diff --git a/standalone-metastore/metastore-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/conf/MetastoreConf.java b/standalone-metastore/metastore-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/conf/MetastoreConf.java
index 7b602e2e8e62..f5c58cb7e9ad 100644
--- a/standalone-metastore/metastore-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/conf/MetastoreConf.java
+++ b/standalone-metastore/metastore-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/conf/MetastoreConf.java
@@ -1872,7 +1872,7 @@ public enum ConfVars {
         "HMS Iceberg Catalog servlet authentication method (simple or jwt)."
     ),
     ICEBERG_CATALOG_CACHE_EXPIRY("metastore.iceberg.catalog.cache.expiry",
-        "hive.metastore.iceberg.catalog.cache.expiry", 60_000L,
+        "hive.metastore.iceberg.catalog.cache.expiry", -1,
         "HMS Iceberg Catalog cache expiry."
     ),
     HTTPSERVER_THREADPOOL_MIN("hive.metastore.httpserver.threadpool.min",
diff --git a/standalone-metastore/metastore-rest-catalog/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/HMSCachingCatalog.java b/standalone-metastore/metastore-rest-catalog/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/HMSCachingCatalog.java
index 6b5d76f818a8..c57e4fb8c19a 100644
--- a/standalone-metastore/metastore-rest-catalog/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/HMSCachingCatalog.java
+++ b/standalone-metastore/metastore-rest-catalog/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/rest/HMSCachingCatalog.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import org.apache.iceberg.CachingCatalog;
+import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
 import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.Catalog;
 import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.Namespace;
 import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.SupportsNamespaces;
@@ -48,6 +49,11 @@ public CATALOG hmsUnwrap() {
     return nsCatalog;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Catalog.TableBuilder buildTable(TableIdentifier identifier, Schema schema) {
+    return nsCatalog.buildTable(identifier, schema);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void createNamespace(Namespace nmspc, Map<String, String> map) {
     nsCatalog.createNamespace(nmspc, map);