diff --git a/bigframes/bigquery/__init__.py b/bigframes/bigquery/__init__.py
index 5728f153dd..150fe5efc0 100644
--- a/bigframes/bigquery/__init__.py
+++ b/bigframes/bigquery/__init__.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 from bigframes.bigquery._operations.search import create_vector_index, vector_search
 from bigframes.bigquery._operations.sql import sql_scalar
 from bigframes.bigquery._operations.struct import struct
-from bigframes.bigquery.table import create_external_table
+from bigframes.bigquery._operations.table import create_external_table
 from bigframes.core.logging import log_adapter
 
 _functions = [
diff --git a/bigframes/bigquery/table.py b/bigframes/bigquery/_operations/table.py
similarity index 100%
rename from bigframes/bigquery/table.py
rename to bigframes/bigquery/_operations/table.py
diff --git a/tests/unit/bigquery/test_table.py b/tests/unit/bigquery/test_table.py
index 441130d53d..badce5e5e2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/bigquery/test_table.py
+++ b/tests/unit/bigquery/test_table.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-import bigframes.bigquery.table
+import bigframes.bigquery
 import bigframes.core.sql.table
 import bigframes.session
 
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ def test_create_external_table_ddl_connection():
     assert sql == expected
 
 
-@mock.patch("bigframes.bigquery.table._get_table_metadata")
+@mock.patch("bigframes.bigquery._operations.table._get_table_metadata")
 def test_create_external_table(get_table_metadata_mock, mock_session):
-    bigframes.bigquery.table.create_external_table(
+    bigframes.bigquery.create_external_table(
         "my-project.my_dataset.my_table",
         columns={"col1": "INT64", "col2": "STRING"},
         options={"format": "CSV", "uris": ["gs://bucket/path*"]},