diff --git a/flink-table/flink-sql-jdbc-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/jdbc/FlinkConnection.java b/flink-table/flink-sql-jdbc-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/jdbc/FlinkConnection.java
index 72d354de6e536..56613e7281215 100644
--- a/flink-table/flink-sql-jdbc-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/jdbc/FlinkConnection.java
+++ b/flink-table/flink-sql-jdbc-driver/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/table/jdbc/FlinkConnection.java
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ public Statement createStatement() throws SQLException {
         return statement;
     }
 
+    // TODO We currently do not support this, but we can't throw a SQLException here because we want
+    // to support jdbc tools such as Tableau.
+    @Override
+    public boolean isValid(int timeout) throws SQLException {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     // TODO We currently do not support this, but we can't throw a SQLException here because we want
     // to support jdbc tools such as beeline and sqlline.
     @Override