diff --git a/kyuubi-hive-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/kyuubi/jdbc/hive/KyuubiConnection.java b/kyuubi-hive-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/kyuubi/jdbc/hive/KyuubiConnection.java
index 7cc150ac90c..d1d77a26a5d 100644
--- a/kyuubi-hive-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/kyuubi/jdbc/hive/KyuubiConnection.java
+++ b/kyuubi-hive-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/kyuubi/jdbc/hive/KyuubiConnection.java
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ public DatabaseMetaData getMetaData() throws SQLException {
     if (isClosed) {
       throw new KyuubiSQLException("Connection is closed");
     }
-    return new KyuubiDatabaseMetaData(this, client, sessHandle);
+    return new KyuubiDatabaseMetaData(this, protocol, client, sessHandle);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ public boolean isValid(int timeout) throws SQLException {
     }
     boolean rc = false;
     try {
-      new KyuubiDatabaseMetaData(this, client, sessHandle).getDatabaseProductName();
+      new KyuubiDatabaseMetaData(this, protocol, client, sessHandle).getDatabaseProductName();
       rc = true;
     } catch (SQLException ignore) {
     }
diff --git a/kyuubi-hive-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/kyuubi/jdbc/hive/KyuubiDatabaseMetaData.java b/kyuubi-hive-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/kyuubi/jdbc/hive/KyuubiDatabaseMetaData.java
index cb32bbd8d46..7faf6c2118d 100644
--- a/kyuubi-hive-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/kyuubi/jdbc/hive/KyuubiDatabaseMetaData.java
+++ b/kyuubi-hive-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/kyuubi/jdbc/hive/KyuubiDatabaseMetaData.java
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@
 
 import static org.apache.kyuubi.shaded.hive.service.rpc.thrift.TTypeId.*;
 
-import java.sql.Connection;
-import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData;
-import java.sql.ResultSet;
-import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.*;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Comparator;
@@ -37,6 +34,7 @@
 public class KyuubiDatabaseMetaData implements SQLDatabaseMetaData {
 
   private final KyuubiConnection connection;
+  private final TProtocolVersion protocol;
   private final TCLIService.Iface client;
   private final TSessionHandle sessHandle;
   private static final String CATALOG_SEPARATOR = ".";
@@ -50,8 +48,12 @@ public class KyuubiDatabaseMetaData implements SQLDatabaseMetaData {
   private String dbVersion = null;
 
   public KyuubiDatabaseMetaData(
-      KyuubiConnection connection, TCLIService.Iface client, TSessionHandle sessHandle) {
+      KyuubiConnection connection,
+      TProtocolVersion protocol,
+      TCLIService.Iface client,
+      TSessionHandle sessHandle) {
     this.connection = connection;
+    this.protocol = protocol;
     this.client = client;
     this.sessHandle = sessHandle;
   }
@@ -568,6 +570,12 @@ public ResultSet getProcedures(String catalog, String schemaPattern, String proc
 
   @Override
   public String getSQLKeywords() throws SQLException {
+    if (protocol.compareTo(TProtocolVersion.HIVE_CLI_SERVICE_PROTOCOL_V11) < 0) {
+      throw new SQLFeatureNotSupportedException(
+          String.format(
+              "Feature is not supported, protocol version is %s, requires %s or higher",
+              protocol, TProtocolVersion.HIVE_CLI_SERVICE_PROTOCOL_V11));
+    }
     // Note: the definitions of what ODBC and JDBC keywords exclude are different in different
     //       places. For now, just return the ODBC version here; that excludes Hive keywords
     //       that are also ODBC reserved keywords. We could also exclude SQL:2003.