diff --git a/docs/changelog/next_release/144.feature.rst b/docs/changelog/next_release/144.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c26a813d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/next_release/144.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add Parquet API schema
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syncmaster/schemas/v1/__init__.py b/syncmaster/schemas/v1/__init__.py
index 83a7630f..d181f668 100644
--- a/syncmaster/schemas/v1/__init__.py
+++ b/syncmaster/schemas/v1/__init__.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     XML,
     Excel,
     JSONLine,
+    Parquet,
 )
 from syncmaster.schemas.v1.transfers.run import (
     CreateRunSchema,
diff --git a/syncmaster/schemas/v1/file_formats.py b/syncmaster/schemas/v1/file_formats.py
index 26e1f2ea..668338fd 100644
--- a/syncmaster/schemas/v1/file_formats.py
+++ b/syncmaster/schemas/v1/file_formats.py
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 EXCEL_FORMAT = Literal["excel"]
 XML_FORMAT = Literal["xml"]
 ORC_FORMAT = Literal["orc"]
+PARQUET_FORMAT = Literal["parquet"]
diff --git a/syncmaster/schemas/v1/transfers/file/base.py b/syncmaster/schemas/v1/transfers/file/base.py
index 4cacb30f..a3e80b49 100644
--- a/syncmaster/schemas/v1/transfers/file/base.py
+++ b/syncmaster/schemas/v1/transfers/file/base.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     XML,
     Excel,
     JSONLine,
+    Parquet,
 )
 
 
@@ -21,14 +22,14 @@
 # classes are identical but may change in the future
 class ReadFileTransferSource(BaseModel):
     directory_path: str
-    file_format: CSV | JSONLine | JSON | Excel | XML | ORC = Field(..., discriminator="type")
+    file_format: CSV | JSONLine | JSON | Excel | XML | ORC | Parquet = Field(..., discriminator="type")
     options: dict[str, Any]
 
 
 class ReadFileTransferTarget(BaseModel):
     directory_path: str
     # JSON format is not supported for writing
-    file_format: CSV | JSONLine | Excel | XML | ORC = Field(
+    file_format: CSV | JSONLine | Excel | XML | ORC | Parquet = Field(
         ...,
         discriminator="type",
     )
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ class ReadFileTransferTarget(BaseModel):
 # classes are identical but may change in the future
 class CreateFileTransferSource(BaseModel):
     directory_path: str
-    file_format: CSV | JSONLine | JSON | Excel | XML | ORC = Field(..., discriminator="type")
+    file_format: CSV | JSONLine | JSON | Excel | XML | ORC | Parquet = Field(..., discriminator="type")
     options: dict[str, Any] = Field(default_factory=dict)
 
     class Config:
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ def _directory_path_is_valid_path(cls, value):
 class CreateFileTransferTarget(BaseModel):
     directory_path: str
     # JSON format is not supported as a target
-    file_format: CSV | JSONLine | Excel | XML | ORC = Field(
+    file_format: CSV | JSONLine | Excel | XML | ORC | Parquet = Field(
         ...,
         discriminator="type",
     )
diff --git a/syncmaster/schemas/v1/transfers/file_format.py b/syncmaster/schemas/v1/transfers/file_format.py
index 4f04a457..cab10edb 100644
--- a/syncmaster/schemas/v1/transfers/file_format.py
+++ b/syncmaster/schemas/v1/transfers/file_format.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     JSON_FORMAT,
     JSONLINE_FORMAT,
     ORC_FORMAT,
+    PARQUET_FORMAT,
     XML_FORMAT,
 )
 
@@ -50,3 +51,7 @@ class XML(BaseModel):
 
