diff --git a/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python_Xlang_Gcp_Direct.json b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python_Xlang_Gcp_Direct.json
index 83346d34aee0..e3d6056a5de9 100644
--- a/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python_Xlang_Gcp_Direct.json
+++ b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python_Xlang_Gcp_Direct.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
   "comment": "Modify this file in a trivial way to cause this test suite to run",
-  "modification": 16
+  "modification": 1
 }
diff --git a/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python_Xlang_IO_Dataflow.json b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python_Xlang_IO_Dataflow.json
index b60f5c4cc3c8..e3d6056a5de9 100644
--- a/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python_Xlang_IO_Dataflow.json
+++ b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python_Xlang_IO_Dataflow.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
   "comment": "Modify this file in a trivial way to cause this test suite to run",
-  "modification": 0
+  "modification": 1
 }
diff --git a/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python_Xlang_IO_Direct.json b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python_Xlang_IO_Direct.json
index b26833333238..c537844dc84a 100644
--- a/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python_Xlang_IO_Direct.json
+++ b/.github/trigger_files/beam_PostCommit_Python_Xlang_IO_Direct.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
   "comment": "Modify this file in a trivial way to cause this test suite to run",
-  "modification": 2
+  "modification": 3
 }
diff --git a/model/pipeline/src/main/proto/org/apache/beam/model/pipeline/v1/schema.proto b/model/pipeline/src/main/proto/org/apache/beam/model/pipeline/v1/schema.proto
index 5250aaaa1a7a..58d16b83749d 100644
--- a/model/pipeline/src/main/proto/org/apache/beam/model/pipeline/v1/schema.proto
+++ b/model/pipeline/src/main/proto/org/apache/beam/model/pipeline/v1/schema.proto
@@ -174,6 +174,13 @@ message LogicalTypes {
     //     A variable-length string with its maximum length as the argument.
     VAR_CHAR = 7 [(org.apache.beam.model.pipeline.v1.beam_urn) =
       "beam:logical_type:var_char:v1"];
+
+    // A URN for Date type
+    //   - Representation type: INT64
+    //   - A date without a timezone, represented by the number of days
+    //     since the epoch.
+    DATE = 8 [(org.apache.beam.model.pipeline.v1.beam_urn) =
+      "beam:logical_type:date:v1"];
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/SchemaTranslation.java b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/SchemaTranslation.java
index 8ad5bb5ff97f..d527b2949235 100644
--- a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/SchemaTranslation.java
+++ b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/SchemaTranslation.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.Schema.FieldType;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.Schema.LogicalType;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.Schema.TypeName;
+import org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.logicaltypes.Date;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.logicaltypes.FixedBytes;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.logicaltypes.FixedPrecisionNumeric;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.logicaltypes.FixedString;
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ private static String getLogicalTypeUrn(String identifier) {
           .put(VariableBytes.IDENTIFIER, VariableBytes.class)
           .put(FixedString.IDENTIFIER, FixedString.class)
           .put(VariableString.IDENTIFIER, VariableString.class)
+          .put(Date.IDENTIFIER, Date.class)
           .build();
 
   public static SchemaApi.Schema schemaToProto(Schema schema, boolean serializeLogicalType) {
diff --git a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/logicaltypes/Date.java b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/logicaltypes/Date.java
index 894b585fe660..09cc040b609c 100644
--- a/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/logicaltypes/Date.java
+++ b/sdks/java/core/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/logicaltypes/Date.java
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@
 package org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.logicaltypes;
 
 import java.time.LocalDate;
+import org.apache.beam.model.pipeline.v1.RunnerApi;
+import org.apache.beam.model.pipeline.v1.SchemaApi;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.Schema;
+import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 /**
  * A date without a time-zone.
@@ -30,23 +33,20 @@
  * incrementing count of days where day 0 is 1970-01-01 (ISO).
  */
 public class Date implements Schema.LogicalType<LocalDate, Long> {
-  public static final String IDENTIFIER = "beam:logical_type:date:v1";
+  public static final String IDENTIFIER =
+      SchemaApi.LogicalTypes.Enum.DATE
+          .getValueDescriptor()
+          .getOptions()
+          .getExtension(RunnerApi.beamUrn);
 
