diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/RewriteTablePathUtil.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/RewriteTablePathUtil.java
index 794a2625f9c5..178b89ad213a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/RewriteTablePathUtil.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/RewriteTablePathUtil.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
 import org.apache.iceberg.data.Record;
 import org.apache.iceberg.deletes.PositionDelete;
@@ -225,11 +224,7 @@ public static RewriteResult<ManifestFile> rewriteManifestList(
     OutputFile outputFile = io.newOutputFile(outputPath);
 
     List<ManifestFile> manifestFiles = manifestFilesInSnapshot(io, snapshot);
-    List<ManifestFile> manifestFilesToRewrite =
-        manifestFiles.stream()
-            .filter(mf -> manifestsToRewrite.contains(mf.path()))
-            .collect(Collectors.toList());
-    manifestFilesToRewrite.forEach(
+    manifestFiles.forEach(
         mf ->
             Preconditions.checkArgument(
                 mf.path().startsWith(sourcePrefix),
@@ -245,13 +240,15 @@ public static RewriteResult<ManifestFile> rewriteManifestList(
             snapshot.parentId(),
             snapshot.sequenceNumber())) {
 
-      for (ManifestFile file : manifestFilesToRewrite) {
+      for (ManifestFile file : manifestFiles) {
         ManifestFile newFile = file.copy();
         ((StructLike) newFile).set(0, newPath(newFile.path(), sourcePrefix, targetPrefix));
         writer.add(newFile);
 
-        result.toRewrite().add(file);
-        result.copyPlan().add(Pair.of(stagingPath(file.path(), stagingDir), newFile.path()));
+        if (manifestsToRewrite.contains(file.path())) {
+          result.toRewrite().add(file);
+          result.copyPlan().add(Pair.of(stagingPath(file.path(), stagingDir), newFile.path()));
+        }
       }
       return result;
     } catch (IOException e) {
diff --git a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/TestRewriteTablePathsAction.java b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/TestRewriteTablePathsAction.java
index bf36a0e694e8..c69a270d8f17 100644
--- a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/TestRewriteTablePathsAction.java
+++ b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/actions/TestRewriteTablePathsAction.java
@@ -245,6 +245,52 @@ public void testStartVersion() throws Exception {
         .isEqualTo(0);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testIncrementalRewrite() throws Exception {
+    String location = newTableLocation();
+    Table sourceTable =
+        TABLES.create(SCHEMA, PartitionSpec.unpartitioned(), Maps.newHashMap(), location);
+    List<ThreeColumnRecord> recordsA =
+        Lists.newArrayList(new ThreeColumnRecord(1, "AAAAAAAAAA", "AAAA"));
+    Dataset<Row> dfA = spark.createDataFrame(recordsA, ThreeColumnRecord.class).coalesce(1);
+
+    // Write first increment to source table
+    dfA.select("c1", "c2", "c3").write().format("iceberg").mode("append").save(location);
+    assertThat(spark.read().format("iceberg").load(location).count()).isEqualTo(1);
+
+    // Replicate first increment to target table
+    RewriteTablePath.Result result =
+        actions()
+            .rewriteTablePath(sourceTable)
+            .rewriteLocationPrefix(sourceTable.location(), targetTableLocation())
+            .execute();
+    copyTableFiles(result);
+    assertThat(spark.read().format("iceberg").load(targetTableLocation()).count()).isEqualTo(1);
+
+    // Write second increment to source table
+    List<ThreeColumnRecord> recordsB =
+        Lists.newArrayList(new ThreeColumnRecord(2, "BBBBBBBBB", "BBB"));
+    Dataset<Row> dfB = spark.createDataFrame(recordsB, ThreeColumnRecord.class).coalesce(1);
+    dfB.select("c1", "c2", "c3").write().format("iceberg").mode("append").save(location);
+    assertThat(spark.read().format("iceberg").load(location).count()).isEqualTo(2);
+
+    // Replicate second increment to target table
+    sourceTable.refresh();
+    Table targetTable = TABLES.load(targetTableLocation());
+    String targetTableMetadata = currentMetadata(targetTable).metadataFileLocation();
+    String startVersion = fileName(targetTableMetadata);
+    RewriteTablePath.Result incrementalRewriteResult =
+        actions()
+            .rewriteTablePath(sourceTable)
+            .rewriteLocationPrefix(sourceTable.location(), targetTableLocation())
+            .startVersion(startVersion)
+            .execute();
+    copyTableFiles(incrementalRewriteResult);
+    List<Object[]> actual = rowsSorted(targetTableLocation(), "c1");
+    List<Object[]> expected = rowsSorted(location, "c1");
+    assertEquals("Rows should match after copy", expected, actual);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testTableWith3Snapshots(@TempDir Path location1, @TempDir Path location2)
       throws Exception {
@@ -1144,6 +1190,10 @@ private List<Object[]> rows(String location) {
     return rowsToJava(spark.read().format("iceberg").load(location).collectAsList());
   }
 
+  private List<Object[]> rowsSorted(String location, String sortCol) {
+    return rowsToJava(spark.read().format("iceberg").load(location).sort(sortCol).collectAsList());
+  }
+
   private PositionDelete<GenericRecord> positionDelete(
       Schema tableSchema, CharSequence path, Long position, Object... values) {
     PositionDelete<GenericRecord> posDelete = PositionDelete.create();