diff --git a/clients/bigquery/dialect/dialect.go b/clients/bigquery/dialect/dialect.go
index 727d5d63..d426a4a5 100644
--- a/clients/bigquery/dialect/dialect.go
+++ b/clients/bigquery/dialect/dialect.go
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func (bd BigQueryDialect) BuildMergeQueries(
 	// This is because Snowflake does not respect NS granularity.
 	var idempotentClause string
 	if idempotentKey != "" {
-		idempotentClause = fmt.Sprintf("AND cc.%s >= c.%s ", idempotentKey, idempotentKey)
+		idempotentClause = fmt.Sprintf("AND %s.%s >= %s.%s ", stagingAlias, idempotentKey, targetAlias, idempotentKey)
 	}
 
 	var equalitySQLParts []string
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func (bd BigQueryDialect) BuildMergeQueries(
 
 		if primaryKey.KindDetails.Kind == typing.Struct.Kind {
 			// BigQuery requires special casting to compare two JSON objects.
-			equalitySQL = fmt.Sprintf("TO_JSON_STRING(c.%s) = TO_JSON_STRING(cc.%s)", quotedPrimaryKey, quotedPrimaryKey)
+			equalitySQL = fmt.Sprintf("TO_JSON_STRING(%s.%s) = TO_JSON_STRING(%s.%s)", targetAlias, quotedPrimaryKey, stagingAlias, quotedPrimaryKey)
 		}
 
 		equalitySQLParts = append(equalitySQLParts, equalitySQL)
@@ -243,18 +243,18 @@ func (bd BigQueryDialect) BuildMergeQueries(
 
 	if softDelete {
 		return []string{fmt.Sprintf(`
-MERGE INTO %s c USING %s AS cc ON %s
+MERGE INTO %s %s USING %s AS %s ON %s
 WHEN MATCHED %sTHEN UPDATE SET %s
-WHEN NOT MATCHED AND IFNULL(cc.%s, false) = false THEN INSERT (%s) VALUES (%s);`,
-			tableID.FullyQualifiedName(), subQuery, strings.Join(equalitySQLParts, " AND "),
+WHEN NOT MATCHED AND IFNULL(%s.%s, false) = false THEN INSERT (%s) VALUES (%s);`,
+			tableID.FullyQualifiedName(), targetAlias, subQuery, stagingAlias, strings.Join(equalitySQLParts, " AND "),
 			// Update + Soft Deletion
 			idempotentClause, sql.BuildColumnsUpdateFragment(cols, stagingAlias, targetAlias, bd),
 			// Insert
-			bd.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker), strings.Join(sql.QuoteColumns(cols, bd), ","),
+			stagingAlias, bd.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker), strings.Join(sql.QuoteColumns(cols, bd), ","),
 			array.StringsJoinAddPrefix(array.StringsJoinAddPrefixArgs{
 				Vals:      sql.QuoteColumns(cols, bd),
 				Separator: ",",
-				Prefix:    "cc.",
+				Prefix:    stagingAlias + ".",
 			}))}, nil
 	}
 
@@ -265,20 +265,20 @@ WHEN NOT MATCHED AND IFNULL(cc.%s, false) = false THEN INSERT (%s) VALUES (%s);`
 	}
 
 	return []string{fmt.Sprintf(`
-MERGE INTO %s c USING %s AS cc ON %s
-WHEN MATCHED AND cc.%s THEN DELETE
-WHEN MATCHED AND IFNULL(cc.%s, false) = false %sTHEN UPDATE SET %s
-WHEN NOT MATCHED AND IFNULL(cc.%s, false) = false THEN INSERT (%s) VALUES (%s);`,
-		tableID.FullyQualifiedName(), subQuery, strings.Join(equalitySQLParts, " AND "),
+MERGE INTO %s %s USING %s AS %s ON %s
+WHEN MATCHED AND %s.%s THEN DELETE
+WHEN MATCHED AND IFNULL(%s.%s, false) = false %sTHEN UPDATE SET %s
+WHEN NOT MATCHED AND IFNULL(%s.%s, false) = false THEN INSERT (%s) VALUES (%s);`,
+		tableID.FullyQualifiedName(), targetAlias, subQuery, stagingAlias, strings.Join(equalitySQLParts, " AND "),
 		// Delete
-		bd.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker),
+		stagingAlias, bd.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker),
 		// Update
-		bd.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker), idempotentClause, sql.BuildColumnsUpdateFragment(cols, stagingAlias, targetAlias, bd),
+		stagingAlias, bd.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker), idempotentClause, sql.BuildColumnsUpdateFragment(cols, stagingAlias, targetAlias, bd),
 		// Insert
-		bd.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker), strings.Join(sql.QuoteColumns(cols, bd), ","),
+		stagingAlias, bd.QuoteIdentifier(constants.DeleteColumnMarker), strings.Join(sql.QuoteColumns(cols, bd), ","),
 		array.StringsJoinAddPrefix(array.StringsJoinAddPrefixArgs{
 			Vals:      sql.QuoteColumns(cols, bd),
 			Separator: ",",
-			Prefix:    "cc.",
+			Prefix:    stagingAlias + ".",
 		}))}, nil
 }
diff --git a/lib/sql/columns.go b/lib/sql/columns.go
index 74fdfb5f..5a12fc10 100644
--- a/lib/sql/columns.go
+++ b/lib/sql/columns.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func QuoteColumns(cols []columns.Column, dialect Dialect) []string {
 	return result
 }
 
-// buildColumnsUpdateFragment will parse the columns and then returns a list of strings like: cc.first_name=c.first_name,cc.last_name=c.last_name,cc.email=c.email
+// buildColumnsUpdateFragment will parse the columns and then returns a list of strings like: first_name=tgt.first_name,last_name=stg.last_name,email=tgt.email
 // NOTE: This should only be used with valid columns.
 func BuildColumnsUpdateFragment(columns []columns.Column, stagingAlias, targetAlias string, dialect Dialect) string {
 	var cols []string
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func BuildColumnsUpdateFragment(columns []columns.Column, stagingAlias, targetAl
 			cols = append(cols, fmt.Sprintf("%s= CASE WHEN %s THEN %s.%s ELSE %s.%s END",
 				colName, dialect.BuildIsNotToastValueExpression(stagingAlias, column), stagingAlias, colName, targetAlias, colName))
 		} else {
-			// This is to make it look like: objCol = cc.objCol
+			// This is to make it look like: objCol=stg.objCol
 			cols = append(cols, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s.%s", colName, stagingAlias, colName))
 		}
 	}