   @Override
   public String getIdentifier() {
     return IDENTIFIER;
   }
 
-  // unused
   @Override
-  public Schema.FieldType getArgumentType() {
-    return Schema.FieldType.STRING;
-  }
-
-  // unused
-  @Override
-  public String getArgument() {
-    return "";
+  public Schema.@Nullable FieldType getArgumentType() {
+    return null;
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/sdks/java/core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/SchemaTranslationTest.java b/sdks/java/core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/SchemaTranslationTest.java
index fb9a8308fcff..8a382c4ad1b8 100644
--- a/sdks/java/core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/SchemaTranslationTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/core/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/schemas/SchemaTranslationTest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ public static Iterable<Schema> data() {
                   Field.of("decimal", FieldType.DECIMAL), Field.of("datetime", FieldType.DATETIME)))
           .add(Schema.of(Field.of("fixed_bytes", FieldType.logicalType(FixedBytes.of(24)))))
           .add(Schema.of(Field.of("micros_instant", FieldType.logicalType(new MicrosInstant()))))
+          .add(Schema.of(Field.of("date", FieldType.logicalType(SqlTypes.DATE))))
           .add(Schema.of(Field.of("python_callable", FieldType.logicalType(new PythonCallable()))))
           .add(
               Schema.of(
@@ -388,6 +390,7 @@ public static Iterable<Row> data() {
           .add(simpleRow(FieldType.DECIMAL, BigDecimal.valueOf(100000)))
           .add(simpleRow(FieldType.logicalType(new PortableNullArgLogicalType()), "str"))
           .add(simpleRow(FieldType.logicalType(new DateTime()), LocalDateTime.of(2000, 1, 3, 3, 1)))
+          .add(simpleRow(FieldType.logicalType(SqlTypes.DATE), LocalDate.of(2000, 1, 3)))
           .add(simpleNullRow(FieldType.STRING))
           .add(simpleNullRow(FieldType.INT32))
           .add(simpleNullRow(FieldType.map(FieldType.STRING, FieldType.INT32)))
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/jdbc/JdbcUtil.java b/sdks/java/io/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/jdbc/JdbcUtil.java
index 4737e9a36e17..40731ae9ca31 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/jdbc/JdbcUtil.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/jdbc/JdbcUtil.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Time;
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Calendar;
@@ -294,6 +295,13 @@ static JdbcIO.PreparedStatementSetCaller getPreparedStatementSetCaller(
             return (element, ps, i, fieldWithIndex) -> {
               ps.setBigDecimal(i + 1, element.getDecimal(fieldWithIndex.getIndex()));
             };
+          } else if (logicalTypeName.equals(
+              org.apache.beam.sdk.schemas.logicaltypes.Date.IDENTIFIER)) {
+            return (element, ps, i, fieldWithIndex) -> {
+              LocalDate value =
+                  element.getLogicalTypeValue(fieldWithIndex.getIndex(), LocalDate.class);
+              ps.setDate(i + 1, value == null ? null : Date.valueOf(value));
+            };
           } else if (logicalTypeName.equals("DATE")) {
             return (element, ps, i, fieldWithIndex) -> {
               ReadableDateTime value = element.getDateTime(fieldWithIndex.getIndex());
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/jdbc.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/jdbc.py
index df5d7f21a343..869717915031 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/jdbc.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/jdbc.py
@@ -360,6 +360,9 @@ def __init__(
                    of the output PCollection elements. This bypasses automatic
                    schema inference during pipeline construction.
     """
+    # override new portable Date type with the current Jdbc type
+    # TODO: switch JdbcIO to return portable Date type
+    LogicalType.register_logical_type(JdbcDateType)
     classpath = classpath or DEFAULT_JDBC_CLASSPATH
 
     dataSchema = None
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/portability/common_urns.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/portability/common_urns.py
index 74d9a39bb052..7777f63ffbe9 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/portability/common_urns.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/portability/common_urns.py
@@ -92,3 +92,4 @@
 var_bytes = LogicalTypes.Enum.VAR_BYTES
 fixed_char = LogicalTypes.Enum.FIXED_CHAR
 var_char = LogicalTypes.Enum.VAR_CHAR
+date = LogicalTypes.Enum.DATE
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/managed_iceberg_it_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/managed_iceberg_it_test.py
index b1e53a79bd41..c44e911c71a9 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/managed_iceberg_it_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/managed_iceberg_it_test.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-
+import datetime
 import os
 import unittest
 import uuid
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "EXPANSION_JARS environment var is not provided, "
     "indicating that jars have not been built")
 class ManagedIcebergIT(unittest.TestCase):
-  WAREHOUSE = "gs://temp-storage-for-end-to-end-tests/xlang-python-using-java"
+  WAREHOUSE = "gs://temp-storage-for-end-to-end-tests"
 
   def setUp(self):
     self.test_pipeline = TestPipeline(is_integration_test=True)
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def setUp(self):
     self.args.extend([
         '--experiments=enable_managed_transforms',
     ])
+    self.project = self.test_pipeline.get_option('project')
 
