diff --git a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryConnection.java b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryConnection.java
index 53e32c45ea2d..e60f0874c446 100644
--- a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryConnection.java
+++ b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryConnection.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public class BigQueryConnection extends BigQueryNoOpsConnection {
   Long connectionPoolSize;
   Long listenerPoolSize;
   String partnerToken;
-  private static DatabaseMetaData databaseMetaData;
+  DatabaseMetaData databaseMetaData;
 
   BigQueryConnection(String url) throws IOException {
     this(url, DataSource.fromUrl(url));
diff --git a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryDatabaseMetaData.java b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryDatabaseMetaData.java
index c58d0232902b..f08e29215c1a 100644
--- a/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryDatabaseMetaData.java
+++ b/java-bigquery/google-cloud-bigquery-jdbc/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/jdbc/BigQueryDatabaseMetaData.java
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ class BigQueryDatabaseMetaData implements DatabaseMetaData {
 
   String URL;
   BigQueryConnection connection;
+  Statement statement = null;
   private final BigQuery bigquery;
   private final int metadataFetchThreadCount;
   private static final AtomicReference<String> parsedDriverVersion = new AtomicReference<>(null);
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ class BigQueryDatabaseMetaData implements DatabaseMetaData {
   private static final AtomicReference<Integer> parsedDriverMinorVersion =
       new AtomicReference<>(null);
 
-  BigQueryDatabaseMetaData(BigQueryConnection connection) throws SQLException {
+  BigQueryDatabaseMetaData(BigQueryConnection connection) {
     this.URL = connection.getConnectionUrl();
     this.connection = connection;
     this.bigquery = connection.getBigQuery();
@@ -2632,10 +2633,11 @@ Schema defineGetVersionColumnsSchema() {
   public ResultSet getPrimaryKeys(String catalog, String schema, String table) throws SQLException {
     String sql = readSqlFromFile(GET_PRIMARY_KEYS_SQL);
     try {
-      Statement stmt = this.connection.createStatement();
-      stmt.closeOnCompletion();
+      if (this.statement == null) {
+        this.statement = this.connection.createStatement();
+      }
       String formattedSql = replaceSqlParameters(sql, catalog, schema, table);
-      return stmt.executeQuery(formattedSql);
+      return this.statement.executeQuery(formattedSql);
     } catch (SQLException e) {
       throw new BigQueryJdbcException(e);
     }
@@ -2646,10 +2648,11 @@ public ResultSet getImportedKeys(String catalog, String schema, String table)
       throws SQLException {
     String sql = readSqlFromFile(GET_IMPORTED_KEYS_SQL);
     try {
-      Statement stmt = this.connection.createStatement();
-      stmt.closeOnCompletion();
+      if (this.statement == null) {
+        this.statement = this.connection.createStatement();
+      }
       String formattedSql = replaceSqlParameters(sql, catalog, schema, table);
-      return stmt.executeQuery(formattedSql);
+      return this.statement.executeQuery(formattedSql);
     } catch (SQLException e) {
       throw new BigQueryJdbcException(e);
     }
@@ -2660,10 +2663,11 @@ public ResultSet getExportedKeys(String catalog, String schema, String table)
       throws SQLException {
     String sql = readSqlFromFile(GET_EXPORTED_KEYS_SQL);
     try {
-      Statement stmt = this.connection.createStatement();
-      stmt.closeOnCompletion();
+      if (this.statement == null) {
+        this.statement = this.connection.createStatement();
+      }
       String formattedSql = replaceSqlParameters(sql, catalog, schema, table);
-      return stmt.executeQuery(formattedSql);
+      return this.statement.executeQuery(formattedSql);
     } catch (SQLException e) {
       throw new BigQueryJdbcException(e);
     }
@@ -2680,8 +2684,9 @@ public ResultSet getCrossReference(
       throws SQLException {
     String sql = readSqlFromFile(GET_CROSS_REFERENCE_SQL);
     try {
-      Statement stmt = this.connection.createStatement();
-      stmt.closeOnCompletion();
+      if (this.statement == null) {
+        this.statement = this.connection.createStatement();
+      }
       String formattedSql =
           replaceSqlParameters(
               sql,
@@ -2691,7 +2696,7 @@ public ResultSet getCrossReference(
               foreignCatalog,
               foreignSchema,
               foreignTable);
-      return stmt.executeQuery(formattedSql);
+      return this.statement.executeQuery(formattedSql);
     } catch (SQLException e) {
       throw new BigQueryJdbcException(e);
     }