diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkExecuteStatementOperation.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkExecuteStatementOperation.scala
index 9e3d2451fcd19..b952e953b1425 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkExecuteStatementOperation.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/SparkExecuteStatementOperation.scala
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ object SparkExecuteStatementOperation {
     case _: StringType => TTypeId.STRING_TYPE
     case _: DecimalType => TTypeId.DECIMAL_TYPE
     case DateType => TTypeId.DATE_TYPE
+    case _: TimeType => TTypeId.STRING_TYPE
     // TODO: Shall use TIMESTAMPLOCALTZ_TYPE, keep AS-IS now for
     // unnecessary behavior change
     case TimestampType => TTypeId.TIMESTAMP_TYPE
diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ThriftServerQueryTestSuite.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ThriftServerQueryTestSuite.scala
index 047e4b8c99602..a249d4b4d4e44 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ThriftServerQueryTestSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ThriftServerQueryTestSuite.scala
@@ -110,9 +110,7 @@ class ThriftServerQueryTestSuite extends SQLQueryTestSuite with SharedThriftServ
     "pipe-operators.sql",
     // VARIANT type
     "variant/named-function-arguments.sql",
-    "variant-field-extractions.sql",
-    // SPARK-51516: Support the TIME data type by Thrift Server
-    "time.sql"
+    "variant-field-extractions.sql"
   )
 
   override def runQueries(