diff --git a/google/cloud/bigquery/dbapi/cursor.py b/google/cloud/bigquery/dbapi/cursor.py
index 74f8aec4e..1d49d93b7 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigquery/dbapi/cursor.py
+++ b/google/cloud/bigquery/dbapi/cursor.py
@@ -219,10 +219,9 @@ def _try_fetch(self, size=None):
         if self._query_job.dry_run:
             self._query_data = iter([])
             return
-
         is_dml = (
             self._query_job.statement_type
-            and self._query_job.statement_type.upper() != "SELECT"
+            and self._query_job.statement_type.upper() not in ("SELECT", "SCRIPT")
         )
         if is_dml:
             self._query_data = iter([])