diff --git a/pinot-segment-local/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/utils/TableConfigUtils.java b/pinot-segment-local/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/utils/TableConfigUtils.java
index c92a58aa9f5d..ad792016c35a 100644
--- a/pinot-segment-local/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/utils/TableConfigUtils.java
+++ b/pinot-segment-local/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/utils/TableConfigUtils.java
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ private TableConfigUtils() {
 
   // supported TableTaskTypes, must be identical to the one return in the impl of {@link PinotTaskGenerator}.
   private static final String UPSERT_COMPACTION_TASK_TYPE = "UpsertCompactionTask";
+  private static final String UPSERT_COMPACT_MERGE_TASK_TYPE = "UpsertCompactMergeTask";
 
   // this is duplicate with KinesisConfig.STREAM_TYPE, while instead of use KinesisConfig.STREAM_TYPE directly, we
   // hardcode the value here to avoid pulling the entire pinot-kinesis module as dependency.
@@ -752,11 +753,13 @@ static void validateUpsertAndDedupConfig(TableConfig tableConfig, Schema schema)
         Preconditions.checkState(upsertConfig.isEnableSnapshot(),
             "enableDeletedKeysCompactionConsistency should exist with enableSnapshot for upsert table");
 
-        // enableDeletedKeysCompactionConsistency should exist with UpsertCompactionTask
+        // enableDeletedKeysCompactionConsistency should exist with UpsertCompactionTask / UpsertCompactMergeTask
         TableTaskConfig taskConfig = tableConfig.getTaskConfig();
-        Preconditions.checkState(
-            taskConfig != null && taskConfig.getTaskTypeConfigsMap().containsKey(UPSERT_COMPACTION_TASK_TYPE),
-            "enableDeletedKeysCompactionConsistency should exist with UpsertCompactionTask for upsert table");
+        Preconditions.checkState(taskConfig != null
+                && (taskConfig.getTaskTypeConfigsMap().containsKey(UPSERT_COMPACTION_TASK_TYPE)
+                || taskConfig.getTaskTypeConfigsMap().containsKey(UPSERT_COMPACT_MERGE_TASK_TYPE)),
+            "enableDeletedKeysCompactionConsistency should exist with UpsertCompactionTask"
+                + " / UpsertCompactMergeTask for upsert table");
       }
 
       if (upsertConfig.getConsistencyMode() != UpsertConfig.ConsistencyMode.NONE) {
diff --git a/pinot-segment-local/src/test/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/utils/TableConfigUtilsTest.java b/pinot-segment-local/src/test/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/utils/TableConfigUtilsTest.java
index 72a17ee7d1c6..88691dd8c15f 100644
--- a/pinot-segment-local/src/test/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/utils/TableConfigUtilsTest.java
+++ b/pinot-segment-local/src/test/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/utils/TableConfigUtilsTest.java
@@ -2067,7 +2067,7 @@ public void testValidateUpsertConfig() {
           "enableDeletedKeysCompactionConsistency should exist with enableSnapshot for upsert table");
     }
 
-    // test enableDeletedKeysCompactionConsistency should exist with UpsertCompactionTask
+    // test enableDeletedKeysCompactionConsistency should exist with UpsertCompactionTask / UpsertCompactMerge task
     upsertConfig = new UpsertConfig(UpsertConfig.Mode.FULL);
     upsertConfig.setEnableDeletedKeysCompactionConsistency(true);
     upsertConfig.setDeletedKeysTTL(100);
@@ -2080,7 +2080,8 @@ public void testValidateUpsertConfig() {
       TableConfigUtils.validateUpsertAndDedupConfig(tableConfig, schema);
     } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
       Assert.assertEquals(e.getMessage(),
-          "enableDeletedKeysCompactionConsistency should exist with UpsertCompactionTask for upsert table");
+          "enableDeletedKeysCompactionConsistency should exist with UpsertCompactionTask "
+              + "/ UpsertCompactMergeTask for upsert table");
     }
   }