diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 855894ec2..e764aee26 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         <project.build.outputTimestamp>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
         <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.13.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <avro.version>1.11.4</avro.version>
+        <avro.version>1.12.0</avro.version>
         <log4j.version>2.22.0</log4j.version>
         <junit.version>5.11.4</junit.version>
         <junit.platform.runner.version>1.11.4</junit.platform.runner.version>
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@
         <scala.binary.version>2.12</scala.binary.version>
         <spark.version>3.4.2</spark.version>
         <spark.version.prefix>3.4</spark.version.prefix>
-        <iceberg.version>1.4.2</iceberg.version>
+        <iceberg.version>1.9.2</iceberg.version>
+        <iceberg.hive.runtime.version>1.7.2</iceberg.hive.runtime.version>
         <delta.version>2.4.0</delta.version>
         <paimon.version>1.2.0</paimon.version>
         <jackson.version>2.18.2</jackson.version>
@@ -243,6 +244,11 @@
                         <groupId>org.openjdk.jol</groupId>
                         <artifactId>jol-core</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <!-- Exclude Parquet to enforce version 1.15+ required by Iceberg 1.10.1 -->
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
@@ -262,6 +268,11 @@
                         <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
                         <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <!-- Exclude Parquet to enforce version 1.15+ required by Iceberg 1.10.1 -->
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
@@ -269,12 +280,26 @@
                 <artifactId>hudi-sync-common</artifactId>
                 <version>${hudi.version}</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <!-- Exclude Parquet to enforce version 1.15+ required by Iceberg 1.10.1 -->
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.hudi</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hudi-spark${spark.version.prefix}-bundle_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
                 <version>${hudi.version}</version>
                 <scope>test</scope>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <!-- Exclude Parquet to enforce version 1.15+ required by Iceberg 1.10.1 -->
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.hudi</groupId>
@@ -283,11 +308,25 @@
                 <classifier>tests</classifier>
                 <type>test-jar</type>
                 <scope>test</scope>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <!-- Exclude Parquet to enforce version 1.15+ required by Iceberg 1.10.1 -->
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.hudi</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hudi-java-client</artifactId>
                 <version>${hudi.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <!-- Exclude Parquet to enforce version 1.15+ required by Iceberg 1.10.1 -->
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.parquet</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- Iceberg -->
@@ -315,7 +354,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.iceberg</groupId>
                 <artifactId>iceberg-hive-runtime</artifactId>
-                <version>${iceberg.version}</version>
+                <version>${iceberg.hive.runtime.version}</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- Delta -->
@@ -748,6 +787,22 @@
                     <redirectTestOutputToFile>true</redirectTestOutputToFile>
                     <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
                     <forkedProcessExitTimeoutInSeconds>120</forkedProcessExitTimeoutInSeconds>
+                    <argLine>
+                        --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent.atomic=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/sun.nio.cs=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/sun.security.action=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/sun.util.calendar=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.security.jgss/sun.security.krb5=ALL-UNNAMED
+                    </argLine>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
@@ -767,7 +822,23 @@
                     <reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
                     <forkCount>6</forkCount>
                     <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
-                    <argLine>-Xmx1500m</argLine>
+                    <argLine>
+                        -Xmx1500m
+                        --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.invoke=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/java.io=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/java.net=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/java.util.concurrent.atomic=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/sun.nio.ch=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/sun.nio.cs=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/sun.security.action=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.base/sun.util.calendar=ALL-UNNAMED
+                        --add-opens=java.security.jgss/sun.security.krb5=ALL-UNNAMED
+                    </argLine>
                     <forkedProcessExitTimeoutInSeconds>120</forkedProcessExitTimeoutInSeconds>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
diff --git a/xtable-aws/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE-bundled b/xtable-aws/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE-bundled
index c73a8939c..70a583c08 100644
--- a/xtable-aws/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE-bundled
+++ b/xtable-aws/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE-bundled
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ org.apache.httpcomponents:fluent-hc:4.4.1
 org.apache.hudi:hudi-common:0.14.0
 org.apache.hudi:hudi-java-client:0.14.0
 org.apache.hudi:hudi-timeline-service:0.14.0
-org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-api:1.4.2
-org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-core:1.4.2
+org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-api:1.10.1
+org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-core:1.10.1
 org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-1.2-api:2.22.0
 org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.22.0
 org.javassist:javassist:3.25.0-GA
diff --git a/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/hudi/HudiFileStatsExtractor.java b/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/hudi/HudiFileStatsExtractor.java
index 82a094938..5a0b70cb9 100644
--- a/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/hudi/HudiFileStatsExtractor.java
+++ b/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/hudi/HudiFileStatsExtractor.java
@@ -203,14 +203,18 @@ private static ColumnStat getColumnStatFromHudiStat(
     if (field.getSchema().getDataType() == InternalType.DECIMAL) {
       int scale =
           (int) field.getSchema().getMetadata().get(InternalSchema.MetadataKey.DECIMAL_SCALE);
-      minValue =
-          minValue instanceof ByteBuffer
-              ? convertBytesToBigDecimal((ByteBuffer) minValue, scale)
-              : ((BigDecimal) minValue).setScale(scale, RoundingMode.UNNECESSARY);
-      maxValue =
-          maxValue instanceof ByteBuffer
-              ? convertBytesToBigDecimal((ByteBuffer) maxValue, scale)
-              : ((BigDecimal) maxValue).setScale(scale, RoundingMode.UNNECESSARY);
+      if (minValue != null) {
+        minValue =
+            minValue instanceof ByteBuffer
+                ? convertBytesToBigDecimal((ByteBuffer) minValue, scale)
+                : ((BigDecimal) minValue).setScale(scale, RoundingMode.UNNECESSARY);
+      }
+      if (maxValue != null) {
+        maxValue =
+            maxValue instanceof ByteBuffer
+                ? convertBytesToBigDecimal((ByteBuffer) maxValue, scale)
+                : ((BigDecimal) maxValue).setScale(scale, RoundingMode.UNNECESSARY);
+      }
     }
     return getColumnStatFromValues(
         minValue,
diff --git a/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/kernel/DeltaKernelSchemaExtractor.java b/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/kernel/DeltaKernelSchemaExtractor.java
index e3da2e7d2..fccd5b22f 100644
--- a/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/kernel/DeltaKernelSchemaExtractor.java
+++ b/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/kernel/DeltaKernelSchemaExtractor.java
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ public InternalSchema toInternalSchema(StructType structType) {
     return toInternalSchema(structType, null, false, null, null);
   }
 
