diff --git a/crates/catalog-unity/src/datafusion.rs b/crates/catalog-unity/src/datafusion.rs
index 90b5cdea2e..ee81efaabc 100644
--- a/crates/catalog-unity/src/datafusion.rs
+++ b/crates/catalog-unity/src/datafusion.rs
@@ -183,14 +183,22 @@ impl UnitySchemaProvider {
         table: &str,
     ) -> Result<TemporaryTableCredentials, UnityCatalogError> {
         tracing::debug!("Fetching new credential for: {catalog}.{schema}.{table}",);
-        self.client
-            .get_temp_table_credentials(catalog, schema, table)
-            .map(|resp| match resp {
-                Ok(TableTempCredentialsResponse::Success(temp_creds)) => Ok(temp_creds),
-                Ok(TableTempCredentialsResponse::Error(err)) => Err(err.into()),
-                Err(err) => Err(err),
-            })
+        match self
+            .client
+            .get_temp_table_credentials_with_permission(catalog, schema, table, "READ_WRITE")
             .await
+        {
+            Ok(TableTempCredentialsResponse::Success(temp_creds)) => Ok(temp_creds),
+            Ok(TableTempCredentialsResponse::Error(_err)) => match self
+                .client
+                .get_temp_table_credentials(catalog, schema, table)
+                .await?
+            {
+                TableTempCredentialsResponse::Success(temp_creds) => Ok(temp_creds),
+                _ => Err(UnityCatalogError::TemporaryCredentialsFetchFailure),
+            },
+            Err(err) => Err(err),
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/catalog-unity/src/lib.rs b/crates/catalog-unity/src/lib.rs
index cf1f345101..4c8c85ebc9 100644
--- a/crates/catalog-unity/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/catalog-unity/src/lib.rs
@@ -565,15 +565,30 @@ impl UnityCatalogBuilder {
         let storage_location = unity_catalog
             .get_table_storage_location(Some(catalog_id.to_string()), database_name, table_name)
             .await?;
+        // Attempt to get read/write permissions to begin with.
         let temp_creds_res = unity_catalog
-            .get_temp_table_credentials(catalog_id, database_name, table_name)
+            .get_temp_table_credentials_with_permission(
+                catalog_id,
+                database_name,
+                table_name,
+                "READ_WRITE",
+            )
             .await?;
         let credentials = match temp_creds_res {
             TableTempCredentialsResponse::Success(temp_creds) => temp_creds
                 .get_credentials()
                 .ok_or_else(|| UnityCatalogError::MissingCredential)?,
             TableTempCredentialsResponse::Error(_error) => {
-                return Err(UnityCatalogError::TemporaryCredentialsFetchFailure)
+                // If that fails attempt to get just read permissions.
+                match unity_catalog
+                    .get_temp_table_credentials(catalog_id, database_name, table_name)
+                    .await?
+                {
+                    TableTempCredentialsResponse::Success(temp_creds) => temp_creds
+                        .get_credentials()
+                        .ok_or_else(|| UnityCatalogError::MissingCredential)?,
+                    _ => return Err(UnityCatalogError::TemporaryCredentialsFetchFailure),
+                }
             }
         };
         Ok((storage_location, credentials))
@@ -816,6 +831,22 @@ impl UnityCatalog {
         catalog_id: impl AsRef<str>,
         database_name: impl AsRef<str>,
         table_name: impl AsRef<str>,
+    ) -> Result<TableTempCredentialsResponse, UnityCatalogError> {
+        self.get_temp_table_credentials_with_permission(
+            catalog_id,
+            database_name,
+            table_name,
+            "READ",
+        )
+        .await
+    }
+
+    pub async fn get_temp_table_credentials_with_permission(
+        &self,
+        catalog_id: impl AsRef<str>,
+        database_name: impl AsRef<str>,
+        table_name: impl AsRef<str>,
+        operation: impl AsRef<str>,
     ) -> Result<TableTempCredentialsResponse, UnityCatalogError> {
         let token = self.get_credential().await?;
         let table_info = self
@@ -823,7 +854,8 @@ impl UnityCatalog {
             .await?;
         let response = match table_info {
             GetTableResponse::Success(table) => {
-                let request = TemporaryTableCredentialsRequest::new(&table.table_id, "READ");
+                let request =
+                    TemporaryTableCredentialsRequest::new(&table.table_id, operation.as_ref());
                 Ok(self
                     .client
                     .post(format!(
diff --git a/crates/core/src/delta_datafusion/table_provider.rs b/crates/core/src/delta_datafusion/table_provider.rs
index f375cb80fe..b5132996c0 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/delta_datafusion/table_provider.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/delta_datafusion/table_provider.rs
@@ -947,22 +947,6 @@ impl ExecutionPlan for DeltaScan {
         }))
     }
 
-    fn execute(
-        &self,
-        partition: usize,
-        context: Arc<TaskContext>,
-    ) -> Result<SendableRecordBatchStream> {
-        self.parquet_scan.execute(partition, context)
-    }
-
-    fn metrics(&self) -> Option<MetricsSet> {
-        Some(self.metrics.clone_inner())
-    }
-
-    fn partition_statistics(&self, partition: Option<usize>) -> Result<Statistics> {
-        self.parquet_scan.partition_statistics(partition)
-    }
-
     fn repartitioned(
         &self,
         target_partitions: usize,
@@ -980,6 +964,22 @@ impl ExecutionPlan for DeltaScan {
             Ok(None)
         }
     }
+
+    fn execute(
+        &self,
+        partition: usize,
+        context: Arc<TaskContext>,
+    ) -> Result<SendableRecordBatchStream> {
+        self.parquet_scan.execute(partition, context)
+    }
+
+    fn metrics(&self) -> Option<MetricsSet> {
+        Some(self.metrics.clone_inner())
+    }
+
+    fn partition_statistics(&self, partition: Option<usize>) -> Result<Statistics> {
+        self.parquet_scan.partition_statistics(partition)
+    }
 }
 
 /// The logical schema for a Deltatable is different from the protocol level schema since partition