diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/catalog/AbstractDeltaCatalog.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/catalog/AbstractDeltaCatalog.scala
index 4f0611bcdb1..df39f2fff51 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/catalog/AbstractDeltaCatalog.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/catalog/AbstractDeltaCatalog.scala
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 import scala.collection.immutable.ListMap
 import scala.collection.mutable
 
+import io.delta.storage.commit.uccommitcoordinator.UCCommitCoordinatorClient.UC_TABLE_ID_KEY
+import io.delta.storage.commit.uccommitcoordinator.UCCommitCoordinatorClient.UC_TABLE_ID_KEY_OLD
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.skipping.clustering.ClusteredTableUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.skipping.clustering.temp.{ClusterBy, ClusterBySpec}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.skipping.clustering.temp.{ClusterByTransform => TempClusterByTransform}
@@ -42,7 +44,6 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.stats.StatisticsCollection
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.tablefeatures.DropFeature
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.util.{Utils => DeltaUtils}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.util.PartitionUtils
-import org.apache.spark.sql.util.ScalaExtensions._
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkException
@@ -378,11 +379,12 @@ class AbstractDeltaCatalog extends DelegatingCatalogExtension
       if (DeltaSourceUtils.isDeltaDataSourceName(getProvider(properties))) {
         // TODO: we should extract write options from table properties for all the cases. We
         //       can remove the UC check when we have confidence.
-        val respectOptions = isUnityCatalog || properties.containsKey("test.simulateUC")
-        val (props, writeOptions) = if (respectOptions) {
+        val isUC = isUnityCatalog || properties.containsKey("test.simulateUC")
+        val (props, writeOptions) = if (isUC) {
           val (props, writeOptions) = getTablePropsAndWriteOptions(properties)
           expandTableProps(props, writeOptions, spark.sessionState.conf)
           props.remove("test.simulateUC")
+          translateUCTableIdProperty(props)
           (props, writeOptions)
         } else {
           (properties, Map.empty[String, String])
@@ -602,6 +604,18 @@ class AbstractDeltaCatalog extends DelegatingCatalogExtension
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The UC table ID property was renamed from an old name. In a transition period we need to
+   * translate the old UC table ID property name set by caller to new one. And in case both the new
+   * and old properties are set, remove the old one. Later in UC server it might throw error if it
+   * sees both.
+   * TODO: clean up once callers are migrated.
+   */
+  private def translateUCTableIdProperty(props: util.Map[String, String]): Unit = {
+    val oldTableIdProperty = Option(props.remove(UC_TABLE_ID_KEY_OLD))
+    oldTableIdProperty.foreach(props.putIfAbsent(UC_TABLE_ID_KEY, _))
+  }
+
   /**
    * A staged delta table, which creates a HiveMetaStore entry and appends data if this was a
    * CTAS/RTAS command. We have a ugly way of using this API right now, but it's the best way to
diff --git a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/DeltaDDLSuite.scala b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/DeltaDDLSuite.scala
index a4fd227dabf..9a4a1080a02 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/DeltaDDLSuite.scala
+++ b/spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/delta/DeltaDDLSuite.scala
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.delta
 // scalastyle:off import.ordering.noEmptyLine
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 
+import io.delta.storage.commit.uccommitcoordinator.UCCommitCoordinatorClient.UC_TABLE_ID_KEY
+import io.delta.storage.commit.uccommitcoordinator.UCCommitCoordinatorClient.UC_TABLE_ID_KEY_OLD
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.schema.InvariantViolationException
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.sources.DeltaSQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.delta.test.DeltaSQLCommandTest
@@ -133,6 +135,47 @@ class DeltaDDLSuite extends DeltaDDLTestBase with SharedSparkSession
       }
     }
   }
+
+  test("CREATE TABLE should translate old property `ucTableId` to `io.unitycatalog.tableId`") {
+    for (withBothNewAndOldProperty <- Seq(false, true)) {
+      withTempDir { dir =>
+        withTable("t") {
+          val path = dir.getCanonicalPath
+
+          if (withBothNewAndOldProperty) {
+            // Create table with old and new property key using test.simulateUC to simulate Unity
+            // Catalog
+            sql(s"""
+               |CREATE TABLE t (id INT) USING delta LOCATION '$path'
+               |TBLPROPERTIES (
+               |  test.simulateUC=true,
+               |  '$UC_TABLE_ID_KEY_OLD' = 'some-other-id',
+               |  '$UC_TABLE_ID_KEY' = 'correct-table-id'
+               |)
+               |""".stripMargin)
+          } else {
+            // Create table with old property key using test.simulateUC to simulate Unity Catalog
+            sql(s"""
+               |CREATE TABLE t (id INT) USING delta LOCATION '$path'
+               |TBLPROPERTIES (
+               |  test.simulateUC=true,
+               |  '$UC_TABLE_ID_KEY_OLD' = 'correct-table-id'
+               |)
+               |""".stripMargin)
+          }
+
+          val deltaLog = DeltaLog.forTable(spark, TableIdentifier("t"))
+          val properties = deltaLog.snapshot.getProperties
+
+          // Verify the new table id is present with the value from the old key
+          assert(properties.contains(UC_TABLE_ID_KEY),
+            s"New table id key '$UC_TABLE_ID_KEY' should be present in table properties")
+          assert(properties(UC_TABLE_ID_KEY) == "correct-table-id",
+            s"New table id key '$UC_TABLE_ID_KEY' should have value 'correct-table-id'")
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/storage/src/main/java/io/delta/storage/commit/uccommitcoordinator/UCCommitCoordinatorClient.java b/storage/src/main/java/io/delta/storage/commit/uccommitcoordinator/UCCommitCoordinatorClient.java
index dde56241cec..5259753c605 100644
--- a/storage/src/main/java/io/delta/storage/commit/uccommitcoordinator/UCCommitCoordinatorClient.java
+++ b/storage/src/main/java/io/delta/storage/commit/uccommitcoordinator/UCCommitCoordinatorClient.java
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ public UCCommitCoordinatorClient(Map<String, String> conf, UCClient ucClient) {
    * Key for identifying Unity Catalog table ID in `delta.coordinatedCommits.tableConf{-preview}`.
    */
   final static public String UC_TABLE_ID_KEY = "io.unitycatalog.tableId";
+  // Previously this key was ucTableId. It was later renamed.
+  final static public String UC_TABLE_ID_KEY_OLD = "ucTableId";
 
   /**
    * Key for identifying Unity Catalog metastore ID in