diff --git a/DESCRIPTION.md b/DESCRIPTION.md
index 52518bc05a..3be367c8ca 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION.md
+++ b/DESCRIPTION.md
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ Source code is also available at: https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-conne
   - Fixed a bug where timezoned timestamps fetched as pandas.DataFrame or pyarrow.Table would overflow for the sake of unnecessary precision. In the case where an overflow cannot be prevented a clear error will be raised now.
   - Fix OAuth authenticator values.
   - Add `unsafe_skip_file_permissions_check` flag to skip file permissions check on cache and config.
-  - Introduce snowflake_version property to the connection
+  - Introduce snowflake_version property to the connection.
   - Added basic json support for Interval types.
   - Moved `OAUTH_TYPE` to `CLIENT_ENVIROMENT`.
   - Fix bug where PAT with external session authenticator was used while `external_session_id` was not provided in `SnowflakeRestful.fetch`
   - Added support for parameter `use_vectorized_scanner` in function `write_pandas`.
+  - Fixed GCS staging by ensuring the endpoint has a scheme.
   - Fix unclear error messages in case of incorrect `authenticator` values.
   - Fix case-sensitivity of `Oauth` and `programmatic_access_token` authenticator values.
   - Relaxed `pyarrow` version constraint, versions >= 19 can now be used.
diff --git a/src/snowflake/connector/gcs_storage_client.py b/src/snowflake/connector/gcs_storage_client.py
index 2f07aacbe3..6fc7cdb950 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/connector/gcs_storage_client.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/connector/gcs_storage_client.py
@@ -438,6 +438,8 @@ def get_location(
         if endpoint:
             if endpoint.endswith("/"):
                 endpoint = endpoint[:-1]
+            if not endpoint.startswith("https://"):
+                endpoint = "https://" + endpoint
             return GcsLocation(bucket_name=container_name, path=path, endpoint=endpoint)
         elif use_virtual_url:
             return GcsLocation(
diff --git a/test/unit/test_gcs_client.py b/test/unit/test_gcs_client.py
index eeed8690f7..0effed2a9f 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_gcs_client.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_gcs_client.py
@@ -432,6 +432,14 @@ def test_get_file_header_none_with_presigned_url(tmp_path):
             True,
             "https://overriddenurl.com/filename",
         ),
+        (
+            "US-CENTRAL1",
+            "https://overriddenurl.com",
+            False,
+            "overriddenurl.com",
+            True,
+            "https://overriddenurl.com/filename",
+        ),
     ],
 )
 def test_url(