diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f72429bd..2fa380598 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,20 +53,20 @@ If you are using Maven without the BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 If you are using Gradle 5.x or later, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:26.18.0')
+implementation platform('com.google.cloud:libraries-bom:26.19.0')
 
 implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquery'
 ```
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquery:2.30.0'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquery:2.30.1'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigquery" % "2.30.0"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigquery" % "2.30.1"
 ```
 <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 [kokoro-badge-link-5]: http://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-devrel-public/java/badges/java-bigquery/java11.html
 [stability-image]: https://img.shields.io/badge/stability-stable-green
 [maven-version-image]: https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-bigquery.svg
-[maven-version-link]: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-bigquery/2.30.0
+[maven-version-link]: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.google.cloud/google-cloud-bigquery/2.30.1
 [authentication]: https://github.com/googleapis/google-cloud-java#authentication
 [auth-scopes]: https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2/scopes
 [predefined-iam-roles]: https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/understanding-roles#predefined_roles
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImpl.java b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImpl.java
index d1bbcb5e2..ef7e8cb8b 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImpl.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/BigQueryImpl.java
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
+import org.threeten.bp.Instant;
+import org.threeten.bp.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 
 final class BigQueryImpl extends BaseService<BigQueryOptions> implements BigQuery {
 
@@ -422,15 +426,38 @@ public com.google.api.services.bigquery.model.Job call() {
     }
 
     if (!idRandom) {
+      if (createException instanceof BigQueryException && createException.getCause() != null) {
+
+        /*GoogleJsonResponseException createExceptionCause =
+        (GoogleJsonResponseException) createException.getCause();*/
+
+        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(".*Already.*Exists:.*Job.*", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
+        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(createException.getCause().getMessage());
+
+        if (matcher.find()) {
+          // If the Job ALREADY EXISTS, retrieve it.
+          Job job = this.getJob(jobInfo.getJobId());
+
+          long jobCreationTime = job.getStatistics().getCreationTime();
+          long jobMinStaleTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+          long jobMaxStaleTime =
+              Instant.ofEpochMilli(jobMinStaleTime).minus(1, ChronoUnit.DAYS).toEpochMilli();
+
+          // Only return the job if it has been created in the past 24 hours.
+          // This is assuming any job older than 24 hours is a valid duplicate JobID
+          // and not a false positive like b/290419183
+          if (jobCreationTime >= jobMaxStaleTime && jobCreationTime <= jobMinStaleTime) {
+            return job;
+          }
+        }
+      }
       throw createException;
     }
 
     // If create RPC fails, it's still possible that the job has been successfully
-    // created,
-    // and get might work.
+    // created, and get might work.
     // We can only do this if we randomly generated the ID. Otherwise we might
-    // mistakenly
-    // fetch a job created by someone else.
+    // mistakenly fetch a job created by someone else.
     Job job;
     try {
       job = getJob(finalJobId[0]);
diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
index 97db5fc20..8c5742e57 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/it/ITBigQueryTest.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.InsertAllRequest.RowToInsert;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.InsertAllResponse;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.Job;
+import com.google.cloud.bigquery.JobConfiguration;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.JobId;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.JobInfo;
 import com.google.cloud.bigquery.JobStatistics;
@@ -6101,4 +6102,31 @@ public void testForeignKeysUpdate() {
       bigquery.delete(tableIdPk2);
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testAlreadyExistJobExceptionHandling() throws InterruptedException {
+    String query =
+        "SELECT TimestampField, StringField, BooleanField FROM "
+            + DATASET
+            + "."
+            + TABLE_ID.getTable();
+    JobId jobId = JobId.newBuilder().setRandomJob().build();
+
+    JobConfiguration queryJobConfiguration = QueryJobConfiguration.newBuilder(query).build();
+    // Creating the job with the explicit jobID
+    bigquery.create(JobInfo.of(jobId, queryJobConfiguration));
+    // Calling the query method with the job that has already been created.
+    // This should throw ALREADY_EXISTS error without the exception handling added
+    // or if the job is older than 24 hours.
+    try {
+      bigquery.query(QueryJobConfiguration.newBuilder(query).build(), jobId);
+      // Test succeeds if Exception is not thrown and code flow reaches this statement.
+      assertTrue(true);
+    } catch (BigQueryException ex) {
+      // test fails if an exception is thrown
+      if (ex.getCause() != null && ex.getCause().getMessage().contains("Already Exists: Job")) {
+        fail("Already exists error should not be thrown");
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }