diff --git a/gobblin-data-management/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/data/management/copy/iceberg/IcebergTable.java b/gobblin-data-management/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/data/management/copy/iceberg/IcebergTable.java
index 1a56a8d93c..e802e10297 100644
--- a/gobblin-data-management/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/data/management/copy/iceberg/IcebergTable.java
+++ b/gobblin-data-management/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/data/management/copy/iceberg/IcebergTable.java
@@ -212,8 +212,9 @@ public DatasetDescriptor getDatasetDescriptor(FileSystem fs) {
    * @param dstMetadata is null if destination {@link IcebergTable} is absent, in which case registration is skipped */
   protected void registerIcebergTable(TableMetadata srcMetadata, TableMetadata dstMetadata) {
     if (dstMetadata != null) {
-      // use current destination metadata as 'base metadata' and source as 'updated metadata' while committing
-      this.tableOps.commit(dstMetadata, srcMetadata.replaceProperties(dstMetadata.properties()));
+      // Use current destination metadata as 'base metadata', but commit the source-side metadata
+      // to synchronize source-side property deletion over to the destination
+      this.tableOps.commit(dstMetadata, srcMetadata);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/gobblin-data-management/src/test/java/org/apache/gobblin/data/management/copy/iceberg/IcebergTableTest.java b/gobblin-data-management/src/test/java/org/apache/gobblin/data/management/copy/iceberg/IcebergTableTest.java
index 096962320a..a1a29444ed 100644
--- a/gobblin-data-management/src/test/java/org/apache/gobblin/data/management/copy/iceberg/IcebergTableTest.java
+++ b/gobblin-data-management/src/test/java/org/apache/gobblin/data/management/copy/iceberg/IcebergTableTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.PartitionSpec;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Table;
+import org.apache.iceberg.TableMetadata;
 import org.apache.iceberg.avro.AvroSchemaUtil;
 import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.Namespace;
 import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.TableIdentifier;
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 
 
@@ -181,6 +184,33 @@ public void testGetIncrementalSnapshotInfosIteratorRepeatedFiles() throws IOExce
     }
   }
 
+  /** Verify that registerIcebergTable will update existing table properties */
+  @Test
+  public void testNewTablePropertiesAreRegistered() throws Exception {
+    Map<String, String> srcTableProperties = Maps.newHashMap();
+    Map<String, String> destTableProperties = Maps.newHashMap();
+
+    srcTableProperties.put("newKey", "newValue");
+    // Expect the old value to be overwritten by the new value
+    srcTableProperties.put("testKey", "testValueNew");
+    destTableProperties.put("testKey", "testValueOld");
+    // Expect existing property values to be deleted if it does not exist on the source
+    destTableProperties.put("deletedTableProperty", "deletedTablePropertyValue");
+
+    TableIdentifier destTableId = TableIdentifier.of(dbName, "destTable");
+    catalog.createTable(destTableId, icebergSchema, null, destTableProperties);
+
+    IcebergTable destIcebergTable = new IcebergTable(destTableId, catalog.newTableOps(destTableId), catalogUri);
+    // Mock a source table with the same table UUID copying new properties
+    TableMetadata newSourceTableProperties = destIcebergTable.accessTableMetadata().replaceProperties(srcTableProperties);
+
+    destIcebergTable.registerIcebergTable(newSourceTableProperties, destIcebergTable.accessTableMetadata());
+    Assert.assertEquals(destIcebergTable.accessTableMetadata().properties().size(), 2);
+    Assert.assertEquals(destIcebergTable.accessTableMetadata().properties().get("newKey"), "newValue");
+    Assert.assertEquals(destIcebergTable.accessTableMetadata().properties().get("testKey"), "testValueNew");
+    Assert.assertNull(destIcebergTable.accessTableMetadata().properties().get("deletedTableProperty"));
+  }
+
   /** full validation for a particular {@link IcebergSnapshotInfo} */
   protected void verifySnapshotInfo(IcebergSnapshotInfo snapshotInfo, List<List<String>> perSnapshotFilesets, int overallNumSnapshots) {
     // verify metadata file