diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/proto/ast.proto b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/proto/ast.proto
index fe5ad1ef4b..d33cc55d1d 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/proto/ast.proto
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/_internal/proto/ast.proto
@@ -2815,6 +2815,7 @@ message WritePandas {
   bool auto_create_table = 1;
   google.protobuf.Int64Value chunk_size = 2;
   string compression = 3;
+  // Deprecated: use table_type instead.
   bool create_temp_table = 4;
   DataframeData df = 5;
   repeated Tuple_String_Expr kwargs = 6;
@@ -2869,6 +2870,7 @@ message WriteTable {
   string column_order = 4;
   google.protobuf.StringValue comment = 5;
   bool copy_grants = 6;
+  // Deprecated: use table_type instead.
   bool create_temp_table = 7;
   google.protobuf.Int64Value data_retention_time = 8;
   google.protobuf.BoolValue enable_schema_evolution = 9;
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/dataframe.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/dataframe.py
index 6b0f59a1a0..42e7b4ef65 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/dataframe.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/dataframe.py
@@ -6512,7 +6512,7 @@ def cache_result(
             ast_id = self._ast_id
             self._ast_id = None  # set the AST ID to None to prevent AST emission.
             self.write.save_as_table(
-                temp_table_name, create_temp_table=True, _emit_ast=False
+                temp_table_name, table_type="temp", _emit_ast=False
             )
             self._ast_id = ast_id  # restore the original AST ID.
         else:
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/dataframe_writer.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/dataframe_writer.py
index bce50edf91..91d8fc9517 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/dataframe_writer.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/dataframe_writer.py
@@ -384,6 +384,14 @@ def save_as_table(
         statement_params = track_data_source_statement_params(
             self._dataframe, statement_params or self._dataframe._statement_params
         )
+        if create_temp_table:
+            warning(
+                "save_as_table.create_temp_table",
+                "create_temp_table is deprecated. We still respect this parameter when it is True but "
+                'please consider using `table_type="temporary"` instead.',
+            )
+            table_type = "temporary"
+
         if _emit_ast and self._ast is not None:
             # Add an Bind node that applies WriteTable() to the input, followed by its Eval.
             stmt = self._dataframe._session._ast_batch.bind()
@@ -417,7 +425,6 @@ def save_as_table(
 
             if column_order is not None:
                 expr.column_order = column_order
-            expr.create_temp_table = create_temp_table
             expr.table_type = table_type
 
             if clustering_keys is not None:
@@ -496,14 +503,6 @@ def save_as_table(
                 else []
             )
 
-            if create_temp_table:
-                warning(
-                    "save_as_table.create_temp_table",
-                    "create_temp_table is deprecated. We still respect this parameter when it is True but "
-                    'please consider using `table_type="temporary"` instead.',
-                )
-                table_type = "temporary"
-
             if table_type and table_type.lower() not in SUPPORTED_TABLE_TYPES:
                 raise ValueError(
                     f"Unsupported table type. Expected table types: {SUPPORTED_TABLE_TYPES}"
diff --git a/src/snowflake/snowpark/session.py b/src/snowflake/snowpark/session.py
index da0f4a409f..aea7b7e5de 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/snowpark/session.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/snowpark/session.py
@@ -3649,7 +3649,6 @@ def write_pandas(
                 if chunk_size is not None and chunk_size != WRITE_PANDAS_CHUNK_SIZE:
                     ast.chunk_size.value = chunk_size
                 ast.compression = compression
-                ast.create_temp_table = create_temp_table
                 if isinstance(df, pandas.DataFrame):
                     build_table_name(
                         ast.df.dataframe_data__pandas.v.temp_table, table.table_name
diff --git a/tests/ast/data/session_write_pandas.test b/tests/ast/data/session_write_pandas.test
index 6fd71b77ba..d2433b24d3 100644
--- a/tests/ast/data/session_write_pandas.test
+++ b/tests/ast/data/session_write_pandas.test
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ans2 = session.write_pandas(df, "test", schema="a", database="b", chunk_size=7,
 
 ans = session.write_pandas(pandas.DataFrame(<not shown>), "table1")
 
-ans2 = session.write_pandas(pandas.DataFrame(<not shown>), "test", database="b", schema="a", chunk_size=7, compression="brotli", on_error="ignore", parallel=10, quote_identifiers=False, auto_create_table=True, create_temp_table=True, overwrite=True, table_type="temporary", random=90)
+ans2 = session.write_pandas(pandas.DataFrame(<not shown>), "test", database="b", schema="a", chunk_size=7, compression="brotli", on_error="ignore", parallel=10, quote_identifiers=False, auto_create_table=True, overwrite=True, table_type="temporary", random=90)
 
 ## EXPECTED ENCODED AST
 
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ body {
           value: 7
         }
         compression: "brotli"
-        create_temp_table: true
         df {
           dataframe_data__pandas {
             v {