diff --git a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-events/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/events/TableReference.java b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-events/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/events/TableReference.java
index f30eac892400..cd1341822c58 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-events/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/events/TableReference.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-events/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/events/TableReference.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.apache.avro.Schema;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.IndexedRecord;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.Types.NestedField;
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.Types.StringType;
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.Types.StructType;
+import org.apache.iceberg.types.Types.UUIDType;
 
 /** Element representing a table identifier, with namespace and name. */
 public class TableReference implements IndexedRecord {
@@ -39,23 +41,39 @@ public class TableReference implements IndexedRecord {
   private String catalog;
   private List<String> namespace;
   private String name;
+  private UUID uuid;
   private final Schema avroSchema;
 
   static final int CATALOG = 10_600;
   static final int NAMESPACE = 10_601;
   static final int NAME = 10_603;
+  static final int TABLE_UUID = 10_604;
 
   public static final StructType ICEBERG_SCHEMA =
       StructType.of(
           NestedField.required(CATALOG, "catalog", StringType.get()),
           NestedField.required(
               NAMESPACE, "namespace", ListType.ofRequired(NAMESPACE + 1, StringType.get())),
-          NestedField.required(NAME, "name", StringType.get()));
+          NestedField.required(NAME, "name", StringType.get()),
+          NestedField.optional(TABLE_UUID, "table_uuid", UUIDType.get()));
   private static final Schema AVRO_SCHEMA = AvroUtil.convert(ICEBERG_SCHEMA, TableReference.class);
 
+  /**
+   * @deprecated since 1.11.0, will be removed in 1.12.0; use {@link TableReference#of(String,
+   *     TableIdentifier, UUID)}
+   */
+  @Deprecated
   public static TableReference of(String catalog, TableIdentifier tableIdentifier) {
     return new TableReference(
-        catalog, Arrays.asList(tableIdentifier.namespace().levels()), tableIdentifier.name());
+        catalog, Arrays.asList(tableIdentifier.namespace().levels()), tableIdentifier.name(), null);
+  }
+
+  public static TableReference of(String catalog, TableIdentifier tableIdentifier, UUID tableUuid) {
+    return new TableReference(
+        catalog,
+        Arrays.asList(tableIdentifier.namespace().levels()),
+        tableIdentifier.name(),
+        tableUuid);
   }
 
   // Used by Avro reflection to instantiate this class when reading events
@@ -63,6 +81,11 @@ public TableReference(Schema avroSchema) {
     this.avroSchema = avroSchema;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @deprecated since 1.11.0, will be removed in 1.12.0; use {@link TableReference#of(String,
+   *     TableIdentifier, UUID)}.
+   */
+  @Deprecated
   public TableReference(String catalog, List<String> namespace, String name) {
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(catalog, "Catalog cannot be null");
     Preconditions.checkNotNull(namespace, "Namespace cannot be null");
@@ -73,10 +96,25 @@ public TableReference(String catalog, List<String> namespace, String name) {
     this.avroSchema = AVRO_SCHEMA;
   }
 
+  private TableReference(String catalog, List<String> namespace, String name, UUID uuid) {
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(catalog, "Catalog cannot be null");
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(namespace, "Namespace cannot be null");
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(name, "Name cannot be null");
+    this.catalog = catalog;
+    this.namespace = namespace;
+    this.name = name;
+    this.uuid = uuid;
+    this.avroSchema = AVRO_SCHEMA;
+  }
+
   public String catalog() {
     return catalog;
   }
 
+  public UUID uuid() {
+    return uuid;
+  }
+
   public TableIdentifier identifier() {
     Namespace icebergNamespace = Namespace.of(namespace.toArray(new String[0]));
     return TableIdentifier.of(icebergNamespace, name);
@@ -103,6 +141,9 @@ public void put(int i, Object v) {
       case NAME:
         this.name = v == null ? null : v.toString();
         return;
+      case TABLE_UUID:
+        this.uuid = (UUID) v;
+        return;
       default:
         // ignore the object, it must be from a newer version of the format
     }
@@ -117,6 +158,8 @@ public Object get(int i) {
         return namespace;
       case NAME:
         return name;
+      case TABLE_UUID:
+        return uuid;
       default:
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unknown field ordinal: " + i);
     }
@@ -133,11 +176,12 @@ public boolean equals(Object o) {
     TableReference that = (TableReference) o;
     return Objects.equals(catalog, that.catalog)
         && Objects.equals(namespace, that.namespace)
-        && Objects.equals(name, that.name);
+        && Objects.equals(name, that.name)
+        && Objects.equals(uuid, that.uuid);
   }
 
