diff --git a/beekeeper-integration-tests/src/test/java/com/expediagroup/beekeeper/integration/BeekeeperPathCleanupIntegrationTest.java b/beekeeper-integration-tests/src/test/java/com/expediagroup/beekeeper/integration/BeekeeperPathCleanupIntegrationTest.java
index ed9ed046..e370906c 100644
--- a/beekeeper-integration-tests/src/test/java/com/expediagroup/beekeeper/integration/BeekeeperPathCleanupIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/beekeeper-integration-tests/src/test/java/com/expediagroup/beekeeper/integration/BeekeeperPathCleanupIntegrationTest.java
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@
 
 import static com.expediagroup.beekeeper.cleanup.monitoring.BytesDeletedReporter.METRIC_NAME;
 import static com.expediagroup.beekeeper.core.model.HousekeepingStatus.DELETED;
+import static com.expediagroup.beekeeper.core.model.HousekeepingStatus.SKIPPED;
 import static com.expediagroup.beekeeper.integration.CommonTestVariables.AWS_REGION;
 import static com.expediagroup.beekeeper.integration.CommonTestVariables.DATABASE_NAME_VALUE;
 import static com.expediagroup.beekeeper.integration.CommonTestVariables.TABLE_NAME_VALUE;
 
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -60,6 +62,9 @@
 import com.amazonaws.services.s3.model.CreateBucketRequest;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 
+import com.expediagroup.beekeeper.core.model.HousekeepingEntity;
+import com.expediagroup.beekeeper.core.model.HousekeepingPath;
+import com.expediagroup.beekeeper.core.model.HousekeepingStatus;
 import com.expediagroup.beekeeper.integration.utils.ContainerTestUtils;
 import com.expediagroup.beekeeper.integration.utils.HiveTestUtils;
 import com.expediagroup.beekeeper.path.cleanup.BeekeeperPathCleanup;
@@ -295,6 +300,31 @@ public void cleanupSentinelForNonEmptyParent() throws SQLException, TException {
     assertThat(amazonS3.doesObjectExist(BUCKET, tableSentinel)).isTrue();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void shouldSkipCleanupForIcebergTable() throws Exception {
+    // add iceberg table props
+    Map<String, String> tableProperties = new HashMap<>();
+    tableProperties.put("table_type", "ICEBERG");
+    tableProperties.put("format", "ICEBERG/PARQUET");
+    String outputFormat = "org.apache.iceberg.mr.hive.HiveIcebergOutputFormat";
+    // create iceberg table
+    hiveTestUtils.createTableWithProperties(
+        TABLE_PATH, TABLE_NAME_VALUE, false, tableProperties, outputFormat, true);
+    //  add data
+    String objectKey = DATABASE_NAME_VALUE + "/" + TABLE_NAME_VALUE + "/file1";
+    amazonS3.putObject(BUCKET, objectKey, CONTENT);
+    // insert housekeepingPath record
+    String path = "s3://" + BUCKET + "/" + DATABASE_NAME_VALUE + "/" + TABLE_NAME_VALUE + "/";
+    insertUnreferencedPath(path); // Uses default database and table names
+    // wait for the cleanup process to run and update to skipped
+    await().atMost(TIMEOUT, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+        .until(() -> getUnreferencedPaths().get(0).getHousekeepingStatus() == SKIPPED);
+    // verify that the data in S3 is still present
+    assertThat(amazonS3.doesObjectExist(BUCKET, objectKey))
+        .withFailMessage("S3 object %s should still exist as cleanup was skipped.", objectKey)
+        .isTrue();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void metrics() throws SQLException, TException {
     hiveTestUtils.createTable(TABLE_PATH, TABLE_NAME_VALUE, false);
diff --git a/beekeeper-path-cleanup/src/main/java/com/expediagroup/beekeeper/path/cleanup/handler/GenericPathHandler.java b/beekeeper-path-cleanup/src/main/java/com/expediagroup/beekeeper/path/cleanup/handler/GenericPathHandler.java
index 30442c22..ad85a3b0 100644
--- a/beekeeper-path-cleanup/src/main/java/com/expediagroup/beekeeper/path/cleanup/handler/GenericPathHandler.java
+++ b/beekeeper-path-cleanup/src/main/java/com/expediagroup/beekeeper/path/cleanup/handler/GenericPathHandler.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Slice;
 
 import com.expediagroup.beekeeper.cleanup.path.PathCleaner;
+import com.expediagroup.beekeeper.core.error.BeekeeperException;
 import com.expediagroup.beekeeper.core.model.HousekeepingPath;
 import com.expediagroup.beekeeper.core.model.HousekeepingStatus;
 import com.expediagroup.beekeeper.core.repository.HousekeepingPathRepository;
@@ -67,12 +68,20 @@ public Pageable processPage(Pageable pageable, Slice<HousekeepingPath> page, boo
   }
 
   private boolean cleanUpPath(HousekeepingPath housekeepingPath) {
-    if (S3PathValidator.validTablePath(housekeepingPath.getPath())) {
-      pathCleaner.cleanupPath(housekeepingPath);
-      return true;
+    try {
+      if (S3PathValidator.validTablePath(housekeepingPath.getPath())) {
+        pathCleaner.cleanupPath(housekeepingPath);
+        return true;
+      }
+      log.warn("Will not clean up path \"{}\" because it is not valid.", housekeepingPath.getPath());
+      return false;
+    } catch (BeekeeperException e) {
+      // Handle Iceberg table by updating status to SKIPPED
+      updateStatus(housekeepingPath, HousekeepingStatus.SKIPPED);
+      log.warn("Skipping cleanup for Iceberg table \"{}.{}\": {}", housekeepingPath.getDatabaseName(),
+          housekeepingPath.getTableName(), e.getMessage());
+      return false;
     }
-    log.warn("Will not clean up path \"{}\" because it is not valid.", housekeepingPath.getPath());
-    return false;
   }
 
   private void cleanupContent(HousekeepingPath housekeepingPath) {