diff --git a/src/test/java/com/snowflake/kafka/connector/internal/streaming/TopicPartitionChannelIT.java b/src/test/java/com/snowflake/kafka/connector/internal/streaming/TopicPartitionChannelIT.java
index 6dab5e6f3..709947ffa 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/snowflake/kafka/connector/internal/streaming/TopicPartitionChannelIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/snowflake/kafka/connector/internal/streaming/TopicPartitionChannelIT.java
@@ -777,4 +777,51 @@ private void testInsertRowsWithGaps(boolean withSchematization) throws Exception
         : "expected: " + 4 + " actual: " + TestUtils.tableSize(testTableName);
     service.closeAll();
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInsertRowsWithGaps_schematization_indexOutOfBoundsException() {
+    // setup
+    Map<String, String> config = TestUtils.getConfForStreaming();
+    SnowflakeSinkConnectorConfig.setDefaultValues(config);
+    config.put(
+        SnowflakeSinkConnectorConfig.ENABLE_SCHEMATIZATION_CONFIG, Boolean.toString(true)
+    );
+
+    // create tpChannel
+    SnowflakeSinkService service =
+        SnowflakeSinkServiceFactory.builder(conn, IngestionMethodConfig.SNOWPIPE_STREAMING, config)
+            .setRecordNumber(4) // test must try inserting all 4 rows in one insert iteration.
+            .setErrorReporter(new InMemoryKafkaRecordErrorReporter())
+            .setSinkTaskContext(new InMemorySinkTaskContext(Collections.singleton(topicPartition)))
+            .addTask(testTableName, topicPartition)
+            .build();
+
+    // insert blank records that do not evolve schema: 0, 1
+    JsonConverter converter = new JsonConverter();
+    HashMap<String, String> converterConfig = new HashMap<>();
+    converterConfig.put("schemas.enable", "false");
+    converter.configure(converterConfig, false);
+    SchemaAndValue schemaInputValue = converter.toConnectData("test", null);
+    List<SinkRecord> records = new ArrayList<>();
+    for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+      records.add(
+          new SinkRecord(
+              topic,
+              PARTITION,
+              Schema.STRING_SCHEMA,
+              "test",
+              schemaInputValue.schema(),
+              schemaInputValue.value(),
+              i * 100
+          )
+      );
+    }
+
+    // add records with change in schema with extreme gap in offsets.
+    records.addAll(TestUtils.createNativeJsonSinkRecords(300, 2, topic, PARTITION));
+
+    // records' offsets  -> [0, 100, 300, 301]
+    service.insert(records);  // will throw IndexOutOfBounds exception
+    service.closeAll();
+  }
 }