diff --git a/src/main/java/com/snowflake/kafka/connector/internal/streaming/DirectStreamingClientHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/snowflake/kafka/connector/internal/streaming/DirectStreamingClientHandler.java
index 03f5ce65c..c3c7239d1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/snowflake/kafka/connector/internal/streaming/DirectStreamingClientHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/snowflake/kafka/connector/internal/streaming/DirectStreamingClientHandler.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import net.snowflake.ingest.streaming.SnowflakeStreamingIngestClient;
 import net.snowflake.ingest.streaming.SnowflakeStreamingIngestClientFactory;
 import net.snowflake.ingest.utils.SFException;
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.reflect.FieldUtils;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.errors.ConnectException;
 
 /** This class handles all calls to manage the streaming ingestion client */
@@ -47,9 +46,8 @@ public SnowflakeStreamingIngestClient createClient(
           SnowflakeStreamingIngestClientFactory.builder(
                   streamingClientProperties.clientName + "_" + createdClientId.getAndIncrement())
               .setProperties(streamingClientProperties.clientProperties)
-              .setParameterOverrides(streamingClientProperties.parameterOverrides);
-
-      setIcebergEnabled(builder, streamingClientProperties.isIcebergEnabled);
+              .setParameterOverrides(streamingClientProperties.parameterOverrides)
+              ;
 
       SnowflakeStreamingIngestClient createdClient = builder.build();
 
@@ -65,17 +63,6 @@ public SnowflakeStreamingIngestClient createClient(
     }
   }
 
-  private static void setIcebergEnabled(
-      SnowflakeStreamingIngestClientFactory.Builder builder, boolean isIcebergEnabled) {
-    try {
-      // TODO reflection should be replaced by proper builder.setIceberg(true) call in SNOW-1728002
-      FieldUtils.writeField(builder, "isIceberg", isIcebergEnabled, true);
-    } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException(
-          "Couldn't set iceberg by accessing private field: " + "isIceberg", e);
-    }
-  }
-
   /**
    * Closes the given client. Swallows any exceptions
    *
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/snowflake/kafka/connector/internal/streaming/StreamingClientProperties.java b/src/main/java/com/snowflake/kafka/connector/internal/streaming/StreamingClientProperties.java
index acf6bfcce..f82b9add4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/snowflake/kafka/connector/internal/streaming/StreamingClientProperties.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/snowflake/kafka/connector/internal/streaming/StreamingClientProperties.java
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ public StreamingClientProperties(Map<String, String> connectorConfig) {
 
     // Override only if the streaming client properties are explicitly set in config
     this.parameterOverrides = new HashMap<>();
+    if (isIcebergEnabled) {
+      // todo extract to field
+      this.parameterOverrides.put("enable_iceberg_streaming", "true");
+    }
     Optional<String> snowpipeStreamingMaxClientLag =
         Optional.ofNullable(connectorConfig.get(SNOWPIPE_STREAMING_MAX_CLIENT_LAG));
     snowpipeStreamingMaxClientLag.ifPresent(