-  String trimmedTypeName = "";
-  InternalType type = null;
-
   private InternalSchema toInternalSchema(
       DataType dataType,
       String parentPath,
@@ -76,6 +73,8 @@ private InternalSchema toInternalSchema(
       String comment,
       FieldMetadata originalMetadata) {
 
+    String trimmedTypeName = "";
+    InternalType type = null;
     Map<InternalSchema.MetadataKey, Object> metadata = null;
     List<InternalField> fields = null;
 
diff --git a/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/TestIcebergTable.java b/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/TestIcebergTable.java
index b7b86578c..fe1414574 100644
--- a/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/TestIcebergTable.java
+++ b/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/TestIcebergTable.java
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ private DataFile writeAndGetDataFile(List<Record> records, StructLike partitionK
     DataWriter<Record> dataWriter =
         Parquet.writeData(file)
             .schema(icebergTable.schema())
-            .createWriterFunc(GenericParquetWriter::buildWriter)
+            .createWriterFunc(GenericParquetWriter::create)
             .overwrite()
             .withSpec(icebergTable.spec())
             .withPartition(partitionKey)
diff --git a/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/TestIcebergConversionSource.java b/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/TestIcebergConversionSource.java
index d1bf70bb6..10372e0b4 100644
--- a/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/TestIcebergConversionSource.java
+++ b/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/TestIcebergConversionSource.java
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ private DataFile generateTestDataFile(int partition, Table table, String filePat
     DataWriter<GenericRecord> dataWriter =
         Parquet.writeData(table.io().newOutputFile(filePath))
             .schema(csSchema)
-            .createWriterFunc(GenericParquetWriter::buildWriter)
+            .createWriterFunc(GenericParquetWriter::create)
             .overwrite()
             .withSpec(table.spec())
             .withPartition(partitionInfo)
diff --git a/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/TestIcebergDataHelper.java b/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/TestIcebergDataHelper.java
index a8518c1f9..d53b72067 100644
--- a/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/TestIcebergDataHelper.java
+++ b/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/TestIcebergDataHelper.java
@@ -333,11 +333,7 @@ private Object generateRandomValueForType(
       case STRUCT:
         return generateInsertRecord(timeLowerBound, timeUpperBound, fieldType.asStructType());
       case UUID:
-        UUID uuid = UUID.randomUUID();
-        ByteBuffer byteBuffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(new byte[16]);
-        byteBuffer.putLong(uuid.getMostSignificantBits());
-        byteBuffer.putLong(uuid.getLeastSignificantBits());
-        return byteBuffer.array();
+        return UUID.randomUUID();
       case LIST:
         Types.ListType listType = (Types.ListType) fieldType;
         int listSize = RANDOM.nextInt(5) + 1;
diff --git a/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/TestIcebergSchemaSync.java b/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/TestIcebergSchemaSync.java
index b07fac4c5..ffdd5f996 100644
--- a/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/TestIcebergSchemaSync.java
+++ b/xtable-core/src/test/java/org/apache/xtable/iceberg/TestIcebergSchemaSync.java
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public void testUpdateListElement() {
 
