defines options for DataSource that sources features from a BigQuery Query
   message BigQueryOptions {
     // Full table reference in the form of [project:dataset.table]
-    string table_ref = 1;
+    string table = 1;
 
     // SQL query that returns a table containing feature data. Must contain an event_timestamp column, and respective
     // entity columns
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/bigquery.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/bigquery.py
index 2ca05e9ae6..1e27fc326b 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/bigquery.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/bigquery.py
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ def persist(self, storage: SavedDatasetStorage):
         assert isinstance(storage, SavedDatasetBigQueryStorage)
 
         self.to_bigquery(
-            bigquery.QueryJobConfig(destination=storage.bigquery_options.table_ref)
+            bigquery.QueryJobConfig(destination=storage.bigquery_options.table)
         )
 
     @property
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/bigquery_source.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/bigquery_source.py
index eca9bdf21e..31b0ed617e 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/bigquery_source.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/bigquery_source.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ def __init__(
         self,
         event_timestamp_column: Optional[str] = "",
         table: Optional[str] = None,
-        table_ref: Optional[str] = None,
         created_timestamp_column: Optional[str] = "",
         field_mapping: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
         date_partition_column: Optional[str] = None,
@@ -33,14 +32,13 @@ def __init__(
 
         Args:
             table (optional): The BigQuery table where features can be found.
-            table_ref (optional): (Deprecated) The BigQuery table where features can be found.
             event_timestamp_column: (Deprecated) Event timestamp column used for point in time joins of feature values.
             created_timestamp_column (optional): Timestamp column when row was created, used for deduplicating rows.
             field_mapping: A dictionary mapping of column names in this data source to feature names in a feature table
                 or view. Only used for feature columns, not entities or timestamp columns.
             date_partition_column (deprecated): Timestamp column used for partitioning.
             query (optional): SQL query to execute to generate data for this data source.
-            name (optional): Name for the source. Defaults to the table_ref if not specified.
+            name (optional): Name for the source. Defaults to the table if not specified.
             description (optional): A human-readable description.
             tags (optional): A dictionary of key-value pairs to store arbitrary metadata.
             owner (optional): The owner of the bigquery source, typically the email of the primary
@@ -51,18 +49,10 @@ def __init__(
             >>> from feast import BigQuerySource
             >>> my_bigquery_source = BigQuerySource(table="gcp_project:bq_dataset.bq_table")
         """
-        if table is None and table_ref is None and query is None:
+        if table is None and query is None:
             raise ValueError('No "table" or "query" argument provided.')
-        if not table and table_ref:
-            warnings.warn(
-                (
-                    "The argument 'table_ref' is being deprecated. Please use 'table' "
-                    "instead. Feast 0.20 and onwards will not support the argument 'table_ref'."
-                ),
-                DeprecationWarning,
-            )
-            table = table_ref
-        self.bigquery_options = BigQueryOptions(table_ref=table, query=query)
+
+        self.bigquery_options = BigQueryOptions(table=table, query=query)
 
         if date_partition_column:
             warnings.warn(
@@ -73,13 +63,11 @@ def __init__(
                 DeprecationWarning,
             )
 
-        # If no name, use the table_ref as the default name
+        # If no name, use the table as the default name
         _name = name
         if not _name:
             if table:
                 _name = table
-            elif table_ref:
-                _name = table_ref
             else:
                 warnings.warn(
                     (
@@ -111,7 +99,7 @@ def __eq__(self, other):
 
         return (
             self.name == other.name
-            and self.bigquery_options.table_ref == other.bigquery_options.table_ref
+            and self.bigquery_options.table == other.bigquery_options.table
             and self.bigquery_options.query == other.bigquery_options.query
             and self.timestamp_field == other.timestamp_field
             and self.created_timestamp_column == other.created_timestamp_column
@@ -122,8 +110,8 @@ def __eq__(self, other):
         )
 
     @property
-    def table_ref(self):
-        return self.bigquery_options.table_ref
+    def table(self):
+        return self.bigquery_options.table
 
