diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 072928abdf..c3e581ccb0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3643,7 +3643,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "iceberg",
  "iceberg_test_utils",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
- "serde_json",
  "tokio",
  "typed-builder 0.20.1",
  "uuid",
@@ -3658,7 +3657,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "iceberg_test_utils",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
  "regex",
- "serde_json",
  "sqlx",
  "tempfile",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/crates/catalog/glue/src/catalog.rs b/crates/catalog/glue/src/catalog.rs
index b0e157030f..f4b4a01f9a 100644
--- a/crates/catalog/glue/src/catalog.rs
+++ b/crates/catalog/glue/src/catalog.rs
@@ -395,10 +395,7 @@ impl Catalog for GlueCatalog {
             .metadata;
         let metadata_location = create_metadata_location(&location, 0)?;
 
-        self.file_io
-            .new_output(&metadata_location)?
-            .write(serde_json::to_vec(&metadata)?.into())
-            .await?;
+        metadata.write_to(&self.file_io, &metadata_location).await?;
 
         let glue_table = convert_to_glue_table(
             &table_name,
@@ -463,9 +460,7 @@ impl Catalog for GlueCatalog {
             Some(table) => {
                 let metadata_location = get_metadata_location(&table.parameters)?;
 
-                let input_file = self.file_io.new_input(&metadata_location)?;
-                let metadata_content = input_file.read().await?;
-                let metadata = serde_json::from_slice::<TableMetadata>(&metadata_content)?;
+                let metadata = TableMetadata::read_from(&self.file_io, &metadata_location).await?;
 
                 Table::builder()
                     .file_io(self.file_io())
diff --git a/crates/catalog/hms/src/catalog.rs b/crates/catalog/hms/src/catalog.rs
index d126f2ffa5..72fb8c6b33 100644
--- a/crates/catalog/hms/src/catalog.rs
+++ b/crates/catalog/hms/src/catalog.rs
@@ -353,10 +353,7 @@ impl Catalog for HmsCatalog {
 
         let metadata_location = create_metadata_location(&location, 0)?;
 
-        self.file_io
-            .new_output(&metadata_location)?
-            .write(serde_json::to_vec(&metadata)?.into())
-            .await?;
+        metadata.write_to(&self.file_io, &metadata_location).await?;
 
         let hive_table = convert_to_hive_table(
             db_name.clone(),
@@ -406,8 +403,7 @@ impl Catalog for HmsCatalog {
 
         let metadata_location = get_metadata_location(&hive_table.parameters)?;
 
-        let metadata_content = self.file_io.new_input(&metadata_location)?.read().await?;
-        let metadata = serde_json::from_slice::<TableMetadata>(&metadata_content)?;
+        let metadata = TableMetadata::read_from(&self.file_io, &metadata_location).await?;
 
         Table::builder()
             .file_io(self.file_io())
diff --git a/crates/catalog/s3tables/Cargo.toml b/crates/catalog/s3tables/Cargo.toml
index 8b6b07493c..0ec1f55f62 100644
--- a/crates/catalog/s3tables/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/catalog/s3tables/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ async-trait = { workspace = true }
 aws-config = { workspace = true }
 aws-sdk-s3tables = "1.10.0"
 iceberg = { workspace = true }
-serde_json = { workspace = true }
 typed-builder = { workspace = true }
 uuid = { workspace = true, features = ["v4"] }
 
diff --git a/crates/catalog/s3tables/src/catalog.rs b/crates/catalog/s3tables/src/catalog.rs
index 486b184b10..191356d711 100644
--- a/crates/catalog/s3tables/src/catalog.rs
+++ b/crates/catalog/s3tables/src/catalog.rs
@@ -334,10 +334,7 @@ impl Catalog for S3TablesCatalog {
         let metadata = TableMetadataBuilder::from_table_creation(creation)?
             .build()?
             .metadata;
-        self.file_io
-            .new_output(&metadata_location)?
-            .write(serde_json::to_vec(&metadata)?.into())
-            .await?;
+        metadata.write_to(&self.file_io, &metadata_location).await?;
 
         // update metadata location
         self.s3tables_client
@@ -389,9 +386,7 @@ impl Catalog for S3TablesCatalog {
                 ),
             )
         })?;
-        let input_file = self.file_io.new_input(metadata_location)?;
-        let metadata_content = input_file.read().await?;
-        let metadata = serde_json::from_slice::<TableMetadata>(&metadata_content)?;
+        let metadata = TableMetadata::read_from(&self.file_io, metadata_location).await?;
 
         let table = Table::builder()
             .identifier(table_ident.clone())
diff --git a/crates/catalog/sql/Cargo.toml b/crates/catalog/sql/Cargo.toml
index 3c87924647..b767b68775 100644
--- a/crates/catalog/sql/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/catalog/sql/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ repository = { workspace = true }
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 iceberg = { workspace = true }
-serde_json = { workspace = true }
 sqlx = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["any"], default-features = false }
 typed-builder = { workspace = true }
 uuid = { workspace = true, features = ["v4"] }
diff --git a/crates/catalog/sql/src/catalog.rs b/crates/catalog/sql/src/catalog.rs
index 24c22dbcf8..56c6fadcf1 100644
--- a/crates/catalog/sql/src/catalog.rs
+++ b/crates/catalog/sql/src/catalog.rs
@@ -642,9 +642,7 @@ impl Catalog for SqlCatalog {
             .try_get::<String, _>(CATALOG_FIELD_METADATA_LOCATION_PROP)
             .map_err(from_sqlx_error)?;
 
-        let file = self.fileio.new_input(&tbl_metadata_location)?;
-        let metadata_content = file.read().await?;
-        let metadata = serde_json::from_slice::<TableMetadata>(&metadata_content)?;
+        let metadata = TableMetadata::read_from(&self.fileio, &tbl_metadata_location).await?;
 