   @Override
   public int hashCode() {
-    return Objects.hash(catalog, namespace, name);
+    return Objects.hash(catalog, namespace, name, uuid);
   }
 }
diff --git a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-events/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/events/TestEventSerialization.java b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-events/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/events/TestEventSerialization.java
index 10054c66400d..eea2e6373019 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-events/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/events/TestEventSerialization.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect-events/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/events/TestEventSerialization.java
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.TableIdentifier;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 public class TestEventSerialization {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public void testDataWrittenSerialization() {
             new DataWritten(
                 EventTestUtil.SPEC.partitionType(),
                 commitId,
-                new TableReference("catalog", Collections.singletonList("db"), "tbl"),
+                TableReference.of("catalog", TableIdentifier.of("db", "tbl"), UUID.randomUUID()),
                 Arrays.asList(EventTestUtil.createDataFile(), EventTestUtil.createDataFile()),
                 Arrays.asList(EventTestUtil.createDeleteFile(), EventTestUtil.createDeleteFile())));
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public void testCommitToTableSerialization() {
             "cg-connector",
             new CommitToTable(
                 commitId,
-                new TableReference("catalog", Collections.singletonList("db"), "tbl"),
+                TableReference.of("catalog", TableIdentifier.of("db", "tbl"), UUID.randomUUID()),
                 1L,
                 EventTestUtil.now()));
 
diff --git a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/channel/Coordinator.java b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/channel/Coordinator.java
index 1e0fa3286fe5..02a09db4764c 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/channel/Coordinator.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/channel/Coordinator.java
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ private String offsetsToJson(Map<Integer, Long> offsets) {
     }
   }
 
+  @SuppressWarnings("checkstyle:CyclomaticComplexity")
   private void commitToTable(
       TableReference tableReference,
       List<Envelope> envelopeList,
@@ -207,6 +208,14 @@ private void commitToTable(
       return;
     }
 
+    if (!Objects.equals(table.uuid(), tableReference.uuid())) {
+      LOG.warn(
+          "Skipping commits to table {} due to target table mismatch.  Expected: {} Received: {}",
+          tableIdentifier,
+          table.uuid(),
+          tableReference.uuid());
+    }
+
     String branch = config.tableConfig(tableIdentifier.toString()).commitBranch();
 
     // Control topic partition offsets may include a subset of partition ids if there were no
diff --git a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/channel/Worker.java b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/channel/Worker.java
index 27c5b9622fd3..903be7070370 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/channel/Worker.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/channel/Worker.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.connect.events.Event;
 import org.apache.iceberg.connect.events.PayloadType;
 import org.apache.iceberg.connect.events.StartCommit;
-import org.apache.iceberg.connect.events.TableReference;
 import org.apache.iceberg.connect.events.TopicPartitionOffset;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.sink.SinkRecord;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.sink.SinkTaskContext;
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ protected boolean receive(Envelope envelope) {
                         new DataWritten(
                             writeResult.partitionStruct(),
                             commitId,
-                            TableReference.of(config.catalogName(), writeResult.tableIdentifier()),
+                            writeResult.tableReference(),
                             writeResult.dataFiles(),
                             writeResult.deleteFiles())))
             .collect(Collectors.toList());
diff --git a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriter.java b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriter.java
index b5be5b3a0047..a1b47e8c0e92 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriter.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriter.java
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Table;
-import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.TableIdentifier;
 import org.apache.iceberg.connect.IcebergSinkConfig;
+import org.apache.iceberg.connect.events.TableReference;
 import org.apache.iceberg.data.Record;
 import org.apache.iceberg.io.TaskWriter;
 import org.apache.iceberg.io.WriteResult;
@@ -35,23 +35,23 @@
 
 class IcebergWriter implements RecordWriter {
   private final Table table;
-  private final String tableName;
+  private final TableReference tableReference;
   private final IcebergSinkConfig config;
   private final List<IcebergWriterResult> writerResults;
 
   private RecordConverter recordConverter;
   private TaskWriter<Record> writer;
 