     @property
     def query(self):
@@ -137,7 +125,7 @@ def from_proto(data_source: DataSourceProto):
         return BigQuerySource(
             name=data_source.name,
             field_mapping=dict(data_source.field_mapping),
-            table_ref=data_source.bigquery_options.table_ref,
+            table=data_source.bigquery_options.table,
             timestamp_field=data_source.timestamp_field,
             created_timestamp_column=data_source.created_timestamp_column,
             query=data_source.bigquery_options.query,
@@ -169,14 +157,14 @@ def validate(self, config: RepoConfig):
 
             client = bigquery.Client()
             try:
-                client.get_table(self.table_ref)
+                client.get_table(self.table)
             except NotFound:
-                raise DataSourceNotFoundException(self.table_ref)
+                raise DataSourceNotFoundException(self.table)
 
     def get_table_query_string(self) -> str:
         """Returns a string that can directly be used to reference this table in SQL"""
-        if self.table_ref:
-            return f"`{self.table_ref}`"
+        if self.table:
+            return f"`{self.table}`"
         else:
             return f"({self.query})"
 
@@ -190,8 +178,8 @@ def get_table_column_names_and_types(
         from google.cloud import bigquery
 
         client = bigquery.Client()
-        if self.table_ref is not None:
-            schema = client.get_table(self.table_ref).schema
+        if self.table is not None:
+            schema = client.get_table(self.table).schema
             if not isinstance(schema[0], bigquery.schema.SchemaField):
                 raise TypeError("Could not parse BigQuery table schema.")
         else:
@@ -215,9 +203,9 @@ class BigQueryOptions:
     """
 
     def __init__(
-        self, table_ref: Optional[str], query: Optional[str],
+        self, table: Optional[str], query: Optional[str],
     ):
-        self._table_ref = table_ref
+        self._table = table
         self._query = query
 
     @property
@@ -235,18 +223,18 @@ def query(self, query):
         self._query = query
 
     @property
-    def table_ref(self):
+    def table(self):
         """
         Returns the table ref of this BQ table
         """
-        return self._table_ref
+        return self._table
 
-    @table_ref.setter
-    def table_ref(self, table_ref):
+    @table.setter
+    def table(self, table):
         """
         Sets the table ref of this BQ table
         """
-        self._table_ref = table_ref
+        self._table = table
 
     @classmethod
     def from_proto(cls, bigquery_options_proto: DataSourceProto.BigQueryOptions):
@@ -261,8 +249,7 @@ def from_proto(cls, bigquery_options_proto: DataSourceProto.BigQueryOptions):
         """
 
         bigquery_options = cls(
-            table_ref=bigquery_options_proto.table_ref,
-            query=bigquery_options_proto.query,
+            table=bigquery_options_proto.table, query=bigquery_options_proto.query,
         )
 
         return bigquery_options
@@ -276,7 +263,7 @@ def to_proto(self) -> DataSourceProto.BigQueryOptions:
         """
 
         bigquery_options_proto = DataSourceProto.BigQueryOptions(
-            table_ref=self.table_ref, query=self.query,
+            table=self.table, query=self.query,
         )
 
         return bigquery_options_proto
@@ -287,15 +274,13 @@ class SavedDatasetBigQueryStorage(SavedDatasetStorage):
 
     bigquery_options: BigQueryOptions
 
-    def __init__(self, table_ref: str):
-        self.bigquery_options = BigQueryOptions(table_ref=table_ref, query=None)
+    def __init__(self, table: str):
+        self.bigquery_options = BigQueryOptions(table=table, query=None)
 
     @staticmethod
     def from_proto(storage_proto: SavedDatasetStorageProto) -> SavedDatasetStorage:
         return SavedDatasetBigQueryStorage(
-            table_ref=BigQueryOptions.from_proto(
-                storage_proto.bigquery_storage
-            ).table_ref
+            table=BigQueryOptions.from_proto(storage_proto.bigquery_storage).table
         )
 
     def to_proto(self) -> SavedDatasetStorageProto:
@@ -304,4 +289,4 @@ def to_proto(self) -> SavedDatasetStorageProto:
         )
 
     def to_data_source(self) -> DataSource:
-        return BigQuerySource(table_ref=self.bigquery_options.table_ref)
+        return BigQuerySource(table=self.bigquery_options.table)
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/templates/gcp/driver_repo.py b/sdk/python/feast/templates/gcp/driver_repo.py
index e2e1250c62..7ad7586020 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/templates/gcp/driver_repo.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/templates/gcp/driver_repo.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # datasets or materializing features into an online store.
 driver_stats_source = BigQuerySource(
     # The BigQuery table where features can be found
-    table_ref="feast-oss.demo_data.driver_hourly_stats_2",
+    table="feast-oss.demo_data.driver_hourly_stats_2",
     # The event timestamp is used for point-in-time joins and for ensuring only
     # features within the TTL are returned
     timestamp_field="event_timestamp",
diff --git a/sdk/python/tests/example_repos/example_feature_repo_1.py b/sdk/python/tests/example_repos/example_feature_repo_1.py
index db9a0ff991..0ceeb605bc 100644
--- a/sdk/python/tests/example_repos/example_feature_repo_1.py
+++ b/sdk/python/tests/example_repos/example_feature_repo_1.py
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
 
 customer_profile_source = BigQuerySource(
     name="customer_profile_source",
-    table_ref="feast-oss.public.customers",
+    table="feast-oss.public.customers",
     timestamp_field="event_timestamp",
 )
 
 customer_driver_combined_source = BigQuerySource(
-    table_ref="feast-oss.public.customer_driver", timestamp_field="event_timestamp",
+    table="feast-oss.public.customer_driver", timestamp_field="event_timestamp",
 )
 
 driver_locations_push_source = PushSource(
diff --git a/sdk/python/tests/integration/feature_repos/universal/data_sources/bigquery.py b/sdk/python/tests/integration/feature_repos/universal/data_sources/bigquery.py
index cb7113bf66..e1c529da59 100644
--- a/sdk/python/tests/integration/feature_repos/universal/data_sources/bigquery.py
+++ b/sdk/python/tests/integration/feature_repos/universal/data_sources/bigquery.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def create_data_source(
         self.tables.append(destination_name)
 
         return BigQuerySource(
-            table_ref=destination_name,
+            table=destination_name,
             timestamp_field=timestamp_field,
             created_timestamp_column=created_timestamp_column,
             field_mapping=field_mapping or {"ts_1": "ts"},
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def create_saved_dataset_destination(self) -> SavedDatasetBigQueryStorage:
         table = self.get_prefixed_table_name(
             f"persisted_{str(uuid.uuid4()).replace('-', '_')}"
         )
-        return SavedDatasetBigQueryStorage(table_ref=table)
+        return SavedDatasetBigQueryStorage(table=table)
 
     def get_prefixed_table_name(self, suffix: str) -> str:
         return f"{self.client.project}.{self.project_name}.{suffix}"
diff --git a/sdk/python/tests/integration/registration/test_feature_store.py b/sdk/python/tests/integration/registration/test_feature_store.py
index a1eab11070..eed7b144ea 100644
--- a/sdk/python/tests/integration/registration/test_feature_store.py
+++ b/sdk/python/tests/integration/registration/test_feature_store.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 from tests.utils.data_source_utils import (
     prep_file_source,
     simple_bq_source_using_query_arg,
-    simple_bq_source_using_table_ref_arg,
+    simple_bq_source_using_table_arg,
 )
 
 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ def test_feature_view_inference_success(test_feature_store, dataframe_source):
             entities=["id"],
             ttl=timedelta(minutes=5),
             online=True,
-            batch_source=simple_bq_source_using_table_ref_arg(dataframe_source, "ts_1"),
+            batch_source=simple_bq_source_using_table_arg(dataframe_source, "ts_1"),
             tags={},
         )
 
