diff --git a/open-api/rest-catalog-open-api.py b/open-api/rest-catalog-open-api.py
index 9cae07dd106e..458b2fa56bc9 100644
--- a/open-api/rest-catalog-open-api.py
+++ b/open-api/rest-catalog-open-api.py
@@ -502,6 +502,10 @@ class PlanStatus(BaseModel):
 class RegisterTableRequest(BaseModel):
     name: str
     metadata_location: str = Field(..., alias='metadata-location')
+    overwrite: Optional[bool] = Field(
+        False,
+        description='Whether to overwrite table metadata if the table already exists',
+    )
 
 
 class TokenType(BaseModel):
diff --git a/open-api/rest-catalog-open-api.yaml b/open-api/rest-catalog-open-api.yaml
index 4b82fb3a3b0e..313413b1654e 100644
--- a/open-api/rest-catalog-open-api.yaml
+++ b/open-api/rest-catalog-open-api.yaml
@@ -3463,6 +3463,10 @@ components:
           type: string
         metadata-location:
           type: string
+        overwrite:
+          description: Whether to overwrite table metadata if the table already exists
+          type: boolean
+          default: false
 
     CreateViewRequest:
       type: object