diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 303a6ecb..8bd7bc05 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 2e438749..87f6e408 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index 98994f47..a3da1b0d 100644
--- a/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-python:latest
-  digest: sha256:2d816f26f728ac8b24248741e7d4c461c09764ef9f7be3684d557c9632e46dbd
-# created: 2023-06-28T17:03:33.371210701Z
+  digest: sha256:3e3800bb100af5d7f9e810d48212b37812c1856d20ffeafb99ebe66461b61fc7
+# created: 2023-08-02T10:53:29.114535628Z
diff --git a/.github/auto-label.yaml b/.github/auto-label.yaml
index 41bff0b5..b2016d11 100644
--- a/.github/auto-label.yaml
+++ b/.github/auto-label.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2022 Google LLC
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.kokoro/build.sh b/.kokoro/build.sh
index 2a2874e5..d0583c70 100755
--- a/.kokoro/build.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/build.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.kokoro/docker/docs/Dockerfile b/.kokoro/docker/docs/Dockerfile
index f8137d0a..8e39a2cc 100644
--- a/.kokoro/docker/docs/Dockerfile
+++ b/.kokoro/docker/docs/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.kokoro/populate-secrets.sh b/.kokoro/populate-secrets.sh
index f5251425..6f397214 100755
--- a/.kokoro/populate-secrets.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/populate-secrets.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC.
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.kokoro/publish-docs.sh b/.kokoro/publish-docs.sh
index 1c4d6237..9eafe0be 100755
--- a/.kokoro/publish-docs.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/publish-docs.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.kokoro/release.sh b/.kokoro/release.sh
index d4ff990a..ca67ee7c 100755
--- a/.kokoro/release.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/release.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.kokoro/requirements.txt b/.kokoro/requirements.txt
index c7929db6..029bd342 100644
--- a/.kokoro/requirements.txt
+++ b/.kokoro/requirements.txt
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ cachetools==5.2.0 \
     --hash=sha256:6a94c6402995a99c3970cc7e4884bb60b4a8639938157eeed436098bf9831757 \
     --hash=sha256:f9f17d2aec496a9aa6b76f53e3b614c965223c061982d434d160f930c698a9db
     # via google-auth
-certifi==2022.12.7 \
-    --hash=sha256:35824b4c3a97115964b408844d64aa14db1cc518f6562e8d7261699d1350a9e3 \
-    --hash=sha256:4ad3232f5e926d6718ec31cfc1fcadfde020920e278684144551c91769c7bc18
+certifi==2023.7.22 \
+    --hash=sha256:539cc1d13202e33ca466e88b2807e29f4c13049d6d87031a3c110744495cb082 \
+    --hash=sha256:92d6037539857d8206b8f6ae472e8b77db8058fec5937a1ef3f54304089edbb9
     # via requests
 cffi==1.15.1 \
     --hash=sha256:00a9ed42e88df81ffae7a8ab6d9356b371399b91dbdf0c3cb1e84c03a13aceb5 \
@@ -113,26 +113,30 @@ commonmark==0.9.1 \
     --hash=sha256:452f9dc859be7f06631ddcb328b6919c67984aca654e5fefb3914d54691aed60 \
     --hash=sha256:da2f38c92590f83de410ba1a3cbceafbc74fee9def35f9251ba9a971d6d66fd9
     # via rich
-cryptography==41.0.0 \
-    --hash=sha256:0ddaee209d1cf1f180f1efa338a68c4621154de0afaef92b89486f5f96047c55 \
-    --hash=sha256:14754bcdae909d66ff24b7b5f166d69340ccc6cb15731670435efd5719294895 \
-    --hash=sha256:344c6de9f8bda3c425b3a41b319522ba3208551b70c2ae00099c205f0d9fd3be \
-    --hash=sha256:34d405ea69a8b34566ba3dfb0521379b210ea5d560fafedf9f800a9a94a41928 \
-    --hash=sha256:3680248309d340fda9611498a5319b0193a8dbdb73586a1acf8109d06f25b92d \
-    --hash=sha256:3c5ef25d060c80d6d9f7f9892e1d41bb1c79b78ce74805b8cb4aa373cb7d5ec8 \
-    --hash=sha256:4ab14d567f7bbe7f1cdff1c53d5324ed4d3fc8bd17c481b395db224fb405c237 \
-    --hash=sha256:5c1f7293c31ebc72163a9a0df246f890d65f66b4a40d9ec80081969ba8c78cc9 \
-    --hash=sha256:6b71f64beeea341c9b4f963b48ee3b62d62d57ba93eb120e1196b31dc1025e78 \
-    --hash=sha256:7d92f0248d38faa411d17f4107fc0bce0c42cae0b0ba5415505df72d751bf62d \
-    --hash=sha256:8362565b3835ceacf4dc8f3b56471a2289cf51ac80946f9087e66dc283a810e0 \
-    --hash=sha256:84a165379cb9d411d58ed739e4af3396e544eac190805a54ba2e0322feb55c46 \
-    --hash=sha256:88ff107f211ea696455ea8d911389f6d2b276aabf3231bf72c8853d22db755c5 \
-    --hash=sha256:9f65e842cb02550fac96536edb1d17f24c0a338fd84eaf582be25926e993dde4 \
-    --hash=sha256:a4fc68d1c5b951cfb72dfd54702afdbbf0fb7acdc9b7dc4301bbf2225a27714d \
-    --hash=sha256:b7f2f5c525a642cecad24ee8670443ba27ac1fab81bba4cc24c7b6b41f2d0c75 \
-    --hash=sha256:b846d59a8d5a9ba87e2c3d757ca019fa576793e8758174d3868aecb88d6fc8eb \
-    --hash=sha256:bf8fc66012ca857d62f6a347007e166ed59c0bc150cefa49f28376ebe7d992a2 \
-    --hash=sha256:f5d0bf9b252f30a31664b6f64432b4730bb7038339bd18b1fafe129cfc2be9be