 class ORC(BaseModel):
     type: ORC_FORMAT
+
+
+class Parquet(BaseModel):
+    type: PARQUET_FORMAT
diff --git a/tests/test_unit/test_transfers/test_create_transfer.py b/tests/test_unit/test_transfers/test_create_transfer.py
index 954872bd..f60526a6 100644
--- a/tests/test_unit/test_transfers/test_create_transfer.py
+++ b/tests/test_unit/test_transfers/test_create_transfer.py
@@ -636,11 +636,11 @@ async def test_developer_plus_can_not_create_transfer_with_target_format_json(
                     "context": {
                         "discriminator": "'type'",
                         "tag": "json",
-                        "expected_tags": "'csv', 'jsonline', 'excel', 'xml', 'orc'",
+                        "expected_tags": "'csv', 'jsonline', 'excel', 'xml', 'orc', 'parquet'",
                     },
                     "input": {"type": "json", "lineSep": "\n", "encoding": "utf-8"},
                     "location": ["body", "target_params", "s3", "file_format"],
-                    "message": "Input tag 'json' found using 'type' does not match any of the expected tags: 'csv', 'jsonline', 'excel', 'xml', 'orc'",
+                    "message": "Input tag 'json' found using 'type' does not match any of the expected tags: 'csv', 'jsonline', 'excel', 'xml', 'orc', 'parquet'",
                     "code": "union_tag_invalid",
                 },
             ],
diff --git a/tests/test_unit/test_transfers/test_file_transfers/test_create_transfer.py b/tests/test_unit/test_transfers/test_file_transfers/test_create_transfer.py
index a16cdf20..e5c97c2c 100644
--- a/tests/test_unit/test_transfers/test_file_transfers/test_create_transfer.py
+++ b/tests/test_unit/test_transfers/test_file_transfers/test_create_transfer.py
@@ -73,6 +73,16 @@
                 "some": "option",
             },
         },
+        {
+            "type": "s3",
+            "directory_path": "/some/parquet/path",
+            "file_format": {
+                "type": "parquet",
+            },
+            "options": {
+                "some": "option",
+            },
+        },
     ],
 )
 async def test_developer_plus_can_create_s3_transfer(
@@ -157,6 +167,9 @@ async def test_developer_plus_can_create_s3_transfer(
         "orc": {
             "type": "orc",
         },
+        "parquet": {
+            "type": "parquet",
+        },
     }
 
     for params in (transfer.source_params, transfer.target_params):
@@ -211,6 +224,13 @@ async def test_developer_plus_can_create_s3_transfer(
                 "type": "orc",
             },
         },
+        {
+            "type": "hdfs",
+            "directory_path": "/some/parquet/path",
+            "file_format": {
+                "type": "parquet",
+            },
+        },
     ],
 )
 async def test_developer_plus_can_create_hdfs_transfer(
@@ -296,6 +316,9 @@ async def test_developer_plus_can_create_hdfs_transfer(
         "orc": {
             "type": "orc",
         },
+        "parquet": {
+            "type": "parquet",
+        },
     }
 
     for params in (transfer.source_params, transfer.target_params):
@@ -350,6 +373,13 @@ async def test_developer_plus_can_create_hdfs_transfer(
                 "type": "orc",
             },
         },
+        {
+            "type": "s3",
+            "directory_path": "some/path",
+            "file_format": {
+                "type": "parquet",
+            },
+        },
     ],
 )
 async def test_cannot_create_file_transfer_with_relative_path(
diff --git a/tests/test_unit/test_transfers/test_file_transfers/test_read_transfer.py b/tests/test_unit/test_transfers/test_file_transfers/test_read_transfer.py
index 198b2c13..c6fec34c 100644
--- a/tests/test_unit/test_transfers/test_file_transfers/test_read_transfer.py
+++ b/tests/test_unit/test_transfers/test_file_transfers/test_read_transfer.py
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@
             },
             "options": {},
         },
+        {
+            "type": "s3",
+            "directory_path": "/some/parquet/path",
+            "file_format": {
+                "type": "parquet",
+            },
+            "options": {},
+        },
     ],
 )
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
diff --git a/tests/test_unit/test_transfers/test_file_transfers/test_update_transfer.py b/tests/test_unit/test_transfers/test_file_transfers/test_update_transfer.py
index 99f4043f..cdc8b1c9 100644
--- a/tests/test_unit/test_transfers/test_file_transfers/test_update_transfer.py
+++ b/tests/test_unit/test_transfers/test_file_transfers/test_update_transfer.py
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@
             },
             "options": {},
         },
+        {
+            "type": "s3",
+            "directory_path": "/some/parquet/path",
+            "file_format": {
+                "type": "parquet",
+            },
+            "options": {},
+        },
     ],
 )
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(