         Ok(Table::builder()
             .file_io(self.fileio.clone())
@@ -708,8 +706,8 @@ impl Catalog for SqlCatalog {
             Uuid::new_v4()
         );
 
-        let file = self.fileio.new_output(&tbl_metadata_location)?;
-        file.write(serde_json::to_vec(&tbl_metadata)?.into())
+        tbl_metadata
+            .write_to(&self.fileio, &tbl_metadata_location)
             .await?;
 
         self.execute(&format!(
diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/catalog/memory/catalog.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/catalog/memory/catalog.rs
index c233ab5925..d1d361c7a1 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/catalog/memory/catalog.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/catalog/memory/catalog.rs
@@ -210,10 +210,7 @@ impl Catalog for MemoryCatalog {
             Uuid::new_v4()
         );
 
-        self.file_io
-            .new_output(&metadata_location)?
-            .write(serde_json::to_vec(&metadata)?.into())
-            .await?;
+        metadata.write_to(&self.file_io, &metadata_location).await?;
 
         root_namespace_state.insert_new_table(&table_ident, metadata_location.clone())?;
 
@@ -230,9 +227,7 @@ impl Catalog for MemoryCatalog {
         let root_namespace_state = self.root_namespace_state.lock().await;
 
         let metadata_location = root_namespace_state.get_existing_table_location(table_ident)?;
-        let input_file = self.file_io.new_input(metadata_location)?;
-        let metadata_content = input_file.read().await?;
-        let metadata = serde_json::from_slice::<TableMetadata>(&metadata_content)?;
+        let metadata = TableMetadata::read_from(&self.file_io, metadata_location).await?;
 
         Table::builder()
             .file_io(self.file_io.clone())
@@ -284,9 +279,7 @@ impl Catalog for MemoryCatalog {
         let mut root_namespace_state = self.root_namespace_state.lock().await;
         root_namespace_state.insert_new_table(&table_ident.clone(), metadata_location.clone())?;
 
-        let input_file = self.file_io.new_input(metadata_location.clone())?;
-        let metadata_content = input_file.read().await?;
-        let metadata = serde_json::from_slice::<TableMetadata>(&metadata_content)?;
+        let metadata = TableMetadata::read_from(&self.file_io, &metadata_location).await?;
 
         Table::builder()
             .file_io(self.file_io.clone())
diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/spec/table_metadata.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/spec/table_metadata.rs
index 2604eac03d..0f0854f7fc 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/spec/table_metadata.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/spec/table_metadata.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ use super::{
     SnapshotRef, SnapshotRetention, SortOrder, SortOrderRef, StatisticsFile, StructType,
 };
 use crate::error::{Result, timestamp_ms_to_utc};
+use crate::io::FileIO;
 use crate::{Error, ErrorKind};
 
 static MAIN_BRANCH: &str = "main";
@@ -464,6 +465,29 @@ impl TableMetadata {
         self.encryption_keys.get(key_id)
     }
 
+    /// Read table metadata from the given location.
+    pub async fn read_from(
+        file_io: &FileIO,
+        metadata_location: impl AsRef<str>,
+    ) -> Result<TableMetadata> {
+        let input_file = file_io.new_input(metadata_location)?;
+        let metadata_content = input_file.read().await?;
+        let metadata = serde_json::from_slice::<TableMetadata>(&metadata_content)?;
+        Ok(metadata)
+    }
+
+    /// Write table metadata to the given location.
+    pub async fn write_to(
+        &self,
+        file_io: &FileIO,
+        metadata_location: impl AsRef<str>,
+    ) -> Result<()> {
+        file_io
+            .new_output(metadata_location)?
+            .write(serde_json::to_vec(self)?.into())
+            .await
+    }
+
     /// Normalize this partition spec.
     ///
     /// This is an internal method
@@ -1355,10 +1379,12 @@ mod tests {
 
     use anyhow::Result;
     use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+    use tempfile::TempDir;
     use uuid::Uuid;
 
     use super::{FormatVersion, MetadataLog, SnapshotLog, TableMetadataBuilder};
     use crate::TableCreation;
+    use crate::io::FileIOBuilder;
     use crate::spec::table_metadata::TableMetadata;
     use crate::spec::{
         BlobMetadata, NestedField, NullOrder, Operation, PartitionSpec, PartitionStatisticsFile,
@@ -3050,4 +3076,49 @@ mod tests {
             )])
         );
     }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_table_metadata_io_read_write() {
+        // Create a temporary directory for our test
+        let temp_dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+        let temp_path = temp_dir.path().to_str().unwrap();
+
+        // Create a FileIO instance
+        let file_io = FileIOBuilder::new_fs_io().build().unwrap();
+
+        // Use an existing test metadata from the test files
+        let original_metadata: TableMetadata = get_test_table_metadata("TableMetadataV2Valid.json");
+
+        // Define the metadata location
+        let metadata_location = format!("{}/metadata.json", temp_path);
+
+        // Write the metadata
+        original_metadata
+            .write_to(&file_io, &metadata_location)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // Verify the file exists
+        assert!(fs::metadata(&metadata_location).is_ok());
+
+        // Read the metadata back
+        let read_metadata = TableMetadata::read_from(&file_io, &metadata_location)
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        // Verify the metadata matches
+        assert_eq!(read_metadata, original_metadata);
+    }
+
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_table_metadata_io_read_nonexistent_file() {
+        // Create a FileIO instance
+        let file_io = FileIOBuilder::new_fs_io().build().unwrap();
+
+        // Try to read a non-existent file
+        let result = TableMetadata::read_from(&file_io, "/nonexistent/path/metadata.json").await;
+
+        // Verify it returns an error
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+    }
 }