+cryptography==41.0.3 \
+    --hash=sha256:0d09fb5356f975974dbcb595ad2d178305e5050656affb7890a1583f5e02a306 \
+    --hash=sha256:23c2d778cf829f7d0ae180600b17e9fceea3c2ef8b31a99e3c694cbbf3a24b84 \
+    --hash=sha256:3fb248989b6363906827284cd20cca63bb1a757e0a2864d4c1682a985e3dca47 \
+    --hash=sha256:41d7aa7cdfded09b3d73a47f429c298e80796c8e825ddfadc84c8a7f12df212d \
+    --hash=sha256:42cb413e01a5d36da9929baa9d70ca90d90b969269e5a12d39c1e0d475010116 \
+    --hash=sha256:4c2f0d35703d61002a2bbdcf15548ebb701cfdd83cdc12471d2bae80878a4207 \
+    --hash=sha256:4fd871184321100fb400d759ad0cddddf284c4b696568204d281c902fc7b0d81 \
+    --hash=sha256:5259cb659aa43005eb55a0e4ff2c825ca111a0da1814202c64d28a985d33b087 \
+    --hash=sha256:57a51b89f954f216a81c9d057bf1a24e2f36e764a1ca9a501a6964eb4a6800dd \
+    --hash=sha256:652627a055cb52a84f8c448185922241dd5217443ca194d5739b44612c5e6507 \
+    --hash=sha256:67e120e9a577c64fe1f611e53b30b3e69744e5910ff3b6e97e935aeb96005858 \
+    --hash=sha256:6af1c6387c531cd364b72c28daa29232162010d952ceb7e5ca8e2827526aceae \
+    --hash=sha256:6d192741113ef5e30d89dcb5b956ef4e1578f304708701b8b73d38e3e1461f34 \
+    --hash=sha256:7efe8041897fe7a50863e51b77789b657a133c75c3b094e51b5e4b5cec7bf906 \
+    --hash=sha256:84537453d57f55a50a5b6835622ee405816999a7113267739a1b4581f83535bd \
+    --hash=sha256:8f09daa483aedea50d249ef98ed500569841d6498aa9c9f4b0531b9964658922 \
+    --hash=sha256:95dd7f261bb76948b52a5330ba5202b91a26fbac13ad0e9fc8a3ac04752058c7 \
+    --hash=sha256:a74fbcdb2a0d46fe00504f571a2a540532f4c188e6ccf26f1f178480117b33c4 \
+    --hash=sha256:a983e441a00a9d57a4d7c91b3116a37ae602907a7618b882c8013b5762e80574 \
+    --hash=sha256:ab8de0d091acbf778f74286f4989cf3d1528336af1b59f3e5d2ebca8b5fe49e1 \
+    --hash=sha256:aeb57c421b34af8f9fe830e1955bf493a86a7996cc1338fe41b30047d16e962c \
+    --hash=sha256:ce785cf81a7bdade534297ef9e490ddff800d956625020ab2ec2780a556c313e \
+    --hash=sha256:d0d651aa754ef58d75cec6edfbd21259d93810b73f6ec246436a21b7841908de
     # via
     #   gcp-releasetool
     #   secretstorage
@@ -392,9 +396,9 @@ pycparser==2.21 \
     --hash=sha256:8ee45429555515e1f6b185e78100aea234072576aa43ab53aefcae078162fca9 \
     --hash=sha256:e644fdec12f7872f86c58ff790da456218b10f863970249516d60a5eaca77206
     # via cffi
-pygments==2.13.0 \
-    --hash=sha256:56a8508ae95f98e2b9bdf93a6be5ae3f7d8af858b43e02c5a2ff083726be40c1 \
-    --hash=sha256:f643f331ab57ba3c9d89212ee4a2dabc6e94f117cf4eefde99a0574720d14c42
+pygments==2.15.0 \
+    --hash=sha256:77a3299119af881904cd5ecd1ac6a66214b6e9bed1f2db16993b54adede64094 \
+    --hash=sha256:f7e36cffc4c517fbc252861b9a6e4644ca0e5abadf9a113c72d1358ad09b9500
     # via
     #   readme-renderer
     #   rich
diff --git a/.kokoro/test-samples-against-head.sh b/.kokoro/test-samples-against-head.sh
index ba3a707b..63ac41df 100755
--- a/.kokoro/test-samples-against-head.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/test-samples-against-head.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.kokoro/test-samples-impl.sh b/.kokoro/test-samples-impl.sh
index 2c6500ca..5a0f5fab 100755
--- a/.kokoro/test-samples-impl.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/test-samples-impl.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.kokoro/test-samples.sh b/.kokoro/test-samples.sh
index 11c042d3..50b35a48 100755
--- a/.kokoro/test-samples.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/test-samples.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.kokoro/trampoline.sh b/.kokoro/trampoline.sh
index f39236e9..d85b1f26 100755
--- a/.kokoro/trampoline.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/trampoline.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright 2017 Google Inc.
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.kokoro/trampoline_v2.sh b/.kokoro/trampoline_v2.sh
index 4af6cdc2..59a7cf3a 100755
--- a/.kokoro/trampoline_v2.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/trampoline_v2.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 5405cc8f..19409cbd 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     - id: black
 -   repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
-    rev: 3.9.2
+    rev: 6.1.0
     hooks:
     - id: flake8
diff --git a/.trampolinerc b/.trampolinerc
index 0eee72ab..a7dfeb42 100644
--- a/.trampolinerc
+++ b/.trampolinerc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# Template for .trampolinerc
-
 # Add required env vars here.
 required_envvars+=(
 )
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 42a12b52..689d9ce9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ Older versions of this project were distributed as [pybigquery][0].
 [2]: https://pypi.org/project/pybigquery/#history
 
