diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql_queries.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql_queries.py
index 03c2e2b2d1..648445dd26 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql_queries.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql_queries.py
@@ -73,9 +73,8 @@ class SqlQueriesSourceConfig(PlatformInstanceConfigMixin, EnvConfigMixin):
         default=None,
     )
     override_dialect: Optional[str] = Field(
-        description="DEPRECATED: This field is ignored. SQL dialect detection is now handled automatically by the SQL parsing aggregator based on the platform.",
+        description="The SQL dialect to use when parsing queries. Overrides automatic dialect detection.",
         default=None,
-        hidden_from_docs=True,
     )
 
 
@@ -230,6 +229,7 @@ class SqlQueriesSource(Source):
                     session_id=query_entry.session_id,
                     default_db=self.config.default_db,
                     default_schema=self.config.default_schema,
+                    override_dialect=self.config.override_dialect,
                 )
                 self.aggregator.add_observed_query(observed_query)
 
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/sql_parsing/sql_parsing_aggregator.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/sql_parsing/sql_parsing_aggregator.py
index 134d38a03a..0b5c5b52a5 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/sql_parsing/sql_parsing_aggregator.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/sql_parsing/sql_parsing_aggregator.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ from datahub.sql_parsing.sqlglot_lineage import (
     sqlglot_lineage,
 )
 from datahub.sql_parsing.sqlglot_utils import (
+    DialectOrStr,
     _parse_statement,
     get_query_fingerprint,
     try_format_query,
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ class ObservedQuery:
     default_schema: Optional[str] = None
     query_hash: Optional[str] = None
     usage_multiplier: int = 1
+    override_dialect: Optional[DialectOrStr] = None
 
     # Use this to store additional key-value information about the query for debugging.
     extra_info: Optional[dict] = None
@@ -834,6 +836,7 @@ class SqlParsingAggregator(Closeable):
             session_id=session_id,
             timestamp=observed.timestamp,
             user=observed.user,
+            override_dialect=observed.override_dialect,
         )
         if parsed.debug_info.error:
             self.report.observed_query_parse_failures.append(
@@ -1168,6 +1171,7 @@ class SqlParsingAggregator(Closeable):
         session_id: str = _MISSING_SESSION_ID,
         timestamp: Optional[datetime] = None,
         user: Optional[Union[CorpUserUrn, CorpGroupUrn]] = None,
+        override_dialect: Optional[DialectOrStr] = None,
     ) -> SqlParsingResult:
         with self.report.sql_parsing_timer:
             parsed = sqlglot_lineage(
@@ -1175,6 +1179,7 @@ class SqlParsingAggregator(Closeable):
                 schema_resolver=schema_resolver,
                 default_db=default_db,
                 default_schema=default_schema,
+                override_dialect=override_dialect,
             )
         self.report.num_sql_parsed += 1
 
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/sql_parsing/test_sql_aggregator.py b/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/sql_parsing/test_sql_aggregator.py
index afd053eced..9882f6aec4 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/sql_parsing/test_sql_aggregator.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/sql_parsing/test_sql_aggregator.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import functools
 import os
 import pathlib
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
-from unittest.mock import patch
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
 from freezegun import freeze_time
@@ -1028,6 +1028,48 @@ def test_sql_aggreator_close_cleans_tmp(tmp_path):
         assert len(os.listdir(tmp_path)) == 0
 
 
+@freeze_time(FROZEN_TIME)
+def test_override_dialect_passed_to_sqlglot_lineage() -> None:
+    """Test that override_dialect is correctly passed to sqlglot_lineage"""
+    aggregator = SqlParsingAggregator(
+        platform="redshift",
+        generate_lineage=True,
+        generate_usage_statistics=False,
+        generate_operations=False,
+    )
+    base_query = ObservedQuery(
+        query="create table foo as select a, b from bar",
+        default_db="dev",
+        default_schema="public",
+    )
+
+    with patch(
+        "datahub.sql_parsing.sql_parsing_aggregator.sqlglot_lineage"
+    ) as mock_sqlglot_lineage:
+        mock_sqlglot_lineage.return_value = MagicMock()
+
+        # Test with override_dialect set
+
+        base_query.override_dialect = "snowflake"
+        aggregator.add_observed_query(base_query)
+
+        mock_sqlglot_lineage.assert_called_once()
+        call_args = mock_sqlglot_lineage.call_args
+        assert call_args.kwargs["override_dialect"] == "snowflake"
+
+        # Reset mock
+        mock_sqlglot_lineage.reset_mock()
+
+        # Test without override_dialect (should be None)
+
+        base_query.override_dialect = None
+        aggregator.add_observed_query(base_query)
+
+        mock_sqlglot_lineage.assert_called_once()
+        call_args = mock_sqlglot_lineage.call_args
+        assert call_args.kwargs["override_dialect"] is None
+
+
 @freeze_time(FROZEN_TIME)
 def test_diamond_problem(pytestconfig: pytest.Config, tmp_path: pathlib.Path) -> None:
     aggregator = SqlParsingAggregator(