diff --git a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_bigquery.py b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_bigquery.py
index 798bc8a52b408..b22b7d8f8da54 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_bigquery.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/gcs_to_bigquery.py
@@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ def _use_existing_table(self):
                 "nullMarker",
                 "quote",
                 "encoding",
+                "preserveAsciiControlCharacters",
             ],
             "DATASTORE_BACKUP": ["projectionFields"],
             "NEWLINE_DELIMITED_JSON": ["autodetect", "ignoreUnknownValues"],