diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/StreamingUpdate.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/StreamingUpdate.java
index 6edb4e2e71dd..65b8b07c1ba6 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/StreamingUpdate.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/StreamingUpdate.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.iceberg;
 
 import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.ValidationException;
+import org.apache.iceberg.expressions.Expression;
 
 /**
  * API for appending sequential updates to a table
@@ -68,4 +69,61 @@ default StreamingUpdate addFile(DeleteFile deleteFile) {
     throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
         this.getClass().getName() + " does not implement addFile");
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the snapshot ID used in any reads for this operation.
+   *
+   * <p>Validations will check changes after this snapshot ID. If the from snapshot is not set, all
+   * ancestor snapshots through the table's initial snapshot are validated.
+   *
+   * @param snapshotId a snapshot ID
+   * @return this for method chaining
+   */
+  StreamingUpdate validateFromSnapshot(long snapshotId);
+
+  /**
+   * Sets a conflict detection filter used to validate concurrently added data and delete files.
+   *
+   * <p>If not called, a true literal will be used as the conflict detection filter.
+   *
+   * @param conflictDetectionFilter an expression on rows in the table
+   * @return this for method chaining
+   */
+  StreamingUpdate conflictDetectionFilter(Expression conflictDetectionFilter);
+
+  /**
+   * Enables validation that data files added concurrently do not conflict with this commit's
+   * operation.
+   *
+   * <p>This method should be called when the table is queried to determine which files to
+   * delete/append. If a concurrent operation commits a new file after the data was read and that
+   * file might contain rows matching the specified conflict detection filter, this operation will
+   * detect this during retries and fail.
+   *
+   * <p>Calling this method is required to maintain serializable isolation for update/delete
+   * operations. Otherwise, the isolation level will be snapshot isolation.
+   *
+   * <p>Validation uses the conflict detection filter passed to {@link
+   * #conflictDetectionFilter(Expression)} and applies to operations that happened after the
+   * snapshot passed to {@link #validateFromSnapshot(long)}.
+   *
+   * @return this for method chaining
+   */
+  StreamingUpdate validateNoConflictingDataFiles();
+
+  /**
+   * Enables validation that delete files added concurrently do not conflict with this commit's
+   * operation.
+   *
+   * <p>This method must be called when the table is queried to produce a row delta for UPDATE and
+   * MERGE operations independently of the isolation level. Calling this method isn't required for
+   * DELETE operations as it is OK to delete a record that is also deleted concurrently.
+   *
+   * <p>Validation uses the conflict detection filter passed to {@link
+   * #conflictDetectionFilter(Expression)} and applies to operations that happened after the
+   * snapshot passed to {@link #validateFromSnapshot(long)}.
+   *
+   * @return this for method chaining
+   */
+  StreamingUpdate validateNoConflictingDeleteFiles();
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseStreamingUpdate.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseStreamingUpdate.java
index 2b86e56e7367..2e9bf4dfe970 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseStreamingUpdate.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseStreamingUpdate.java
@@ -20,13 +20,22 @@
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
+import org.apache.iceberg.expressions.Expression;
+import org.apache.iceberg.expressions.Expressions;
+import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import org.apache.iceberg.util.SnapshotUtil;
 
 class BaseStreamingUpdate extends MergingSnapshotProducer<StreamingUpdate>
     implements StreamingUpdate {
   private final List<Batch> batches = Lists.newArrayList();
 
   private boolean requiresApply = true;
+  private Long startingSnapshotId = null; // check all versions by default
+
+  private Expression conflictDetectionFilter = Expressions.alwaysTrue();
+  private boolean validateNewDataFiles;
+  private boolean validateNewDeleteFiles;
 
   BaseStreamingUpdate(String tableName, TableOperations ops) {
     super(tableName, ops);
@@ -114,6 +123,51 @@ protected void cleanUncommitted(Set<ManifestFile> committed) {
     super.cleanUncommitted(committed);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public StreamingUpdate validateFromSnapshot(long snapshotId) {
+    this.startingSnapshotId = snapshotId;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public BaseStreamingUpdate conflictDetectionFilter(Expression conflictDetectionFilter) {
+    this.conflictDetectionFilter = conflictDetectionFilter;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public BaseStreamingUpdate validateNoConflictingDataFiles() {
+    this.validateNewDataFiles = true;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public BaseStreamingUpdate validateNoConflictingDeleteFiles() {
+    this.validateNewDeleteFiles = true;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void validate(TableMetadata base, Snapshot parent) {
+    if (parent != null) {
+      if (startingSnapshotId != null) {
+        Preconditions.checkArgument(
+            SnapshotUtil.isAncestorOf(parent.snapshotId(), startingSnapshotId, base::snapshot),
+            "Snapshot %s is not an ancestor of %s",
+            startingSnapshotId,
+            parent.snapshotId());
+      }
+
+      if (validateNewDataFiles) {
+        validateAddedDataFiles(base, startingSnapshotId, conflictDetectionFilter, parent);
+      }
+
+      if (validateNewDeleteFiles) {
+        validateNoNewDeleteFiles(base, startingSnapshotId, conflictDetectionFilter, parent);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   private static class Batch {
     private final List<DataFile> newDataFiles = Lists.newArrayList();
     private final List<DeleteFile> newDeleteFiles = Lists.newArrayList();