diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/lineage.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/lineage.py
index 4a17d25026..cbaea9942e 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/lineage.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/lineage.py
@@ -109,26 +109,18 @@ timestamp < "{end_time}"
         :param limit: set a limit for the maximum event to return. It is used for connection testing currently
         :return: a query template, when supplied start_time and end_time, can be used to query audit logs from BigQuery
         """
-        query: str
+        limit_text = f"limit {limit}" if limit else ""
+
+        shard_condition = ""
         if use_date_sharded_tables:
-            query = (
-                f"""
-            SELECT
-                timestamp,
-                logName,
-                insertId,
-                protopayload_auditlog AS protoPayload,
-                protopayload_auditlog.metadataJson AS metadata
-            FROM
-                `{dataset}.cloudaudit_googleapis_com_data_access_*`
-            """
-                + """
-            WHERE
-                _TABLE_SUFFIX BETWEEN "{start_time}" AND "{end_time}" AND
-            """
+            from_table = f"`{dataset}.cloudaudit_googleapis_com_data_access_*`"
+            shard_condition = (
+                """ AND _TABLE_SUFFIX BETWEEN "{start_date}" AND "{end_date}" """
             )
         else:
-            query = f"""
+            from_table = f"`{dataset}.cloudaudit_googleapis_com_data_access`"
+
+        query = f"""
             SELECT
                 timestamp,
                 logName,
@@ -136,22 +128,19 @@ timestamp < "{end_time}"
                 protopayload_auditlog AS protoPayload,
                 protopayload_auditlog.metadataJson AS metadata
             FROM
-                `{dataset}.cloudaudit_googleapis_com_data_access`
-            WHERE
-            """
-
-        audit_log_filter = """    timestamp >= "{start_time}"
-        AND timestamp < "{end_time}"
-        AND protopayload_auditlog.serviceName="bigquery.googleapis.com"
-        AND JSON_EXTRACT_SCALAR(protopayload_auditlog.metadataJson, "$.jobChange.job.jobStatus.jobState") = "DONE"
-        AND JSON_EXTRACT(protopayload_auditlog.metadataJson, "$.jobChange.job.jobStatus.errorResults") IS NULL
-        AND JSON_EXTRACT(protopayload_auditlog.metadataJson, "$.jobChange.job.jobConfig.queryConfig") IS NOT NULL
+                {from_table}
+            WHERE (
+                timestamp >= "{{start_time}}"
+                AND timestamp < "{{end_time}}"
+            )
+            {shard_condition}
+            AND protopayload_auditlog.serviceName="bigquery.googleapis.com"
+            AND JSON_EXTRACT_SCALAR(protopayload_auditlog.metadataJson, "$.jobChange.job.jobStatus.jobState") = "DONE"
+            AND JSON_EXTRACT(protopayload_auditlog.metadataJson, "$.jobChange.job.jobStatus.errorResults") IS NULL
+            AND JSON_EXTRACT(protopayload_auditlog.metadataJson, "$.jobChange.job.jobConfig.queryConfig") IS NOT NULL
+            {limit_text};
         """
 
-        if limit is not None:
-            audit_log_filter = audit_log_filter + f" LIMIT {limit}"
-        query = textwrap.dedent(query) + audit_log_filter + ";"
-
         return textwrap.dedent(query)
 
     def lineage_via_catalog_lineage_api(
@@ -341,6 +330,7 @@ timestamp < "{end_time}"
     def _get_exported_bigquery_audit_metadata(
         self, bigquery_client: BigQueryClient, limit: Optional[int] = None
     ) -> Iterable[BigQueryAuditMetadata]:
+
         if self.config.bigquery_audit_metadata_datasets is None:
             self.error(
                 logger, "audit-metadata", "bigquery_audit_metadata_datasets not set"
@@ -348,22 +338,14 @@ timestamp < "{end_time}"
             self.report.bigquery_audit_metadata_datasets_missing = True
             return
 
-        start_time: str = (
-            self.config.start_time - self.config.max_query_duration
-        ).strftime(
-            BQ_DATE_SHARD_FORMAT
-            if self.config.use_date_sharded_audit_log_tables
-            else BQ_DATETIME_FORMAT
-        )
+        corrected_start_time = self.config.start_time - self.config.max_query_duration
+        start_time = corrected_start_time.strftime(BQ_DATETIME_FORMAT)
+        start_date = corrected_start_time.strftime(BQ_DATE_SHARD_FORMAT)
         self.report.audit_start_time = start_time
 
-        end_time: str = (
-            self.config.end_time + self.config.max_query_duration
-        ).strftime(
-            BQ_DATE_SHARD_FORMAT
-            if self.config.use_date_sharded_audit_log_tables
-            else BQ_DATETIME_FORMAT
-        )
+        corrected_end_time = self.config.end_time + self.config.max_query_duration
+        end_time = corrected_end_time.strftime(BQ_DATETIME_FORMAT)
+        end_date = corrected_end_time.strftime(BQ_DATE_SHARD_FORMAT)
         self.report.audit_end_time = end_time
 
         for dataset in self.config.bigquery_audit_metadata_datasets:
@@ -374,13 +356,14 @@ timestamp < "{end_time}"
             query: str = self.bigquery_audit_metadata_query_template(
                 dataset=dataset,
                 use_date_sharded_tables=self.config.use_date_sharded_audit_log_tables,
+                limit=limit,
             ).format(
                 start_time=start_time,
                 end_time=end_time,
+                start_date=start_date,
+                end_date=end_date,
             )
 
