diff --git a/cosmos/profiles/bigquery/service_account_keyfile_dict.py b/cosmos/profiles/bigquery/service_account_keyfile_dict.py
index 17858d7bb..480db669b 100644
--- a/cosmos/profiles/bigquery/service_account_keyfile_dict.py
+++ b/cosmos/profiles/bigquery/service_account_keyfile_dict.py
@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ class GoogleCloudServiceAccountDictProfileMapping(BaseProfileMapping):
     dbt_profile_type: str = "bigquery"
     dbt_profile_method: str = "service-account-json"
 
+    # Do not remove dataset as a required field form the below list. Although it's observed that it's not a required
+    # field for some databases like Postgres, it's required for BigQuery.
     required_fields = [
         "project",
+        "dataset",
         "keyfile_json",
     ]
 
diff --git a/tests/profiles/bigquery/test_bq_service_account_keyfile_dict.py b/tests/profiles/bigquery/test_bq_service_account_keyfile_dict.py
index 6f0d60b8d..d30c90021 100755
--- a/tests/profiles/bigquery/test_bq_service_account_keyfile_dict.py
+++ b/tests/profiles/bigquery/test_bq_service_account_keyfile_dict.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ def test_mock_profile(mock_bigquery_conn_with_dict: Connection):
         "type": "bigquery",
         "method": "service-account-json",
         "project": "mock_value",
+        "dataset": "mock_value",
         "threads": 1,
         "keyfile_json": None,
     }