   def _create_row(self, num: int):
     return beam.Row(
@@ -49,16 +50,24 @@ def _create_row(self, num: int):
         bytes_=bytes(num),
         bool_=(num % 2 == 0),
         float_=(num + float(num) / 100),
-        arr_=[num, num, num])
+        arr_=[num, num, num],
+        date_=datetime.date.today() - datetime.timedelta(days=num))
 
   def test_write_read_pipeline(self):
+    biglake_catalog_props = {
+        'type': 'rest',
+        'uri': 'https://biglake.googleapis.com/iceberg/v1/restcatalog',
+        'warehouse': self.WAREHOUSE,
+        'header.x-goog-user-project': self.project,
+        'rest.auth.type': 'google',
+        'io-impl': 'org.apache.iceberg.gcp.gcs.GCSFileIO',
+        'header.X-Iceberg-Access-Delegation': 'vended-credentials'
+    }
+
     iceberg_config = {
         "table": "test_iceberg_write_read.test_" + uuid.uuid4().hex,
         "catalog_name": "default",
-        "catalog_properties": {
-            "type": "hadoop",
-            "warehouse": self.WAREHOUSE,
-        }
+        "catalog_properties": biglake_catalog_props
     }
 
     rows = [self._create_row(i) for i in range(100)]
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/schemas.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/schemas.py
index d2c4db8cabca..a0934b110933 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/schemas.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/schemas.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
   bytes       <-----> BYTES
   ByteString  ------> BYTES
   Timestamp   <-----> LogicalType(urn="beam:logical_type:micros_instant:v1")
+  datetime.date <---> LogicalType(urn="beam:logical_type:date:v1")
   Decimal     <-----> LogicalType(urn="beam:logical_type:fixed_decimal:v1")
   Mapping     <-----> MapType
   Sequence    <-----> ArrayType
@@ -1244,7 +1245,6 @@ def argument(self):
 # TODO: A temporary fix for missing jdbc logical types.
 # See the discussion in https://github.com/apache/beam/issues/35738 for
 # more detail.
-@LogicalType._register_internal
 class JdbcDateType(LogicalType[datetime.date, MillisInstant, str]):
   """
   For internal use only; no backwards-compatibility guarantees.
@@ -1330,3 +1330,30 @@ def argument(self):
   @classmethod
   def _from_typing(cls, typ):
     return cls()
+
+
+@LogicalType._register_internal
+class Date(NoArgumentLogicalType[datetime.date, np.int64]):
+  """Date logical type that handles ``datetime.date``, days since epoch."""
+  EPOCH = datetime.date(1970, 1, 1)
+
+  @classmethod
+  def urn(cls):
+    return common_urns.date.urn
+
+  @classmethod
+  def representation_type(cls):
+    # type: () -> type
+    return np.int64
+
+  @classmethod
+  def language_type(cls):
+    return datetime.date
+
+  def to_representation_type(self, value):
+    # type: (datetime.date) -> np.int64
+    return (value - self.EPOCH).days
+
+  def to_language_type(self, value):
+    # type: (np.int64) -> datetime.date
+    return self.EPOCH + datetime.timedelta(days=value)
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/schemas_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/schemas_test.py
index 5a5d7396ab30..d70bf0c47d33 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/schemas_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/typehints/schemas_test.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 # pytype: skip-file
 
 import dataclasses
+import datetime
 import itertools
 import pickle
 import unittest
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ class ComplexSchema(NamedTuple):
   optional_array: Optional[Sequence[np.float32]]
   array_optional: Sequence[Optional[bool]]
   timestamp: Timestamp
+  date: datetime.date
 
 
 def get_test_beam_fieldtype_protos():
diff --git a/sdks/python/test-suites/dataflow/build.gradle b/sdks/python/test-suites/dataflow/build.gradle
index be8f61236874..224d09ec8bf5 100644
--- a/sdks/python/test-suites/dataflow/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/python/test-suites/dataflow/build.gradle
@@ -74,12 +74,14 @@ task examplesPostCommit {
 
 task gcpCrossLanguagePostCommit {
   getVersionsAsList('cross_language_validates_py_versions').each {
+    dependsOn.add(":sdks:python:buildPython")
     dependsOn.add(":sdks:python:test-suites:dataflow:py${getVersionSuffix(it)}:gcpCrossLanguagePythonUsingJava")
   }
 }
 
 task ioCrossLanguagePostCommit {
   getVersionsAsList('cross_language_validates_py_versions').each {
+    dependsOn.add(":sdks:python:buildPython")
     dependsOn.add(":sdks:python:test-suites:dataflow:py${getVersionSuffix(it)}:ioCrossLanguagePythonUsingJava")
   }
 }