-            if limit is not None:
-                query = query + f" LIMIT {limit}"
             query_job = bigquery_client.query(query)
 
             logger.info(
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/usage.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/usage.py
index c4ac516d01..747872da24 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/usage.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/bigquery_v2/usage.py
@@ -100,26 +100,18 @@ def bigquery_audit_metadata_query_template(
               where REGEXP_CONTAINS(x, r'(projects/.*/datasets/.*/tables/{table_allow_filter if table_allow_filter else ".*"})'))
     """
 
-    query: str
+    limit_text = f"limit {limit}" if limit else ""
+
+    shard_condition = ""
     if use_date_sharded_tables:
-        query = (
-            f"""
-        SELECT
-            timestamp,
-            logName,
-            insertId,
-            protopayload_auditlog AS protoPayload,
-            protopayload_auditlog.metadataJson AS metadata
-        FROM
-            `{dataset}.cloudaudit_googleapis_com_data_access_*`
-        """
-            + """
-        WHERE
-            _TABLE_SUFFIX BETWEEN "{start_time}" AND "{end_time}"
-        """
+        from_table = f"`{dataset}.cloudaudit_googleapis_com_data_access_*`"
+        shard_condition = (
+            """ AND _TABLE_SUFFIX BETWEEN "{start_date}" AND "{end_date}" """
         )
     else:
-        query = f"""
+        from_table = f"`{dataset}.cloudaudit_googleapis_com_data_access`"
+
+    query = f"""
         SELECT
             timestamp,
             logName,
@@ -127,34 +119,25 @@ def bigquery_audit_metadata_query_template(
             protopayload_auditlog AS protoPayload,
             protopayload_auditlog.metadataJson AS metadata
         FROM
-            `{dataset}.cloudaudit_googleapis_com_data_access`
-        WHERE 1=1
-        """
-    audit_log_filter_timestamps = """AND (timestamp >= "{start_time}"
-        AND timestamp < "{end_time}"
-    )
-    """
-    audit_log_filter_query_complete = f"""
-    AND (
-            (
-                protopayload_auditlog.serviceName="bigquery.googleapis.com"
-                AND JSON_EXTRACT_SCALAR(protopayload_auditlog.metadataJson, "$.jobChange.job.jobStatus.jobState") = "DONE"
-                AND JSON_EXTRACT(protopayload_auditlog.metadataJson, "$.jobChange.job.jobConfig.queryConfig") IS NOT NULL
-                {allow_filter}
-            )
+            {from_table}
+        WHERE (
+            timestamp >= "{{start_time}}"
+            AND timestamp < "{{end_time}}"
+        )
+        {shard_condition}
+        AND (
+                (
+                    protopayload_auditlog.serviceName="bigquery.googleapis.com"
+                    AND JSON_EXTRACT_SCALAR(protopayload_auditlog.metadataJson, "$.jobChange.job.jobStatus.jobState") = "DONE"
+                    AND JSON_EXTRACT(protopayload_auditlog.metadataJson, "$.jobChange.job.jobConfig.queryConfig") IS NOT NULL
+                    {allow_filter}
+                )
             OR
             JSON_EXTRACT_SCALAR(protopayload_auditlog.metadataJson, "$.tableDataRead.reason") = "JOB"
-    )
+        )
+        {limit_text};
     """
 
-    limit_text = f"limit {limit}" if limit else ""
-    query = (
-        textwrap.dedent(query)
-        + audit_log_filter_query_complete
-        + audit_log_filter_timestamps
-        + limit_text
-    )
-
     return textwrap.dedent(query)
 
 
@@ -276,22 +259,14 @@ class BigQueryUsageExtractor:
         if self.config.bigquery_audit_metadata_datasets is None:
             return
 
-        start_time: str = (
-            self.config.start_time - self.config.max_query_duration
-        ).strftime(
-            BQ_DATE_SHARD_FORMAT
-            if self.config.use_date_sharded_audit_log_tables
-            else BQ_DATETIME_FORMAT
-        )
+        corrected_start_time = self.config.start_time - self.config.max_query_duration
+        start_time = corrected_start_time.strftime(BQ_DATETIME_FORMAT)
+        start_date = corrected_start_time.strftime(BQ_DATE_SHARD_FORMAT)
         self.report.audit_start_time = start_time
 
-        end_time: str = (
-            self.config.end_time + self.config.max_query_duration
-        ).strftime(
-            BQ_DATE_SHARD_FORMAT
-            if self.config.use_date_sharded_audit_log_tables
-            else BQ_DATETIME_FORMAT
-        )
+        corrected_end_time = self.config.end_time + self.config.max_query_duration
+        end_time = corrected_end_time.strftime(BQ_DATETIME_FORMAT)
+        end_date = corrected_end_time.strftime(BQ_DATE_SHARD_FORMAT)
         self.report.audit_end_time = end_time
 
         for dataset in self.config.bigquery_audit_metadata_datasets:
@@ -303,10 +278,12 @@ class BigQueryUsageExtractor:
                 dataset,
                 self.config.use_date_sharded_audit_log_tables,
                 allow_filter,
-                limit,
+                limit=limit,
             ).format(
                 start_time=start_time,
                 end_time=end_time,
+                start_date=start_date,
+                end_date=end_date,
             )
 
             query_job = bigquery_client.query(query)