diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b559028a9f..d4d0d70de7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ If you are using Maven without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 If you are using Gradle 5.x or later, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:26.1.3')
+implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:26.1.4')
 
 implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquerystorage'
 ```
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/ConnectionWorker.java b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/ConnectionWorker.java
index 74d0644902..aef972470a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/ConnectionWorker.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/ConnectionWorker.java
@@ -457,7 +457,6 @@ private void appendLoop() {
             && !streamName.isEmpty()
             && !originalRequest.getWriteStream().equals(streamName)) {
           streamName = originalRequest.getWriteStream();
-          writerSchema = originalRequest.getProtoRows().getWriterSchema();
           isMultiplexing = true;
           firstRequestForDestinationSwitch = true;
         }
@@ -470,17 +469,22 @@ private void appendLoop() {
           if (this.traceId != null) {
             originalRequestBuilder.setTraceId(this.traceId);
           }
-          firstRequestForDestinationSwitch = false;
-        } else if (isMultiplexing) {
-          // If we are not at the first request after table switch, but we are in multiplexing
-          // mode, we only need the stream name but not the schema in the request.
-          originalRequestBuilder.getProtoRowsBuilder().clearWriterSchema();
-        } else {
-          // If we are not at the first request or in multiplexing, create request with no schema
-          // and no stream name.
+        } else if (!isMultiplexing) {
+          // If we are not in multiplexing and not in the first request, clear the stream name.
           originalRequestBuilder.clearWriteStream();
+        }
+
+        // We don't use message differencer to speed up the comparing process.
+        // `equals(...)` can bring us false positive, e.g. two repeated field can be considered the
+        // same but is not considered equals(). However as long as it's never provide false negative
+        // we will always correctly pass writer schema to backend.
+        if (firstRequestForDestinationSwitch
+            || !originalRequest.getProtoRows().getWriterSchema().equals(writerSchema)) {
+          writerSchema = originalRequest.getProtoRows().getWriterSchema();
+        } else {
           originalRequestBuilder.getProtoRowsBuilder().clearWriterSchema();
         }
+        firstRequestForDestinationSwitch = false;
 
         // Send should only throw an exception if there is a problem with the request. The catch
         // block will handle this case, and return the exception with the result.
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/ConnectionWorkerTest.java b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/ConnectionWorkerTest.java
index e6067be735..a2258ad430 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/ConnectionWorkerTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/ConnectionWorkerTest.java
@@ -169,6 +169,118 @@ public void testMultiplexedAppendSuccess() throws Exception {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testAppendInSameStream_switchSchema() throws Exception {
+    try (ConnectionWorker connectionWorker = createConnectionWorker()) {
+      long appendCount = 20;
+      for (long i = 0; i < appendCount; i++) {
+        testBigQueryWrite.addResponse(createAppendResponse(i));
+      }
+      List<ApiFuture<AppendRowsResponse>> futures = new ArrayList<>();
+
+      // Schema1 and schema2 are the same content, but different instance.
+      ProtoSchema schema1 = createProtoSchema("foo");
+      ProtoSchema schema2 = createProtoSchema("foo");
+      // Schema3 is a different schema
+      ProtoSchema schema3 = createProtoSchema("bar");
+
+      // We do a pattern of:
+      // send to stream1, schema1
+      // send to stream1, schema2
+      // send to stream1, schema3
+      // send to stream1, schema3
+      // send to stream1, schema1
+      // ...
+      for (long i = 0; i < appendCount; i++) {
+        switch ((int) i % 4) {
+          case 0:
+            futures.add(
+                sendTestMessage(
+                    connectionWorker,
+                    TEST_STREAM_1,
+                    schema1,
+                    createFooProtoRows(new String[] {String.valueOf(i)}),
+                    i));
+            break;
+          case 1:
+            futures.add(
+                sendTestMessage(
+                    connectionWorker,
+                    TEST_STREAM_1,
+                    schema2,
+                    createFooProtoRows(new String[] {String.valueOf(i)}),
+                    i));
+            break;
+          case 2:
+          case 3:
+            futures.add(
+                sendTestMessage(
+                    connectionWorker,
+                    TEST_STREAM_1,
+                    schema3,
+                    createFooProtoRows(new String[] {String.valueOf(i)}),
+                    i));
+            break;
+          default: // fall out
+            break;
+        }
+      }
+      // In the real world the response won't contain offset for default stream, but we use offset
+      // here just to test response.
