diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 540598d089ce0..d35c798c70849 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -340,7 +340,6 @@ repos:
               ^airflow\/providers\/apache\/spark\/operators\/spark_submit.py\.py$|
               ^airflow\/providers\/google\/cloud\/operators\/vertex_ai\/auto_ml\.py$|
               ^airflow\/providers\/apache\/spark\/operators\/spark_submit\.py$|
-              ^airflow\/providers\/apache\/spark\/operators\/spark_sql\.py$|
               ^airflow\/providers\/databricks\/operators\/databricks_sql\.py$|
           )$
       - id: ruff
diff --git a/airflow/providers/apache/spark/operators/spark_sql.py b/airflow/providers/apache/spark/operators/spark_sql.py
index 47487fa384057..7e48b748c603f 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/apache/spark/operators/spark_sql.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/apache/spark/operators/spark_sql.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Sequence
 
+from deprecated import deprecated
+
+from airflow.exceptions import AirflowProviderDeprecationWarning
 from airflow.models import BaseOperator
 from airflow.providers.apache.spark.hooks.spark_sql import SparkSqlHook
 
@@ -52,9 +55,9 @@ class SparkSqlOperator(BaseOperator):
         (Default: The ``queue`` value set in the Connection, or ``"default"``)
     """
 
-    template_fields: Sequence[str] = ("_sql",)
+    template_fields: Sequence[str] = ("sql",)
     template_ext: Sequence[str] = (".sql", ".hql")
-    template_fields_renderers = {"_sql": "sql"}
+    template_fields_renderers = {"sql": "sql"}
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ def __init__(
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
-        self._sql = sql
+        self.sql = sql
         self._conf = conf
         self._conn_id = conn_id
         self._total_executor_cores = total_executor_cores
@@ -90,6 +93,15 @@ def __init__(
         self._yarn_queue = yarn_queue
         self._hook: SparkSqlHook | None = None
 
+    @property
+    @deprecated(
+        reason="`_sql` is deprecated and will be removed in the future. Please use `sql` instead.",
+        category=AirflowProviderDeprecationWarning,
+    )
+    def _sql(self):
+        """Alias for ``sql``, used for compatibility (deprecated)."""
+        return self.sql
+
     def execute(self, context: Context) -> None:
         """Call the SparkSqlHook to run the provided sql query."""
         if self._hook is None: