diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-pipes-alpha/lib/source.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-pipes-alpha/lib/source.ts
index 71899948ee480..b82b44d795f1d 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-pipes-alpha/lib/source.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-pipes-alpha/lib/source.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { IRole } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam';
 import { CfnPipe } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-pipes';
-import { ITopic, Topic } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-sns';
-import { IQueue, Queue } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-sqs';
+import { ITopic } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-sns';
+import { IQueue } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-sqs';
 import { IPipe } from './pipe';
 
 /**
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ export abstract class SourceWithDeadLetterTarget implements ISource {
    * Grants the pipe role permission to publish to the dead-letter target.
    */
   public grantPush(grantee: IRole, deadLetterTarget?: IQueue | ITopic) {
-    if (deadLetterTarget instanceof Queue) {
+    if (this.isIQueue(deadLetterTarget)) {
       deadLetterTarget.grantSendMessages(grantee);
-    } else if (deadLetterTarget instanceof Topic) {
+    } else if (this.isITopic(deadLetterTarget)) {
       deadLetterTarget.grantPublish(grantee);
     }
   }
@@ -146,11 +146,19 @@ export abstract class SourceWithDeadLetterTarget implements ISource {
    * Retrieves the ARN from the dead-letter SQS queue or SNS topic.
    */
   protected getDeadLetterTargetArn(deadLetterTarget?: IQueue | ITopic): string | undefined {
-    if (deadLetterTarget instanceof Queue) {
+    if (this.isIQueue(deadLetterTarget)) {
       return deadLetterTarget.queueArn;
-    } else if (deadLetterTarget instanceof Topic) {
+    } else if (this.isITopic(deadLetterTarget)) {
       return deadLetterTarget.topicArn;
     }
     return undefined;
   }
+
+  private isIQueue(x: any): x is IQueue {
+    return x && (x as IQueue).queueArn !== undefined;
+  }
+
+  private isITopic(x: any): x is ITopic {
+    return x && (x as ITopic).topicArn !== undefined;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-pipes-sources-alpha/test/streamSource.test.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-pipes-sources-alpha/test/streamSource.test.ts
index 9d2d559aeabb0..883eb4601d54a 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-pipes-sources-alpha/test/streamSource.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-pipes-sources-alpha/test/streamSource.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Template } from 'aws-cdk-lib/assertions';
 import { AttributeType, ITableV2, StreamViewType, TableV2 } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-dynamodb';
 import { Topic } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-sns';
 import { Queue } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-sqs';
-import { TestTarget } from './test-classes';
+import { TestQueue, TestTarget, TestTopic } from './test-classes';
 import { DynamoDBSourceParameters, DynamoDBStartingPosition } from '../lib';
 import { StreamSource } from '../lib/streamSource';
 
@@ -386,6 +386,86 @@ describe('stream source validations', () => {
     expect(template.findResources('AWS::IAM::Role')).toMatchSnapshot();
     expect(template.findResources('AWS::IAM::Policy')).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
+
+  it('should successfully set DeadLetterTarget for custom class that implements IQueue', () => {
+    // ARRANGE
+    const app = new App();
+    const stack = new Stack(app, 'TestStack');
+    const table = new TableV2(stack, 'MyTable', {
+      partitionKey: {
+        name: 'PK',
+        type: AttributeType.STRING,
+      },
+      dynamoStream: StreamViewType.OLD_IMAGE,
+    });
+    const queue = new TestQueue(stack, 'TestQueue');
+    const source = new FakeStreamSource(table, {
+      startingPosition: DynamoDBStartingPosition.LATEST,
+      deadLetterTarget: queue,
+    });
+
+    new Pipe(stack, 'MyPipe', {
+      source,
+      target: new TestTarget(),
+    });
+
+    // ACT
+    const template = Template.fromStack(stack);
+
+    // ASSERT
+    template.hasResource('AWS::Pipes::Pipe', {
+      Properties: {
+        SourceParameters: {
+          DynamoDBStreamParameters: {
+            DeadLetterConfig: {
+              Arn: 'queue-arn',
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    } );
+    expect(queue.grantSendMessages).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('should successfully set DeadLetterTarget for custom class that implements ITopic', () => {
+    // ARRANGE
+    const app = new App();
+    const stack = new Stack(app, 'TestStack');
+    const table = new TableV2(stack, 'MyTable', {
+      partitionKey: {
+        name: 'PK',
+        type: AttributeType.STRING,
+      },
+      dynamoStream: StreamViewType.OLD_IMAGE,
+    });
+    const topic = new TestTopic(stack, 'TestTopic');
+    const source = new FakeStreamSource(table, {
+      startingPosition: DynamoDBStartingPosition.LATEST,
+      deadLetterTarget: topic,
+    });
+
+    new Pipe(stack, 'MyPipe', {
+      source,
+      target: new TestTarget(),
+    });
+
+    // ACT
+    const template = Template.fromStack(stack);
+
+    // ASSERT
+    template.hasResource('AWS::Pipes::Pipe', {
+      Properties: {
+        SourceParameters: {
+          DynamoDBStreamParameters: {
+            DeadLetterConfig: {
+              Arn: 'test-topic-arn',
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    } );
+    expect(topic.grantPublish).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
 });
 
 class FakeStreamSource extends StreamSource {
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-pipes-sources-alpha/test/test-classes.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-pipes-sources-alpha/test/test-classes.ts
index cb523e0c85302..8ba51863c443a 100644
--- a/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-pipes-sources-alpha/test/test-classes.ts
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk/aws-pipes-sources-alpha/test/test-classes.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 import { IPipe, ITarget } from '@aws-cdk/aws-pipes-alpha';
+import { Resource } from 'aws-cdk-lib';
+import { Metric, MetricOptions } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudwatch';
+import { NotificationRuleTargetConfig } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-codestarnotifications';
+import { AddToResourcePolicyResult, Grant, IGrantable, PolicyStatement } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam';
 import { CfnPipe } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-pipes';
+import { ITopic, ITopicSubscription, Subscription } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-sns';
+import { IQueue } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-sqs';
+import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 
 export class TestTarget implements ITarget {
   readonly targetArn: string = 'target-arn';
@@ -16,3 +23,61 @@ export class TestTarget implements ITarget {
   });
 }
 
+export class TestQueue extends Resource implements IQueue {
+  public readonly queueArn: string = 'queue-arn';
+  public readonly queueUrl: string = 'https://sqs.fake-region.amazonaws.com/123456789012/fake-queue';
+  public readonly queueName: string = 'fake-queue';
+  public readonly fifo: boolean = false;
+
+  // Jest mocks for interface methods
+  grantConsumeMessages = jest.fn<Grant, [IGrantable]>();
+  grant = jest.fn<Grant, [IGrantable, ...string[]]>();
+  grantPurge = jest.fn<Grant, [IGrantable]>();
+  grantSendMessages = jest.fn<Grant, [IGrantable]>();
+
+  addToResourcePolicy = jest.fn<AddToResourcePolicyResult, [PolicyStatement]>();
+
+  metric = jest.fn<Metric, [string, MetricOptions?]>();
+  metricApproximateAgeOfOldestMessage = jest.fn<Metric, [MetricOptions?]>();
+  metricApproximateNumberOfMessagesDelayed = jest.fn<Metric, [MetricOptions?]>();
+  metricApproximateNumberOfMessagesNotVisible = jest.fn<Metric, [MetricOptions?]>();
+  metricApproximateNumberOfMessagesVisible = jest.fn<Metric, [MetricOptions?]>();
+  metricNumberOfMessagesDeleted = jest.fn<Metric, [MetricOptions?]>();
+  metricNumberOfEmptyReceives = jest.fn<Metric, [MetricOptions?]>();
+  metricNumberOfMessagesReceived = jest.fn<Metric, [MetricOptions?]>();
+  metricNumberOfMessagesSent = jest.fn<Metric, [MetricOptions?]>();
+  metricSentMessageSize = jest.fn<Metric, [MetricOptions?]>();
+
+  constructor(scope: Construct, id: string) {
+    super(scope, id);
+  }
+}
+
+export class TestTopic extends Resource implements ITopic {
+  public readonly topicArn = 'test-topic-arn';
+  public readonly topicName = 'mock-topic';
+  public readonly fifo = false;
+  public readonly contentBasedDeduplication = false;
+
+  // Jest mock methods to simulate SNS topic behavior
+  grantPublish = jest.fn<Grant, [IGrantable]>();
+  grantSubscribe = jest.fn<Grant, [IGrantable]>();
+  addToResourcePolicy = jest.fn<AddToResourcePolicyResult, [PolicyStatement]>();
+  addSubscription = jest.fn<Subscription, [ITopicSubscription]>();
+  bindAsNotificationRuleTarget = jest.fn<NotificationRuleTargetConfig, []>();
+
+  metric = jest.fn<Metric, [string, MetricOptions?]>();
+  metricPublishSize = jest.fn<Metric, [MetricOptions?]>();
+  metricNumberOfMessagesPublished = jest.fn<Metric, [MetricOptions?]>();
+  metricNumberOfNotificationsDelivered = jest.fn<Metric, [MetricOptions?]>();
+  metricNumberOfNotificationsFailed = jest.fn<Metric, [MetricOptions?]>();
+  metricNumberOfNotificationsFilteredOut = jest.fn<Metric, [MetricOptions?]>();
+  metricNumberOfNotificationsFilteredOutInvalidAttributes = jest.fn<Metric, [MetricOptions?]>();
+  metricNumberOfNotificationsFilteredOutNoMessageAttributes = jest.fn<Metric, [MetricOptions?]>();
+  metricSMSMonthToDateSpentUSD = jest.fn<Metric, [MetricOptions?]>();
+  metricSMSSuccessRate = jest.fn<Metric, [MetricOptions?]>();
+
+  constructor(scope: Construct, id: string) {
+    super(scope, id);
+  }
+}