+      for (int i = 0; i < appendCount; i++) {
+        Int64Value offset = futures.get(i).get().getAppendResult().getOffset();
+        assertThat(offset).isEqualTo(Int64Value.of(i));
+      }
+      assertThat(testBigQueryWrite.getAppendRequests().size()).isEqualTo(appendCount);
+      for (int i = 0; i < appendCount; i++) {
+        AppendRowsRequest serverRequest = testBigQueryWrite.getAppendRequests().get(i);
+        assertThat(serverRequest.getProtoRows().getRows().getSerializedRowsCount())
+            .isGreaterThan(0);
+        assertThat(serverRequest.getOffset().getValue()).isEqualTo(i);
+
+        // We will get the request as the pattern of:
+        // (writer_stream: t1, schema: schema1)
+        // (writer_stream: _, schema: _)
+        // (writer_stream: _, schema: schema3)
+        // (writer_stream: _, schema: _)
+        // (writer_stream: _, schema: schema1)
+        // (writer_stream: _, schema: _)
+        switch (i % 4) {
+          case 0:
+            if (i == 0) {
+              assertThat(serverRequest.getWriteStream()).isEqualTo(TEST_STREAM_1);
+            }
+            assertThat(
+                    serverRequest.getProtoRows().getWriterSchema().getProtoDescriptor().getName())
+                .isEqualTo("foo");
+            break;
+          case 1:
+            assertThat(serverRequest.getWriteStream()).isEmpty();
+            // Schema is empty if not at the first request after table switch.
+            assertThat(serverRequest.getProtoRows().hasWriterSchema()).isFalse();
+            break;
+          case 2:
+            assertThat(serverRequest.getWriteStream()).isEmpty();
+            // Schema is populated after table switch.
+            assertThat(
+                    serverRequest.getProtoRows().getWriterSchema().getProtoDescriptor().getName())
+                .isEqualTo("bar");
+            break;
+          case 3:
+            assertThat(serverRequest.getWriteStream()).isEmpty();
+            // Schema is empty if not at the first request after table switch.
+            assertThat(serverRequest.getProtoRows().hasWriterSchema()).isFalse();
+            break;
+          default: // fall out
+            break;
+        }
+      }
+
+      assertThat(connectionWorker.getLoad().destinationCount()).isEqualTo(1);
+      assertThat(connectionWorker.getLoad().inFlightRequestsBytes()).isEqualTo(0);
+    }
+  }
+
   private AppendRowsResponse createAppendResponse(long offset) {
     return AppendRowsResponse.newBuilder()
         .setAppendResult(
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/StreamWriterTest.java b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/StreamWriterTest.java
index 3f029ac811..851abc9a49 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/StreamWriterTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquerystorage/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/storage/v1/StreamWriterTest.java
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
 @RunWith(JUnit4.class)
 public class StreamWriterTest {
   private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(StreamWriterTest.class.getName());
-  private static final String TEST_STREAM_1 = "projects/p/datasets/d/tables/t/streams/s";
-  private static final String TEST_STREAM_2 = "projects/p/datasets/d/tables/t/streams/s";
+  private static final String TEST_STREAM_1 = "projects/p/datasets/d1/tables/t1/streams/s1";
+  private static final String TEST_STREAM_2 = "projects/p/datasets/d2/tables/t2/streams/s2";
   private static final String TEST_TRACE_ID = "DATAFLOW:job_id";
   private FakeScheduledExecutorService fakeExecutor;
   private FakeBigQueryWrite testBigQueryWrite;
@@ -112,13 +112,17 @@ private StreamWriter getTestStreamWriter() throws IOException {
   }
 
   private ProtoSchema createProtoSchema() {
+    return createProtoSchema("foo");
+  }
+
+  private ProtoSchema createProtoSchema(String fieldName) {
     return ProtoSchema.newBuilder()
         .setProtoDescriptor(
             DescriptorProtos.DescriptorProto.newBuilder()
                 .setName("Message")
                 .addField(
                     DescriptorProtos.FieldDescriptorProto.newBuilder()
-                        .setName("foo")
+                        .setName(fieldName)
                         .setType(DescriptorProtos.FieldDescriptorProto.Type.TYPE_STRING)
                         .setNumber(1)
                         .build())
@@ -562,6 +566,107 @@ public void testOneMaxInflightRequests_MultiplexingCase() throws Exception {
     writer2.close();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testProtoSchemaPiping_nonMultiplexingCase() throws Exception {
+    ProtoSchema protoSchema = createProtoSchema();
+    StreamWriter writer =
+        StreamWriter.newBuilder(TEST_STREAM_1, client)
+            .setWriterSchema(protoSchema)
+            .setMaxInflightBytes(1)
+            .build();
+    long appendCount = 5;
+    for (int i = 0; i < appendCount; i++) {
+      testBigQueryWrite.addResponse(createAppendResponse(i));
+    }
+
+    List<ApiFuture<AppendRowsResponse>> futures = new ArrayList<>();
+    for (int i = 0; i < appendCount; i++) {
+      futures.add(writer.append(createProtoRows(new String[] {String.valueOf(i)}), i));
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < appendCount; i++) {
+      assertEquals(i, futures.get(i).get().getAppendResult().getOffset().getValue());
+    }
+    assertEquals(appendCount, testBigQueryWrite.getAppendRequests().size());
+    for (int i = 0; i < appendCount; i++) {
+      AppendRowsRequest appendRowsRequest = testBigQueryWrite.getAppendRequests().get(i);
+      assertEquals(i, appendRowsRequest.getOffset().getValue());
+      if (i == 0) {
+        appendRowsRequest.getProtoRows().getWriterSchema().equals(protoSchema);
+        assertEquals(appendRowsRequest.getWriteStream(), TEST_STREAM_1);
+      } else {
+        appendRowsRequest.getProtoRows().getWriterSchema().equals(ProtoSchema.getDefaultInstance());
+      }
+    }
+    writer.close();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testProtoSchemaPiping_multiplexingCase() throws Exception {
+    // Use the shared connection mode.