 
+## [1.8.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/compare/v1.7.0...v1.8.0) (2023-08-11)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Remove illegal character check ([#892](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/issues/892)) ([3328d0a](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/commit/3328d0a69654e5c30af06359185170f7937d978b))
+
 ## [1.7.0](https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-sqlalchemy/compare/v1.6.1...v1.7.0) (2023-07-11)
 
 
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index e783f4c6..e0a66705 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index dbc0454b..8708ebfb 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index ee728ffe..b456d437 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 import nox
 
+FLAKE8_VERSION = "flake8==6.1.0"
 BLACK_VERSION = "black==22.3.0"
 ISORT_VERSION = "isort==5.10.1"
 LINT_PATHS = ["docs", "sqlalchemy_bigquery", "tests", "noxfile.py", "setup.py"]
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ def lint(session):
     Returns a failure if the linters find linting errors or sufficiently
     serious code quality issues.
     """
-    session.install("flake8", BLACK_VERSION)
+    session.install(FLAKE8_VERSION, BLACK_VERSION)
     session.run(
         "black",
         "--check",
@@ -540,6 +541,7 @@ def prerelease_deps(session):
         "python", "-c", "import google.protobuf; print(google.protobuf.__version__)"
     )
     session.run("python", "-c", "import grpc; print(grpc.__version__)")
+    session.run("python", "-c", "import google.auth; print(google.auth.__version__)")
 
     session.run("py.test", "tests/unit")
 
