diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/Sheet/test/v2/utils/utils.test.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/Sheet/test/v2/utils/utils.test.ts
index 2988ade4579..60b49a87d25 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/Sheet/test/v2/utils/utils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/Sheet/test/v2/utils/utils.test.ts
@@ -473,18 +473,18 @@ describe('Test Google Sheets, lookupValues', () => {
 });
 
 describe('Test Google Sheets, checkForSchemaChanges', () => {
-	it('should not to throw error', async () => {
-		const node: INode = {
-			id: '1',
-			name: 'Google Sheets',
-			typeVersion: 4.4,
-			type: 'n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets',
-			position: [60, 760],
-			parameters: {
-				operation: 'append',
-			},
-		};
+	const node: INode = {
+		id: '1',
+		name: 'Google Sheets',
+		typeVersion: 4.4,
+		type: 'n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets',
+		position: [60, 760],
+		parameters: {
+			operation: 'append',
+		},
+	};
 
+	it('should not throw when columns match exactly', () => {
 		expect(() =>
 			checkForSchemaChanges(node, ['id', 'name', 'data'], [
 				{ id: 'id' },
@@ -493,18 +493,8 @@ describe('Test Google Sheets, checkForSchemaChanges', () => {
 			] as ResourceMapperField[]),
 		).not.toThrow();
 	});
-	it('should throw error when columns were renamed', async () => {
-		const node: INode = {
-			id: '1',
-			name: 'Google Sheets',
-			typeVersion: 4.4,
-			type: 'n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets',
-			position: [60, 760],
-			parameters: {
-				operation: 'append',
-			},
-		};
 
+	it('should throw when a schema column is missing from the sheet', () => {
 		expect(() =>
 			checkForSchemaChanges(node, ['id', 'name', 'data'], [
 				{ id: 'id' },
@@ -514,18 +504,7 @@ describe('Test Google Sheets, checkForSchemaChanges', () => {
 		).toThrow("Column names were updated after the node's setup");
 	});
 
-	it('should filter out empty columns  without throwing an error', async () => {
-		const node: INode = {
-			id: '1',
-			name: 'Google Sheets',
-			typeVersion: 4.4,
-			type: 'n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets',
-			position: [60, 760],
-			parameters: {
-				operation: 'append',
-			},
-		};
-
+	it('should filter out empty columns without throwing', () => {
 		expect(() =>
 			checkForSchemaChanges(node, ['', '', 'id', 'name', 'data'], [
 				{ id: 'id' },
@@ -534,6 +513,42 @@ describe('Test Google Sheets, checkForSchemaChanges', () => {
 			] as ResourceMapperField[]),
 		).not.toThrow();
 	});
+
+	it('should not throw when columns are reordered', () => {
+		expect(() =>
+			checkForSchemaChanges(node, ['data', 'id', 'name'], [
+				{ id: 'id' },
+				{ id: 'name' },
+				{ id: 'data' },
+			] as ResourceMapperField[]),
+		).not.toThrow();
+	});
+
+	it('should not throw when new columns are inserted', () => {
+		expect(() =>
+			checkForSchemaChanges(node, ['id', 'owner_email', 'name', 'data'], [
+				{ id: 'id' },
+				{ id: 'name' },
+				{ id: 'data' },
+			] as ResourceMapperField[]),
+		).not.toThrow();
+	});
+
+	it('should throw and list only the missing columns', () => {
+		try {
+			checkForSchemaChanges(node, ['id', 'name'], [
+				{ id: 'id' },
+				{ id: 'name' },
+				{ id: 'data' },
+			] as ResourceMapperField[]);
+			fail('Expected checkForSchemaChanges to throw');
+		} catch (error) {
+			expect(error.message).toBe("Column names were updated after the node's setup");
+			expect(error.description).toBe(
+				"Refresh the columns list in the 'Column to Match On' parameter. Missing columns: data",
+			);
+		}
+	});
 });
 
 describe('Test Google Sheets, getSpreadsheetId', () => {
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/Sheet/v2/helpers/GoogleSheets.utils.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/Sheet/v2/helpers/GoogleSheets.utils.ts
index 8ba6d03956d..7435fec736a 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/Sheet/v2/helpers/GoogleSheets.utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Google/Sheet/v2/helpers/GoogleSheets.utils.ts
@@ -360,26 +360,19 @@ export function checkForSchemaChanges(
 	columnNames: string[],
 	schema: ResourceMapperField[],
 ) {
-	const updatedColumnNames: Array<{ oldName: string; newName: string }> = [];
 	// RMC filters out empty columns so do the same here
-	columnNames = columnNames.filter((col) => col !== '');
+	const liveColumns = new Set(columnNames.filter((col) => col !== ''));
 
 	// if sheet does not contain ROW_NUMBER ignore it as data come from read rows operation
-	const schemaColumns = columnNames.includes(ROW_NUMBER)
+	const schemaColumns = liveColumns.has(ROW_NUMBER)
 		? schema.map((s) => s.id)
 		: schema.filter((s) => s.id !== ROW_NUMBER).map((s) => s.id);
 
-	for (const [columnIndex, columnName] of columnNames.entries()) {
-		const schemaEntry = schemaColumns[columnIndex];
-		if (schemaEntry === undefined) break;
-		if (columnName !== schemaEntry) {
-			updatedColumnNames.push({ oldName: schemaEntry, newName: columnName });
-		}
-	}
+	const missingColumns = schemaColumns.filter((col) => !liveColumns.has(col));
 
-	if (updatedColumnNames.length) {
+	if (missingColumns.length) {
 		throw new NodeOperationError(node, "Column names were updated after the node's setup", {
-			description: `Refresh the columns list in the 'Column to Match On' parameter. Updated columns: ${updatedColumnNames.map((c) => `${c.oldName} -> ${c.newName}`).join(', ')}`,
+			description: `Refresh the columns list in the 'Column to Match On' parameter. Missing columns: ${missingColumns.join(', ')}`,
 		});
 	}
 }