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ def test_feature_view_inference_success(test_feature_store, dataframe_source):
         actual_file_source = {
             (feature.name, feature.dtype) for feature in feature_view_1.features
         }
-        actual_bq_using_table_ref_arg_source = {
+        actual_bq_using_table_arg_source = {
             (feature.name, feature.dtype) for feature in feature_view_2.features
         }
         actual_bq_using_query_arg_source = {
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ def test_feature_view_inference_success(test_feature_store, dataframe_source):
         assert (
             expected
             == actual_file_source
-            == actual_bq_using_table_ref_arg_source
+            == actual_bq_using_table_arg_source
             == actual_bq_using_query_arg_source
         )
 
diff --git a/sdk/python/tests/integration/registration/test_inference.py b/sdk/python/tests/integration/registration/test_inference.py
index 288439874f..aa359771b9 100644
--- a/sdk/python/tests/integration/registration/test_inference.py
+++ b/sdk/python/tests/integration/registration/test_inference.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 from tests.utils.data_source_utils import (
     prep_file_source,
     simple_bq_source_using_query_arg,
-    simple_bq_source_using_table_ref_arg,
+    simple_bq_source_using_table_arg,
 )
 
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def test_update_file_data_source_with_inferred_event_timestamp_col(simple_datase
     with prep_file_source(df=simple_dataset_1) as file_source:
         data_sources = [
             file_source,
-            simple_bq_source_using_table_ref_arg(simple_dataset_1),
+            simple_bq_source_using_table_arg(simple_dataset_1),
             simple_bq_source_using_query_arg(simple_dataset_1),
         ]
         update_data_sources_with_inferred_event_timestamp_col(
diff --git a/sdk/python/tests/integration/scaffolding/test_partial_apply.py b/sdk/python/tests/integration/scaffolding/test_partial_apply.py
index c66529080f..758ff9e536 100644
--- a/sdk/python/tests/integration/scaffolding/test_partial_apply.py
+++ b/sdk/python/tests/integration/scaffolding/test_partial_apply.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def test_partial() -> None:
     ) as store:
 
         driver_locations_source = BigQuerySource(
-            table_ref="feast-oss.public.drivers",
+            table="feast-oss.public.drivers",
             timestamp_field="event_timestamp",
             created_timestamp_column="created_timestamp",
         )
diff --git a/sdk/python/tests/utils/data_source_utils.py b/sdk/python/tests/utils/data_source_utils.py
index d98c047cd6..5bb5a622d6 100644
--- a/sdk/python/tests/utils/data_source_utils.py
+++ b/sdk/python/tests/utils/data_source_utils.py
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@ def prep_file_source(df, event_timestamp_column=None) -> Iterator[FileSource]:
         yield file_source
 
 
-def simple_bq_source_using_table_ref_arg(
-    df, event_timestamp_column=None
-) -> BigQuerySource:
+def simple_bq_source_using_table_arg(df, event_timestamp_column=None) -> BigQuerySource:
     client = bigquery.Client()
     gcp_project = client.project
     bigquery_dataset = f"ds_{time.time_ns()}"
@@ -37,20 +35,18 @@ def simple_bq_source_using_table_ref_arg(
         * 60  # 60 minutes in milliseconds (seems to be minimum limit for gcloud)
     )
     client.update_dataset(dataset, ["default_table_expiration_ms"])
-    table_ref = f"{gcp_project}.{bigquery_dataset}.table_{random.randrange(100, 999)}"
+    table = f"{gcp_project}.{bigquery_dataset}.table_{random.randrange(100, 999)}"
 
-    job = client.load_table_from_dataframe(df, table_ref)
+    job = client.load_table_from_dataframe(df, table)
     job.result()
 
-    return BigQuerySource(table_ref=table_ref, timestamp_field=event_timestamp_column,)
+    return BigQuerySource(table=table, timestamp_field=event_timestamp_column,)
 
 
 def simple_bq_source_using_query_arg(df, event_timestamp_column=None) -> BigQuerySource:
-    bq_source_using_table_ref = simple_bq_source_using_table_ref_arg(
-        df, event_timestamp_column
-    )
+    bq_source_using_table = simple_bq_source_using_table_arg(df, event_timestamp_column)
     return BigQuerySource(
-        name=bq_source_using_table_ref.table_ref,
-        query=f"SELECT * FROM {bq_source_using_table_ref.table_ref}",
+        name=bq_source_using_table.table,
+        query=f"SELECT * FROM {bq_source_using_table.table}",
         timestamp_field=event_timestamp_column,
     )