diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8a6375823..f5e9ff421 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "arrow-json"
 version = "50.0.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/ArroyoSystems/arrow-rs?branch=50.0.0/json#8b568ec317aa1f2ab7d1e33ea6fef1fc5697c5fc"
+source = "git+https://github.com/ArroyoSystems/arrow-rs?branch=50.0.0/json#61448d628a2cfb7b80bb66b2a47c061bf21a7b1d"
 dependencies = [
  "arrow-array",
  "arrow-buffer",
diff --git a/crates/arroyo-df/src/physical.rs b/crates/arroyo-df/src/physical.rs
index 4e79d4bc5..912beb909 100644
--- a/crates/arroyo-df/src/physical.rs
+++ b/crates/arroyo-df/src/physical.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use arrow::{
     array::{AsArray, BooleanBuilder, TimestampNanosecondBuilder, UInt32Builder},
-    buffer::NullBuffer,
+    buffer::{BooleanBuffer, NullBuffer},
     compute::{concat, kernels::zip, not, take},
 };
 use datafusion_execution::{RecordBatchStream, SendableRecordBatchStream};
@@ -975,10 +975,15 @@ impl ExecutionPlan for ToDebeziumExec {
         partition: usize,
         context: Arc<TaskContext>,
     ) -> DFResult<SendableRecordBatchStream> {
-        let is_retract_index: usize = self.input.schema().index_of(IS_RETRACT_FIELD)?;
+        let is_retract_index = self.input.schema().index_of(IS_RETRACT_FIELD).ok();
         let timestamp_index = self.input.schema().index_of(TIMESTAMP_FIELD)?;
         let struct_projection = (0..self.input.schema().fields().len())
-            .filter(|index| *index != is_retract_index && *index != timestamp_index)
+            .filter(|index| {
+                is_retract_index
+                    .map(|is_retract_index| *index != is_retract_index)
+                    .unwrap_or(true)
+                    && *index != timestamp_index
+            })
             .collect();
         Ok(Box::pin(ToDebeziumStream {
             input: self.input.execute(partition, context)?,
@@ -997,7 +1002,7 @@ impl ExecutionPlan for ToDebeziumExec {
 struct ToDebeziumStream {
     input: SendableRecordBatchStream,
     schema: SchemaRef,
-    is_retract_index: usize,
+    is_retract_index: Option<usize>,
     timestamp_index: usize,
     struct_projection: Vec<usize>,
 }
@@ -1005,11 +1010,30 @@ struct ToDebeziumStream {
 impl ToDebeziumStream {
     fn as_debezium_batch(&mut self, batch: &RecordBatch) -> DFResult<RecordBatch> {
         let value_struct = batch.project(&self.struct_projection)?;
-        let is_retract = batch
-            .column(self.is_retract_index)
-            .as_any()
-            .downcast_ref::<BooleanArray>()
-            .unwrap();
+        let timestamp_column = batch.column(self.timestamp_index).clone();
+        match self.is_retract_index {
+            Some(retract_index) => self.create_debezium(
+                value_struct,
+                timestamp_column,
+                batch
+                    .column(retract_index)
+                    .as_any()
+                    .downcast_ref::<BooleanArray>()
+                    .unwrap(),
+            ),
+            None => {
+                let is_retract_array =
+                    BooleanArray::new(BooleanBuffer::new_unset(batch.num_rows()), None);
+                self.create_debezium(value_struct, timestamp_column, &is_retract_array)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    fn create_debezium(
+        &mut self,
+        value_struct: RecordBatch,
+        timestamp_column: Arc<dyn Array>,
+        is_retract: &BooleanArray,
+    ) -> DFResult<RecordBatch> {
         let after_nullability = Some(NullBuffer::new(not(is_retract)?.values().clone()));
         let after_array = StructArray::try_new(
             value_struct.schema().fields().clone(),
@@ -1025,7 +1049,6 @@ impl ToDebeziumStream {
         let append_datum = StringArray::new_scalar("c");
         let retract_datum = StringArray::new_scalar("d");
         let op_array = zip::zip(is_retract, &retract_datum, &append_datum)?;
-        let timestamp_column = batch.column(self.timestamp_index).clone();
 
         let columns = vec![
             Arc::new(before_array),
diff --git a/crates/arroyo-formats/src/ser.rs b/crates/arroyo-formats/src/ser.rs
index 8ec1cb74a..2de9f4156 100644
--- a/crates/arroyo-formats/src/ser.rs
+++ b/crates/arroyo-formats/src/ser.rs
@@ -348,8 +348,8 @@ mod tests {
         .unwrap();
 
         let mut iter = serializer.serialize(&batch);
-        assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), br#"{"value":1612274910045.332}"#);
+        assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), br#"{"value":1612274910045}"#);
         assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), br#"{"value":null}"#);
-        assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), br#"{"value":1712274910045.332}"#);
+        assert_eq!(iter.next().unwrap(), br#"{"value":1712274910045}"#);
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/arroyo-sql-testing/golden_outputs/debezium_coercion.json b/crates/arroyo-sql-testing/golden_outputs/debezium_coercion.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..378b7a567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/arroyo-sql-testing/golden_outputs/debezium_coercion.json
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+{"after":{"counter":0},"before":null,"op":"c"}
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+{"after":{"counter":2},"before":null,"op":"c"}
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diff --git a/crates/arroyo-sql-testing/src/test/queries/debezium_coercion.sql b/crates/arroyo-sql-testing/src/test/queries/debezium_coercion.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84ef47626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/arroyo-sql-testing/src/test/queries/debezium_coercion.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+CREATE TABLE impulse_source
+(
+    timestamp     TIMESTAMP,
+    counter       bigint unsigned not null,
+    subtask_index bigint unsigned not null
+) WITH (
+      connector = 'single_file',
+      path = '$input_dir/impulse.json',
+      format = 'json',
+      type = 'source'
+      );
+CREATE TABLE output
+(
+    counter bigint
+) WITH (
+      connector = 'single_file',
+      path = '$output_path',
+      format = 'debezium_json',
+      type = 'sink'
+);
+
+INSERT INTO output
+SELECT counter
+FROM impulse_source;
\ No newline at end of file