-  IcebergWriter(Table table, String tableName, IcebergSinkConfig config) {
+  IcebergWriter(Table table, TableReference tableReference, IcebergSinkConfig config) {
     this.table = table;
-    this.tableName = tableName;
+    this.tableReference = tableReference;
     this.config = config;
     this.writerResults = Lists.newArrayList();
     initNewWriter();
   }
 
   private void initNewWriter() {
-    this.writer = RecordUtils.createTableWriter(table, tableName, config);
+    this.writer = RecordUtils.createTableWriter(table, tableReference, config);
     this.recordConverter = new RecordConverter(table, config);
   }
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ private void flush() {
 
     writerResults.add(
         new IcebergWriterResult(
-            TableIdentifier.parse(tableName),
+            tableReference,
             Arrays.asList(writeResult.dataFiles()),
             Arrays.asList(writeResult.deleteFiles()),
             table.spec().partitionType()));
diff --git a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriterFactory.java b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriterFactory.java
index 92f5af2d7a87..afb68f170136 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriterFactory.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriterFactory.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 import org.apache.iceberg.PartitionSpec;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Table;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.SupportsNamespaces;
 import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.TableIdentifier;
 import org.apache.iceberg.connect.IcebergSinkConfig;
+import org.apache.iceberg.connect.events.TableReference;
 import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.AlreadyExistsException;
 import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.ForbiddenException;
 import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.NoSuchTableException;
@@ -67,7 +69,15 @@ RecordWriter createWriter(String tableName, SinkRecord sample, boolean ignoreMis
       }
     }
 
-    return new IcebergWriter(table, tableName, config);
+    UUID tableUuid = table.uuid();
+    if (tableUuid == null) {
+      LOG.warn(
+          "Table {} does not have a UUID, this may cause issues with commit coordination on table replace",
+          identifier);
+    }
+    TableReference tableReference = TableReference.of(catalog.name(), identifier, tableUuid);
+
+    return new IcebergWriter(table, tableReference, config);
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting
diff --git a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriterResult.java b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriterResult.java
index 58695a5572b5..5667399cd74e 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriterResult.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriterResult.java
@@ -22,28 +22,54 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.DataFile;
 import org.apache.iceberg.DeleteFile;
 import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.TableIdentifier;
+import org.apache.iceberg.connect.events.TableReference;
 import org.apache.iceberg.types.Types.StructType;
 
 public class IcebergWriterResult {
 
-  private final TableIdentifier tableIdentifier;
+  private final TableReference tableReference;
   private final List<DataFile> dataFiles;
   private final List<DeleteFile> deleteFiles;
   private final StructType partitionStruct;
 
+  public IcebergWriterResult(
+      TableReference tableReference,
+      List<DataFile> dataFiles,
+      List<DeleteFile> deleteFiles,
+      StructType partitionStruct) {
+    this.tableReference = tableReference;
+    this.dataFiles = dataFiles;
+    this.deleteFiles = deleteFiles;
+    this.partitionStruct = partitionStruct;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @deprecated since 1.11.0, will be removed in 1.12.0; use {@link
+   *     IcebergWriterResult#IcebergWriterResult(TableReference, List, List, StructType)} instead
+   */
+  @Deprecated
   public IcebergWriterResult(
       TableIdentifier tableIdentifier,
       List<DataFile> dataFiles,
       List<DeleteFile> deleteFiles,
       StructType partitionStruct) {
-    this.tableIdentifier = tableIdentifier;
+    this.tableReference = TableReference.of("unknown", tableIdentifier);
     this.dataFiles = dataFiles;
     this.deleteFiles = deleteFiles;
     this.partitionStruct = partitionStruct;
   }
 
+  public TableReference tableReference() {
+    return tableReference;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @deprecated since 1.11.0, will be removed in 1.12.0; use {@code tableReference().identifier()}
+   *     instead
+   */
+  @Deprecated
   public TableIdentifier tableIdentifier() {
-    return tableIdentifier;
+    return tableReference.identifier();
   }
 
   public List<DataFile> dataFiles() {
diff --git a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/RecordUtils.java b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/RecordUtils.java
index d4bf4ce2a4d3..5ed820c8cbe1 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/RecordUtils.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/RecordUtils.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.Table;
 import org.apache.iceberg.TableProperties;
 import org.apache.iceberg.connect.IcebergSinkConfig;
+import org.apache.iceberg.connect.events.TableReference;
 import org.apache.iceberg.data.GenericFileWriterFactory;
 import org.apache.iceberg.data.Record;
 import org.apache.iceberg.io.FileWriterFactory;
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ private static Object valueFromMap(Map<String, ?> parent, List<String> fields) {
   }
 
   public static TaskWriter<Record> createTableWriter(
-      Table table, String tableName, IcebergSinkConfig config) {
+      Table table, TableReference tableReference, IcebergSinkConfig config) {
     Map<String, String> tableProps = Maps.newHashMap(table.properties());
     tableProps.putAll(config.writeProps());
 
