diff --git a/packages/context/src/ingest/adapters/metabase/client-port.ts b/packages/context/src/ingest/adapters/metabase/client-port.ts
index 2eec804e..a5fdb6ce 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/ingest/adapters/metabase/client-port.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/ingest/adapters/metabase/client-port.ts
@@ -116,11 +116,17 @@ interface MetabaseNativeStage {
   'template-tags'?: Record<string, MetabaseTemplateTag>;
 }
 
+interface MetabaseLegacyNativeQuery {
+  query?: string;
+  'template-tags'?: Record<string, MetabaseTemplateTag>;
+}
+
 export interface MetabaseDatasetQuery {
   'lib/type'?: 'mbql/query';
   database?: number;
   type?: 'native' | 'query';
   stages?: MetabaseNativeStage[];
+  native?: MetabaseLegacyNativeQuery;
 }
 
 export interface MetabaseNativeQueryResult {
diff --git a/packages/context/src/ingest/adapters/metabase/client.test.ts b/packages/context/src/ingest/adapters/metabase/client.test.ts
index 431efe76..1c0fdfa9 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/ingest/adapters/metabase/client.test.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/ingest/adapters/metabase/client.test.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,21 @@ function nativeCard(query: string, templateTags: Record<string, MetabaseTemplate
   };
 }
 
+function legacyNativeCard(query: string, templateTags: Record<string, MetabaseTemplateTag> = {}): MetabaseCard {
+  return {
+    id: 1,
+    name: 'Legacy native card',
+    type: 'model',
+    query_type: 'native',
+    database_id: 6,
+    dataset_query: {
+      type: 'native',
+      database: 6,
+      native: { query, 'template-tags': templateTags },
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 describe('DefaultMetabaseConnectionClientFactory', () => {
   it('resolves runtime credentials by the explicit Metabase source connection id and merges overrides', async () => {
     const resolveCredentials = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(runtime);
@@ -274,6 +289,25 @@ describe('getDummyValueForWidgetType', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('MetabaseClient legacy native dataset query support', () => {
+  it('reads SQL and template tags from dataset_query.native', async () => {
+    const client = new MetabaseClient(runtime, fastRetryConfig);
+    const card = legacyNativeCard('SELECT * FROM orders WHERE status = {{ status }}', {
+      status: {
+        name: 'status',
+        type: 'text',
+        default: 'paid',
+      },
+    });
+
+    expect(client.getNativeSql(card)).toBe('SELECT * FROM orders WHERE status = {{ status }}');
+    expect(client.getTemplateTags(card)).toEqual({
+      status: expect.objectContaining({ name: 'status', type: 'text' }),
+    });
+    await expect(client.getCardSql(card)).resolves.toBe('SELECT * FROM orders WHERE status = {{ status }}');
+  });
+});
+
 describe('MetabaseClient.getResolvedSql', () => {
   function makeClient(setup?: (client: MetabaseClient) => void): MetabaseClient {
     const client = new MetabaseClient({ apiUrl: 'http://test', apiKey: 'k' });
diff --git a/packages/context/src/ingest/adapters/metabase/client.ts b/packages/context/src/ingest/adapters/metabase/client.ts
index 2ab8b81a..1962bfe0 100644
--- a/packages/context/src/ingest/adapters/metabase/client.ts
+++ b/packages/context/src/ingest/adapters/metabase/client.ts
@@ -150,6 +150,9 @@ function injectNativeSql(datasetQuery: MetabaseDatasetQuery, sql: string): Metab
     stages[0] = { ...stages[0], native: sql };
     return { ...datasetQuery, stages };
   }
+  if (datasetQuery?.native?.query !== undefined) {
+    return { ...datasetQuery, native: { ...datasetQuery.native, query: sql } };
+  }
   return datasetQuery;
 }
 
@@ -368,11 +371,11 @@ export class MetabaseClient implements MetabaseRuntimeClient {
   }
 
   getNativeSql(card: MetabaseCard): string | null {
-    return card.dataset_query?.stages?.[0]?.native ?? null;
+    return card.dataset_query?.stages?.[0]?.native ?? card.dataset_query?.native?.query ?? null;
   }
 
   getTemplateTags(card: MetabaseCard): Record<string, MetabaseTemplateTag> {
-    return card.dataset_query?.stages?.[0]?.['template-tags'] ?? {};
+    return card.dataset_query?.stages?.[0]?.['template-tags'] ?? card.dataset_query?.native?.['template-tags'] ?? {};
   }
 
   async getCardSql(card: MetabaseCard): Promise<string | null> {