diff --git a/docs/install/setup-ingestion.md b/docs/install/setup-ingestion.md
index 408471283ba..3c13573016e 100644
--- a/docs/install/setup-ingestion.md
+++ b/docs/install/setup-ingestion.md
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ metadata ingest -c ./examples/workflows/redshift.json
 
 ```text
  source env/bin/activate
- export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="$PWD/examples/creds/bigquery-cred.json"
  metadata ingest -c ./examples/workflows/bigquery.json
 ```
 
diff --git a/ingestion/examples/workflows/bigquery.json b/ingestion/examples/workflows/bigquery.json
index 9f6b8670328..764657eb6e2 100644
--- a/ingestion/examples/workflows/bigquery.json
+++ b/ingestion/examples/workflows/bigquery.json
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
       "host_port": "https://bigquery.googleapis.com",
       "username": "gcpuser@project_id.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
       "service_name": "gcp_bigquery",
+      "options": {
+        "credentials_path": "examples/creds/bigquery-cred.json"
+      },
       "service_type": "BigQuery",
       "filter_pattern": {
         "excludes": [