diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index c75a42d25945..b7b86b2313e9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 * (Python) Fixed occasional pipeline stuckness that was affecting Python 3.11 users ([#33966](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/33966)).
 * (Java) Fixed TIME field encodings for BigQuery Storage API writes on GenericRecords ([#34059](https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/34059)).
 * (Java) Fixed a race condition in JdbcIO which could cause hangs trying to acquire a connection ([#34058](https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/34058)).
+* (Java) Fix BigQuery Storage Write compatibility with Avro 1.8 ([#34281](https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/34281)).
 
 ## Security Fixes
 * Fixed (CVE-YYYY-NNNN)[https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-YYYY-NNNN] (Java/Python/Go) ([#X](https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/X)).
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/AvroGenericRecordToStorageApiProto.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/AvroGenericRecordToStorageApiProto.java
index 3813b000a65b..fd9dffc260e7 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/AvroGenericRecordToStorageApiProto.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/bigquery/AvroGenericRecordToStorageApiProto.java
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ public static DynamicMessage messageFromGenericRecord(
     return builder.build();
   }
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("nullness")
   private static TableFieldSchema fieldDescriptorFromAvroField(org.apache.avro.Schema.Field field) {
     @Nullable Schema schema = field.schema();
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(schema, "Unexpected null schema!");
@@ -350,10 +351,11 @@ private static TableFieldSchema fieldDescriptorFromAvroField(org.apache.avro.Sch
           throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected null element type!");
         }
         TableFieldSchema keyFieldSchema =
-            fieldDescriptorFromAvroField(new Schema.Field("key", keyType, "key of the map entry"));
+            fieldDescriptorFromAvroField(
+                new Schema.Field("key", keyType, "key of the map entry", null));
         TableFieldSchema valueFieldSchema =
             fieldDescriptorFromAvroField(
-                new Schema.Field("value", valueType, "value of the map entry"));
+                new Schema.Field("value", valueType, "value of the map entry", null));
         builder =
             builder
                 .setType(TableFieldSchema.Type.STRUCT)
@@ -371,7 +373,8 @@ private static TableFieldSchema fieldDescriptorFromAvroField(org.apache.avro.Sch
             elementType.getType() != Schema.Type.UNION,
             "Multiple non-null union types are not supported.");
         TableFieldSchema unionFieldSchema =
-            fieldDescriptorFromAvroField(new Schema.Field(field.name(), elementType, field.doc()));
+            fieldDescriptorFromAvroField(
+                new Schema.Field(field.name(), elementType, field.doc(), null));
         builder =
             builder
                 .setType(unionFieldSchema.getType())