diff --git a/providers/apache/hive/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/sensors/hive_partition.py b/providers/apache/hive/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/sensors/hive_partition.py
index 6b2141600ae37..5fcf33aa52620 100644
--- a/providers/apache/hive/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/sensors/hive_partition.py
+++ b/providers/apache/hive/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/sensors/hive_partition.py
@@ -63,11 +63,9 @@ def __init__(
         **kwargs: Any,
     ):
         super().__init__(poke_interval=poke_interval, **kwargs)
-        if not partition:
-            partition = "ds='{{ ds }}'"
         self.metastore_conn_id = metastore_conn_id
         self.table = table
-        self.partition = partition
+        self.partition = partition or "ds='{{ ds }}'"
         self.schema = schema
 
     def poke(self, context: Context) -> bool:
diff --git a/providers/apache/hive/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/sensors/named_hive_partition.py b/providers/apache/hive/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/sensors/named_hive_partition.py
index 250e207e79c2c..8a7d9ac426e8f 100644
--- a/providers/apache/hive/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/sensors/named_hive_partition.py
+++ b/providers/apache/hive/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/sensors/named_hive_partition.py
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ def __init__(
         super().__init__(poke_interval=poke_interval, **kwargs)
 
         self.next_index_to_poke = 0
-        if isinstance(partition_names, str):
-            raise TypeError("partition_names must be an array of strings")
-
         self.metastore_conn_id = metastore_conn_id
         self.partition_names = partition_names
         self.hook = hook
@@ -95,6 +92,8 @@ def poke_partition(self, partition: str) -> Any:
         return self.hook.check_for_named_partition(schema, table, partition)
 
     def poke(self, context: Context) -> bool:
+        if isinstance(self.partition_names, str):
+            raise TypeError("partition_names must be an array of strings")
         number_of_partitions = len(self.partition_names)
         poke_index_start = self.next_index_to_poke
         for i in range(number_of_partitions):
diff --git a/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/sensors/test_named_hive_partition.py b/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/sensors/test_named_hive_partition.py
index 5c8fb7099baac..8445ac63fc5c9 100644
--- a/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/sensors/test_named_hive_partition.py
+++ b/providers/apache/hive/tests/unit/apache/hive/sensors/test_named_hive_partition.py
@@ -114,6 +114,38 @@ def test_poke_non_existing(self):
             self.database, self.table, f"{self.partition_by}={self.next_day}"
         )
 
+    def test_native_templated_partition_names(self):
+        self.hook.metastore.__enter__().check_for_named_partition.return_value = True
+        partitions = [f"{self.database}.{self.table}/{self.partition_by}={DEFAULT_DATE_DS}"]
+        dag = DAG(
+            "named_hive_native",
+            schedule=None,
+            start_date=DEFAULT_DATE,
+            render_template_as_native_obj=True,
+        )
+        sensor = NamedHivePartitionSensor(
+            partition_names="{{ params.names }}",
+            task_id="test_native_templated_partition_names",
+            poke_interval=1,
+            hook=self.hook,
+            params={"names": partitions},
+            dag=dag,
+        )
+        sensor.render_template_fields({"params": {"names": partitions}})
+        assert sensor.partition_names == partitions
+        assert sensor.poke(None)
+
+    def test_poke_rejects_str_partition_names(self):
+        """partition_names is validated at poke now, so a rendered str raises there, not in __init__."""
+        sensor = NamedHivePartitionSensor(
+            partition_names="not-a-list",
+            task_id="test_poke_rejects_str_partition_names",
+            poke_interval=1,
+            hook=self.hook,
+        )
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="partition_names must be an array of strings"):
+            sensor.poke(None)
+
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
     "AIRFLOW_RUNALL_TESTS" not in os.environ, reason="Skipped because AIRFLOW_RUNALL_TESTS is not set"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/prek/validate_operators_init_exemptions.txt b/scripts/ci/prek/validate_operators_init_exemptions.txt
index b78123db0dc66..a1ee49e1431c8 100644
--- a/scripts/ci/prek/validate_operators_init_exemptions.txt
+++ b/scripts/ci/prek/validate_operators_init_exemptions.txt
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ providers/amazon/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/transfers/base.py::AwsToAwsBas
 providers/amazon/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/transfers/gcs_to_s3.py::GCSToS3Operator
 providers/amazon/src/airflow/providers/amazon/aws/transfers/s3_to_redshift.py::S3ToRedshiftOperator
 providers/anthropic/src/airflow/providers/anthropic/operators/agent.py::AnthropicAgentSessionOperator
-providers/apache/hive/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/sensors/hive_partition.py::HivePartitionSensor
-providers/apache/hive/src/airflow/providers/apache/hive/sensors/named_hive_partition.py::NamedHivePartitionSensor
 providers/apache/kafka/src/airflow/providers/apache/kafka/operators/produce.py::ProduceToTopicOperator
 providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/kueue.py::KubernetesInstallKueueOperator
 providers/cncf/kubernetes/src/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py::KubernetesPodOperator