@@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ public static TaskWriter<Record> createTableWriter(
     Set<Integer> identifierFieldIds = table.schema().identifierFieldIds();
 
     // override the identifier fields if the config is set
-    List<String> idCols = config.tableConfig(tableName).idColumns();
+    List<String> idCols = config.tableConfig(tableReference.identifier().name()).idColumns();
     if (!idCols.isEmpty()) {
       identifierFieldIds =
           idCols.stream()
diff --git a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/channel/TestCoordinator.java b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/channel/TestCoordinator.java
index 60a085781171..a8fbce7a8b01 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/channel/TestCoordinator.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/channel/TestCoordinator.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.PartitionSpec;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Snapshot;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Table;
+import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.TableIdentifier;
 import org.apache.iceberg.connect.events.AvroUtil;
 import org.apache.iceberg.connect.events.CommitComplete;
 import org.apache.iceberg.connect.events.CommitToTable;
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ private UUID coordinatorTest(
             new DataWritten(
                 StructType.of(),
                 commitId,
-                new TableReference("catalog", ImmutableList.of("db"), "tbl"),
+                TableReference.of("catalog", TableIdentifier.of("db", "tbl"), UUID.randomUUID()),
                 dataFiles,
                 deleteFiles));
     bytes = AvroUtil.encode(commitResponse);
diff --git a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/TestSinkWriter.java b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/TestSinkWriter.java
index a14ebcab7336..6baf72117d04 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/TestSinkWriter.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/TestSinkWriter.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public void testDefaultRoute() {
     List<IcebergWriterResult> writerResults = sinkWriterTest(value, config);
     assertThat(writerResults).hasSize(1);
     IcebergWriterResult writerResult = writerResults.get(0);
-    assertThat(writerResult.tableIdentifier()).isEqualTo(TABLE_IDENTIFIER);
+    assertThat(writerResult.tableReference().identifier()).isEqualTo(TABLE_IDENTIFIER);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public void testStaticRoute() {
     List<IcebergWriterResult> writerResults = sinkWriterTest(value, config);
     assertThat(writerResults).hasSize(1);
     IcebergWriterResult writerResult = writerResults.get(0);
-    assertThat(writerResult.tableIdentifier()).isEqualTo(TABLE_IDENTIFIER);
+    assertThat(writerResult.tableReference().identifier()).isEqualTo(TABLE_IDENTIFIER);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public void testDynamicRoute() {
     List<IcebergWriterResult> writerResults = sinkWriterTest(value, config);
     assertThat(writerResults).hasSize(1);
     IcebergWriterResult writerResult = writerResults.get(0);
-    assertThat(writerResult.tableIdentifier()).isEqualTo(TABLE_IDENTIFIER);
+    assertThat(writerResult.tableReference().identifier()).isEqualTo(TABLE_IDENTIFIER);
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/WriterTestBase.java b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/WriterTestBase.java
index d25bfde85c0b..30b60fb3c542 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/WriterTestBase.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/kafka-connect/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/connect/data/WriterTestBase.java
@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import org.apache.iceberg.LocationProviders;
 import org.apache.iceberg.PartitionSpec;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
 import org.apache.iceberg.Table;
+import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.TableIdentifier;
 import org.apache.iceberg.connect.IcebergSinkConfig;
+import org.apache.iceberg.connect.events.TableReference;
 import org.apache.iceberg.data.Record;
 import org.apache.iceberg.encryption.PlaintextEncryptionManager;
 import org.apache.iceberg.inmemory.InMemoryFileIO;
@@ -73,7 +76,9 @@ public void before() {
 
   protected WriteResult writeTest(
       List<Record> rows, IcebergSinkConfig config, Class<?> expectedWriterClass) {
-    try (TaskWriter<Record> writer = RecordUtils.createTableWriter(table, "name", config)) {
+    TableReference tableReference =
+        TableReference.of("test_catalog", TableIdentifier.of("name"), UUID.randomUUID());
+    try (TaskWriter<Record> writer = RecordUtils.createTableWriter(table, tableReference, config)) {
       assertThat(writer.getClass()).isEqualTo(expectedWriterClass);
 
       rows.forEach(