diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1f83a7320b..a34730965d 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -916,6 +916,7 @@ services:
       TASK_API_ENFORCE_HTTPS: ${TASK_API_ENFORCE_HTTPS:-true}
       LOW_NUMBER_SUPPRESSION_THRESHOLD: ${LOW_NUMBER_SUPPRESSION_THRESHOLD:-10}
       ROUNDING_TARGET: ${ROUNDING_TARGET:-10}
+      D2E_BIGQUERY_JDBC_URL: ${D2E_BIGQUERY_JDBC_URL:-}
 
   # Needed only for future alterations of schema when version upgrades
   # alp-logto-db-post-alterations-init:
diff --git a/plugins/flows/_shared_flow_utils/dao/daobase.py b/plugins/flows/_shared_flow_utils/dao/daobase.py
index 185106ed46..31071302b3 100644
--- a/plugins/flows/_shared_flow_utils/dao/daobase.py
+++ b/plugins/flows/_shared_flow_utils/dao/daobase.py
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ def build_bigquery_r_connection_string(
         "jdbc:bigquery://https://www.googleapis.com/bigquery/v2:443;"
         f"ProjectId={project};OAuthType=0;"
         f"OAuthServiceAcctEmail={client_email};"
-        f"OAuthPvtKeyPath={key_path}"
+        f"OAuthPvtKeyPath={key_path};"
+        "EnableSession=1"
     )
     return (
         "connectionDetails <- DatabaseConnector::createConnectionDetails("
diff --git a/plugins/flows/_shared_flow_utils/tests/test_r_connection_string.py b/plugins/flows/_shared_flow_utils/tests/test_r_connection_string.py
index f54f68c1b0..fe2a5d8b3e 100644
--- a/plugins/flows/_shared_flow_utils/tests/test_r_connection_string.py
+++ b/plugins/flows/_shared_flow_utils/tests/test_r_connection_string.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ def test_bigquery_r_connection_string_shape():
         "connectionString = 'jdbc:bigquery://https://www.googleapis.com/bigquery/v2:443;"
         "ProjectId=my-gcp-project;OAuthType=0;"
         "OAuthServiceAcctEmail=svc@my-gcp-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com;"
-        "OAuthPvtKeyPath=/tmp/google-sa.json'" in result
+        "OAuthPvtKeyPath=/tmp/google-sa.json;"
+        "EnableSession=1'" in result
     )
     assert "user = ''" in result and "password = ''" in result