diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/external/xlang_bigqueryio_it_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/external/xlang_bigqueryio_it_test.py
index ee1049a1f71c..8bd1b6d095bb 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/external/xlang_bigqueryio_it_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/external/xlang_bigqueryio_it_test.py
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ def test_write_with_beam_rows_cdc(self):
           | StorageWriteToBigQuery(
             table=table_id,
             create_disposition="CREATE_NEVER",
-            use_cdc_writes_with_primary_key=(primaryKeyColumns)
+            use_cdc_writes_with_primary_key=["name"]
        ))
     hamcrest_assert(p, bq_matcher)