diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/snowflake.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/snowflake.py
index 1dc18256fa..847e073381 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/snowflake.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/snowflake.py
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ def to_remote_storage(self) -> List[str]:
             )
 
         table = f"temporary_{uuid.uuid4().hex}"
-        self.to_snowflake(table)
+        self.to_snowflake(table, temporary=True)
 
         query = f"""
             COPY INTO '{self.export_path}/{table}' FROM "{self.config.offline_store.database}"."{self.config.offline_store.schema_}"."{table}"\n