diff --git a/samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt b/samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt
index 4e326e01..90537d96 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/samples/snippets/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 attrs==23.1.0
-click==8.1.4
-google-auth==2.21.0
+click==8.1.6
+google-auth==2.22.0
 google-cloud-testutils==1.3.3
 iniconfig==2.0.0
 packaging==23.1
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pluggy==1.2.0
 py==1.11.0
 pyasn1==0.5.0
 pyasn1-modules==0.3.0
-pyparsing==3.1.0
+pyparsing==3.1.1
 pytest===6.2.5
 rsa==4.9
 six==1.16.0
diff --git a/samples/snippets/requirements.txt b/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
index e4e437c5..ab312b51 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
+++ b/samples/snippets/requirements.txt
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
-alembic==1.11.1
-certifi==2023.5.7
+alembic==1.11.2
+certifi==2023.7.22
 charset-normalizer==3.2.0
-geoalchemy2==0.14.0
+geoalchemy2==0.14.1
 google-api-core[grpc]==2.11.1
-google-auth==2.21.0
-google-cloud-bigquery==3.11.3
+google-auth==2.22.0
+google-cloud-bigquery==3.11.4
 google-cloud-core==2.3.3
 google-crc32c==1.5.0
 google-resumable-media==2.5.0
-googleapis-common-protos==1.59.1
+googleapis-common-protos==1.60.0
 greenlet==2.0.2
-grpcio==1.56.0
-grpcio-status==1.56.0
+grpcio==1.57.0
+grpcio-status==1.57.0
 idna==3.4
 importlib-resources===5.12.0; python_version == '3.7'
-importlib-resources==6.0.0; python_version >= '3.8'
+importlib-resources==6.0.1; python_version >= '3.8'
 mako==1.2.4
 markupsafe==2.1.3
 packaging==23.1
 proto-plus==1.22.3
-protobuf==4.23.4
+protobuf==4.24.0
 pyasn1==0.5.0
 pyasn1-modules==0.3.0
-pyparsing==3.1.0
+pyparsing==3.1.1
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 pytz==2023.3
 requests==2.31.0
diff --git a/scripts/decrypt-secrets.sh b/scripts/decrypt-secrets.sh
index 21f6d2a2..0018b421 100755
--- a/scripts/decrypt-secrets.sh
+++ b/scripts/decrypt-secrets.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC All rights reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/scripts/readme-gen/readme_gen.py b/scripts/readme-gen/readme_gen.py
index 91b59676..1acc1198 100644
--- a/scripts/readme-gen/readme_gen.py
+++ b/scripts/readme-gen/readme_gen.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-# Copyright 2016 Google Inc
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -33,17 +33,17 @@
     autoescape=True,
 )
 
-README_TMPL = jinja_env.get_template('README.tmpl.rst')
+README_TMPL = jinja_env.get_template("README.tmpl.rst")
 
 
 def get_help(file):
-    return subprocess.check_output(['python', file, '--help']).decode()
+    return subprocess.check_output(["python", file, "--help"]).decode()
 
 
 def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument('source')
-    parser.add_argument('--destination', default='README.rst')
+    parser.add_argument("source")
+    parser.add_argument("--destination", default="README.rst")
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ def main():
     root = os.path.dirname(source)
     destination = os.path.join(root, args.destination)
 
-    jinja_env.globals['get_help'] = get_help
+    jinja_env.globals["get_help"] = get_help
 
-    with io.open(source, 'r') as f:
+    with io.open(source, "r") as f:
         config = yaml.load(f)
 
     # This allows get_help to execute in the right directory.
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ def main():
 
     output = README_TMPL.render(config)
 
-    with io.open(destination, 'w') as f:
+    with io.open(destination, "w") as f:
         f.write(output)
 
 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
+if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0018dd1e..53ed8f6f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
-# Copyright 2020 Google LLC
+# Copyright 2023 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_bigquery/base.py b/sqlalchemy_bigquery/base.py
index a3496f93..7d1e8d36 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_bigquery/base.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_bigquery/base.py
@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@
 from .parse_url import parse_url
 from . import _helpers, _struct, _types
 
-FIELD_ILLEGAL_CHARACTERS = re.compile(r"[^\w]+")
+# Illegal characters is intended to be all characters that are not explicitly
+# allowed as part of the flexible column names.
+# https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/schemas#flexible-column-names
+FIELD_ILLEGAL_CHARACTERS = re.compile(r'[!"$()*,./;?@[\\\]^{}~\n]+', re.ASCII)
 
 TABLE_VALUED_ALIAS_ALIASES = "bigquery_table_valued_alias_aliases"
 
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_bigquery/version.py b/sqlalchemy_bigquery/version.py
index 5b3e9059..7e8be6af 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_bigquery/version.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_bigquery/version.py
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
 # IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
 # CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-__version__ = "1.7.0"
+__version__ = "1.8.0"
diff --git a/tests/system/test_sqlalchemy_bigquery.py b/tests/system/test_sqlalchemy_bigquery.py
index 01078596..62b534ff 100644
--- a/tests/system/test_sqlalchemy_bigquery.py
+++ b/tests/system/test_sqlalchemy_bigquery.py
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ def test_labels(session, table, session_using_test_dataset, table_using_test_dat
             # Valid
             table.c.string.label("_123abc"),
             # Invalid, contains illegal characters
-            table.c.string.label("!@#$%^&*()~`"),
+            table.c.string.label("!@$^*()\n{};/,.~abc"),
         )
         result = result.all()
         assert len(result) > 0