diff --git a/axiom/sql/presto/ast/AstBuilder.cpp b/axiom/sql/presto/ast/AstBuilder.cpp
index ec24af4b5..e5e5c4af0 100644
--- a/axiom/sql/presto/ast/AstBuilder.cpp
+++ b/axiom/sql/presto/ast/AstBuilder.cpp
@@ -544,6 +544,17 @@ std::any AstBuilder::visitAliasedRelation(
 std::any AstBuilder::visitTableName(PrestoSqlParser::TableNameContext* ctx) {
   trace("visitTableName");
 
+  // The grammar accepts `FOR ... AS OF`/`BEFORE`, but no layer below the parser
+  // reads a chosen snapshot yet. Reject it rather than build a Table that drops
+  // the clause, which would read the current snapshot as if no version were
+  // given.
+  if (ctx->tableVersionExpression() != nullptr) {
+    AXIOM_PRESTO_SYNTAX_FAIL(
+        getLocation(ctx->tableVersionExpression()),
+        ctx->tableVersionExpression()->getText(),
+        "Table version (time travel) is not supported yet");
+  }
+
   return std::static_pointer_cast<Relation>(std::make_shared<Table>(
       getLocation(ctx), getQualifiedName(ctx->qualifiedName())));
 }
diff --git a/axiom/sql/presto/tests/PrestoParserTest.cpp b/axiom/sql/presto/tests/PrestoParserTest.cpp
index e41621ea9..743ea25cc 100644
--- a/axiom/sql/presto/tests/PrestoParserTest.cpp
+++ b/axiom/sql/presto/tests/PrestoParserTest.cpp
@@ -1177,6 +1177,24 @@ TEST_F(PrestoParserTest, tablesample) {
   }
 }
 
+TEST_F(PrestoParserTest, tableVersion) {
+  // The grammar accepts a FOR ... AS OF clause, but nothing below the parser
+  // reads it yet. Rejecting here keeps a versioned reference from silently
+  // reading the current snapshot.
+  auto verify = [&](std::string_view version) {
+    SCOPED_TRACE(version);
+    AXIOM_EXPECT_PRESTO_SYNTAX_ERROR(
+        parseSql(fmt::format("SELECT * FROM nation {}", version)),
+        "Table version (time travel) is not supported yet");
+  };
+
+  verify("FOR VERSION AS OF 8");
+  verify("FOR VERSION BEFORE 8");
+  verify("FOR SYSTEM_VERSION AS OF 8");
+  verify("FOR TIMESTAMP AS OF TIMESTAMP '2020-01-01 00:00:00'");
+  verify("FOR SYSTEM_TIME BEFORE TIMESTAMP '2020-01-01 00:00:00'");
+}
+
 TEST_F(PrestoParserTest, everything) {
   auto matcher = matchScan()
                      .join(matchScan().build())