     verify(mockUpdateSchema).deleteColumn("array_field.element.element_string");
     verify(mockUpdateSchema)
-        .addColumn("array_field.element", "element_double", Types.DoubleType.get(), null);
+        .addColumn("array_field.element", "element_double", Types.DoubleType.get(), (String) null);
     verify(mockUpdateSchema).commit();
   }
 
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ public void testUpdateMapValue() {
 
     verify(mockUpdateSchema).deleteColumn("map_field.value.value_string");
     verify(mockUpdateSchema)
-        .addRequiredColumn("map_field.value", "value_double", Types.DoubleType.get(), null);
+        .addRequiredColumn(
+            "map_field.value", "value_double", Types.DoubleType.get(), (String) null);
     verify(mockUpdateSchema).commit();
   }
 
diff --git a/xtable-core/src/test/resources/schemas/basic_schema.avsc b/xtable-core/src/test/resources/schemas/basic_schema.avsc
index 613094c12..37193be59 100644
--- a/xtable-core/src/test/resources/schemas/basic_schema.avsc
+++ b/xtable-core/src/test/resources/schemas/basic_schema.avsc
@@ -72,20 +72,23 @@
     },
     {
       "name": "bytes_field",
-      "type": "bytes",
-      "default": ""
+      "type": ["null", "bytes"],
+      "default": null
     },
     {
       "name": "decimal_field",
-      "type": {
-        "type": "fixed",
-        "name": "decimal_field_testing",
-        "size": 10,
-        "logicalType": "decimal",
-        "precision": 20,
-        "scale": 2
-      },
-      "default": "\u0000"
+      "type": [
+        "null",
+        {
+          "type": "fixed",
+          "name": "decimal_field_testing",
+          "size": 10,
+          "logicalType": "decimal",
+          "precision": 20,
+          "scale": 2
+        }
+      ],
+      "default": null
     },
     {
       "name": "nested_record",
diff --git a/xtable-hive-metastore/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE-bundled b/xtable-hive-metastore/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE-bundled
index 04fe28aa5..27c286a32 100644
--- a/xtable-hive-metastore/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE-bundled
+++ b/xtable-hive-metastore/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE-bundled
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ org.apache.httpcomponents:fluent-hc:4.4.1
 org.apache.hudi:hudi-common:0.14.0
 org.apache.hudi:hudi-java-client:0.14.0
 org.apache.hudi:hudi-timeline-service:0.14.0
-org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-api:1.4.2
-org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-core:1.4.2
+org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-api:1.10.1
+org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-core:1.10.1
 org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-1.2-api:2.22.0
 org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.22.0
 io.delta:delta-core_2.12:2.4.0
diff --git a/xtable-hudi-support/xtable-hudi-support-extensions/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE-bundled b/xtable-hudi-support/xtable-hudi-support-extensions/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE-bundled
index 46089bf38..de1b2a89a 100644
--- a/xtable-hudi-support/xtable-hudi-support-extensions/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE-bundled
+++ b/xtable-hudi-support/xtable-hudi-support-extensions/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE-bundled
@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ org.apache.hudi:hudi-client-common:0.14.0
 org.apache.hudi:hudi-common:0.14.0
 org.apache.hudi:hudi-timeline-service:0.14.0
 org.apache.hudi:hudi-sync-common:0.14.0
-org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-api:1.4.2
-org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-core:1.4.2
-org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-parquet:1.4.2
+org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-api:1.10.1
+org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-core:1.10.1
+org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-parquet:1.10.1
 org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.22.0
 org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-1.2-api:2.22.0
 org.roaringbitmap:RoaringBitmap:0.9.47