+    ConnectionWorkerPool.setOptions(
+        Settings.builder().setMinConnectionsPerRegion(1).setMaxConnectionsPerRegion(1).build());
+    ProtoSchema schema1 = createProtoSchema("Schema1");
+    ProtoSchema schema2 = createProtoSchema("Schema2");
+    StreamWriter writer1 =
+        StreamWriter.newBuilder(TEST_STREAM_1, client)
+            .setWriterSchema(schema1)
+            .setLocation("US")
+            .setEnableConnectionPool(true)
+            .setMaxInflightRequests(1)
+            .build();
+    StreamWriter writer2 =
+        StreamWriter.newBuilder(TEST_STREAM_2, client)
+            .setWriterSchema(schema2)
+            .setMaxInflightRequests(1)
+            .setEnableConnectionPool(true)
+            .setLocation("US")
+            .build();
+
+    long appendCountPerStream = 5;
+    for (int i = 0; i < appendCountPerStream * 4; i++) {
+      testBigQueryWrite.addResponse(createAppendResponse(i));
+    }
+
+    List<ApiFuture<AppendRowsResponse>> futures = new ArrayList<>();
+    // In total insert append `appendCountPerStream` * 4 requests.
+    // We insert using the pattern of streamWriter1, streamWriter1, streamWriter2, streamWriter2
+    for (int i = 0; i < appendCountPerStream; i++) {
+      futures.add(writer1.append(createProtoRows(new String[] {String.valueOf(i)}), i * 4));
+      futures.add(writer1.append(createProtoRows(new String[] {String.valueOf(i)}), i * 4 + 1));
+      futures.add(writer2.append(createProtoRows(new String[] {String.valueOf(i)}), i * 4 + 2));
+      futures.add(writer2.append(createProtoRows(new String[] {String.valueOf(i)}), i * 4 + 3));
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < appendCountPerStream * 4; i++) {
+      AppendRowsRequest appendRowsRequest = testBigQueryWrite.getAppendRequests().get(i);
+      assertEquals(i, appendRowsRequest.getOffset().getValue());
+      if (i % 4 == 0) {
+        assertEquals(appendRowsRequest.getProtoRows().getWriterSchema(), schema1);
+        assertEquals(appendRowsRequest.getWriteStream(), TEST_STREAM_1);
+      } else if (i % 4 == 1) {
+        assertEquals(
+            appendRowsRequest.getProtoRows().getWriterSchema(), ProtoSchema.getDefaultInstance());
+        // Before entering multiplexing (i == 1) case, the write stream won't be populated.
+        if (i == 1) {
+          assertEquals(appendRowsRequest.getWriteStream(), "");
+        } else {
+          assertEquals(appendRowsRequest.getWriteStream(), TEST_STREAM_1);
+        }
+      } else if (i % 4 == 2) {
+        assertEquals(appendRowsRequest.getProtoRows().getWriterSchema(), schema2);
+        assertEquals(appendRowsRequest.getWriteStream(), TEST_STREAM_2);
+      } else {
+        assertEquals(
+            appendRowsRequest.getProtoRows().getWriterSchema(), ProtoSchema.getDefaultInstance());
+        assertEquals(appendRowsRequest.getWriteStream(), TEST_STREAM_2);
+      }
+    }
+
+    writer1.close();
+    writer2.close();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testAppendsWithTinyMaxInflightBytes() throws Exception {
     StreamWriter writer =