diff --git a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/impl.py b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/impl.py
index 2bc86969e..f2e8b11a0 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/bigquery/impl.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/bigquery/impl.py
@@ -121,7 +121,10 @@ class BigQueryAdapter(BaseAdapter):
     }
 
     _capabilities = CapabilityDict(
-        {Capability.SchemaMetadataByRelations: CapabilitySupport(support=Support.Full)}
+        {
+            Capability.SchemaMetadataByRelations: CapabilitySupport(support=Support.Full),
+            Capability.TableLastModifiedMetadata: CapabilitySupport(support=Support.Full),
+        }
     )
 
     def __init__(self, config) -> None:
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index a20a37545..0362f627f 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ pytest-csv~=3.0
 pytest-dotenv~=0.5.2
 pytest-logbook~=1.2
 pytest-xdist~=3.3
+pytest-timeout~=2.0
 pytz~=2023.3
 tox~=4.11
 types-pytz~=2023.3
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 1d5413dcf..b5819586c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ passenv =
     DD_ENV
     DD_SERVICE
 commands =
-  bigquery: {envpython} -m pytest {posargs} -vv tests/functional -k "not TestPython" --profile service_account
+  bigquery: {envpython} -m pytest {posargs} --timeout 600 -vv tests/functional -k "not TestPython" --profile service_account
 deps =
   -rdev-requirements.txt
   -e.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ passenv =
     DD_ENV
     DD_SERVICE
 commands =
-  {envpython} -m pytest {posargs} -vv tests/functional -k "TestPython" --profile service_account
+  {envpython} -m pytest {posargs} --timeout 600  -vv tests/functional -k "TestPython" --profile service_account
 deps =
   -rdev-requirements.txt
   -e.