diff --git a/debezium-server-iceberg-sink/src/main/java/io/debezium/server/iceberg/IcebergChangeEvent.java b/debezium-server-iceberg-sink/src/main/java/io/debezium/server/iceberg/IcebergChangeEvent.java
index ba406724..3f1f76cc 100644
--- a/debezium-server-iceberg-sink/src/main/java/io/debezium/server/iceberg/IcebergChangeEvent.java
+++ b/debezium-server-iceberg-sink/src/main/java/io/debezium/server/iceberg/IcebergChangeEvent.java
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ private static IcebergChangeEventSchemaData debeziumFieldToIcebergField(JsonNode
       switch (fieldType) {
         case "struct":
           int rootStructId = schemaData.nextFieldId().getAndIncrement();
-          IcebergChangeEventSchemaData subSchemaData = schemaData.copyWithNextFieldId();
+          IcebergChangeEventSchemaData subSchemaData = schemaData.copyKeepNextFieldId();
           for (JsonNode subFieldSchema : fieldSchema.get("fields")) {
             String subFieldName = subFieldSchema.get("field").textValue();
             debeziumFieldToIcebergField(subFieldSchema, subFieldName, subSchemaData);
@@ -246,10 +246,10 @@ private static IcebergChangeEventSchemaData debeziumFieldToIcebergField(JsonNode
           int rootMapId = schemaData.nextFieldId().getAndIncrement();
           int keyFieldId = schemaData.nextFieldId().getAndIncrement();
           int valFieldId = schemaData.nextFieldId().getAndIncrement();
-          IcebergChangeEventSchemaData keySchemaData = schemaData.copyWithNextFieldId();
+          IcebergChangeEventSchemaData keySchemaData = schemaData.copyKeepNextFieldId();
           debeziumFieldToIcebergField(fieldSchema.get("keys"), fieldName + "_key", keySchemaData);
           schemaData.nextFieldId().incrementAndGet();
-          IcebergChangeEventSchemaData valSchemaData = schemaData.copyWithNextFieldId();
+          IcebergChangeEventSchemaData valSchemaData = schemaData.copyKeepNextFieldId();
           debeziumFieldToIcebergField(fieldSchema.get("values"), fieldName + "_val", valSchemaData);
           Types.MapType mapField = Types.MapType.ofOptional(keyFieldId, valFieldId, keySchemaData.fields().get(0).type(), valSchemaData.fields().get(0).type());
           schemaData.fields().add(Types.NestedField.optional(rootMapId, fieldName, mapField));
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ private static IcebergChangeEventSchemaData debeziumFieldToIcebergField(JsonNode
 
         case "array":
           int rootArrayId = schemaData.nextFieldId().getAndIncrement();
-          IcebergChangeEventSchemaData arraySchemaData = schemaData.copyWithNextFieldId();
+          IcebergChangeEventSchemaData arraySchemaData = schemaData.copyKeepNextFieldId();
           debeziumFieldToIcebergField(fieldSchema.get("items"), fieldName + "_items", arraySchemaData);
           Types.ListType listField = Types.ListType.ofOptional(schemaData.nextFieldId().getAndIncrement(), arraySchemaData.fields().get(0).type());
           schemaData.fields().add(Types.NestedField.optional(rootArrayId, fieldName, listField));
diff --git a/debezium-server-iceberg-sink/src/main/java/io/debezium/server/iceberg/IcebergChangeEventSchemaData.java b/debezium-server-iceberg-sink/src/main/java/io/debezium/server/iceberg/IcebergChangeEventSchemaData.java
index 2a224563..00196ca9 100644
--- a/debezium-server-iceberg-sink/src/main/java/io/debezium/server/iceberg/IcebergChangeEventSchemaData.java
+++ b/debezium-server-iceberg-sink/src/main/java/io/debezium/server/iceberg/IcebergChangeEventSchemaData.java
@@ -9,17 +9,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 record IcebergChangeEventSchemaData(List<Types.NestedField> fields, Set<Integer> identifierFieldIds,
-                                           AtomicInteger nextFieldId) {
-
-  public IcebergChangeEventSchemaData(List<Types.NestedField> fields, Set<Integer> identifierFieldIds, AtomicInteger nextFieldId) {
-    this.nextFieldId = nextFieldId;
-    this.fields = fields;
-    this.identifierFieldIds = identifierFieldIds;
-  }
-
-  public IcebergChangeEventSchemaData(AtomicInteger nextFieldId) {
-    this(new ArrayList<>(), new HashSet<>(), nextFieldId);
-  }
+                                    AtomicInteger nextFieldId) {
 
 
   public IcebergChangeEventSchemaData(Integer nextFieldId) {
@@ -30,8 +20,7 @@ public IcebergChangeEventSchemaData() {
     this(new ArrayList<>(), new HashSet<>(), new AtomicInteger(1));
   }
 
-
-  public IcebergChangeEventSchemaData copyWithNextFieldId() {
+  public IcebergChangeEventSchemaData copyKeepNextFieldId() {
     return new IcebergChangeEventSchemaData(new ArrayList<>(), new HashSet<>(), this.nextFieldId);
   }
 
diff --git a/debezium-server-iceberg-sink/src/test/java/io/debezium/server/iceberg/IcebergChangeEventSchemaDataTest.java b/debezium-server-iceberg-sink/src/test/java/io/debezium/server/iceberg/IcebergChangeEventSchemaDataTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dd1f44a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debezium-server-iceberg-sink/src/test/java/io/debezium/server/iceberg/IcebergChangeEventSchemaDataTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package io.debezium.server.iceberg;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+class IcebergChangeEventSchemaDataTest {
+
+  @Test
+  void nextFieldId() {
+
+    IcebergChangeEventSchemaData test = new IcebergChangeEventSchemaData(5);
+    test.identifierFieldIds().add(1);
+    assertEquals(6, test.nextFieldId().incrementAndGet());
+
+    IcebergChangeEventSchemaData testSubschemaField = test.copyKeepNextFieldId();
+    testSubschemaField.nextFieldId().incrementAndGet();
+    assertEquals(7, test.nextFieldId().get());
+  }
+
+}
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