diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 09ecf17ad..de99af1e4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -345,6 +345,8 @@
                     <artifactId>snowflake-jdbc</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
+            <scope>system</scope>
+            <systemPath>/Users/bzabek/snowflake-kafka-connector/snowflake-ingest-sdk.jar</systemPath>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/snowflake/kafka/connector/streaming/iceberg/IcebergIngestionSchemaEvolutionIT.java b/src/test/java/com/snowflake/kafka/connector/streaming/iceberg/IcebergIngestionSchemaEvolutionIT.java
index 08f0bf2f3..d7bd2a438 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/snowflake/kafka/connector/streaming/iceberg/IcebergIngestionSchemaEvolutionIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/snowflake/kafka/connector/streaming/iceberg/IcebergIngestionSchemaEvolutionIT.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.sink.SinkRecord;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ protected void createIcebergTable() {
 
   @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}")
   @MethodSource("prepareData")
-  @Disabled
+  // @Disabled
   void shouldEvolveSchemaAndInsertRecords(
       String description, String message, DescribeTableRow[] expectedSchema, boolean withSchema)
       throws Exception {
@@ -81,6 +80,59 @@ void shouldEvolveSchemaAndInsertRecords(
     assertRecordsInTable();
   }
 
+  @ParameterizedTest(name = "{0}")
+  @MethodSource("prepareData")
+  // @Disabled
+  void shouldEvolveSchemaAndInsertRecords_withObjects(
+      String description, String message, DescribeTableRow[] expectedSchema, boolean withSchema)
+      throws Exception {
+    // start off with just one column
+    List<DescribeTableRow> rows = describeTable(tableName);
+    assertThat(rows)
+        .hasSize(1)
+        .extracting(DescribeTableRow::getColumn)
+        .contains(Utils.TABLE_COLUMN_METADATA);
+
+    SinkRecord record = createKafkaRecord(message, 0, withSchema);
+    service.insert(Collections.singletonList(record));
+    waitForOffset(-1);
+    rows = describeTable(tableName);
+    assertThat(rows.size()).isEqualTo(9);
+
+    // don't check metadata column schema, we have different tests for that
+    rows =
+        rows.stream()
+            .filter(r -> !r.getColumn().equals(Utils.TABLE_COLUMN_METADATA))
+            .collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+    assertThat(rows).containsExactlyInAnyOrder(expectedSchema);
+
+    // resend and store same record without any issues now
+    service.insert(Collections.singletonList(record));
+    waitForOffset(1);
+
+    // and another record with same schema
+    service.insert(Collections.singletonList(createKafkaRecord(message, 1, withSchema)));
+    waitForOffset(2);
+
+    String mapRecordJson =
+        "{"
+            + " \"type\": \"map\", "
+            + " \"key-id\": 4, "
+            + " \"key\": \"string\", "
+            + " \"value-id\": 5, "
+            + " \"value-required\": false, "
+            + " \"value\": \"double\" "
+            + "}";
+
+    // reinsert record with extra field
+    service.insert(Collections.singletonList(createKafkaRecord(mapRecordJson, 2, false)));
+    rows = describeTable(tableName);
+    assertThat(rows).hasSize(15);
+    service.insert(Collections.singletonList(createKafkaRecord(mapRecordJson, 2, false)));
+    waitForOffset(3); // FAIL
+  }
+
   private void assertRecordsInTable() {
     List<RecordWithMetadata<PrimitiveJsonRecord>> recordsWithMetadata =
         selectAllSchematizedRecords();