diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
index 86ba0a78d266..e5186220a41a 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/IcebergMetadata.java
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ public Optional<ConnectorOutputMetadata> finishInsert(ConnectorSession session,
                         icebergTable.schema().findType(field.sourceId())))
                 .toArray(Type[]::new);
 
-        AppendFiles appendFiles = transaction.newFastAppend();
+        AppendFiles appendFiles = transaction.newAppend();
         for (CommitTaskData task : commitTasks) {
             DataFiles.Builder builder = DataFiles.builder(icebergTable.spec())
                     .withPath(task.getPath())
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TestIcebergMergeAppend.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TestIcebergMergeAppend.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d81681d264c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/TestIcebergMergeAppend.java
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package io.trino.plugin.iceberg;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import io.trino.plugin.hive.HdfsConfig;
+import io.trino.plugin.hive.HdfsConfiguration;
+import io.trino.plugin.hive.HdfsConfigurationInitializer;
+import io.trino.plugin.hive.HdfsEnvironment;
+import io.trino.plugin.hive.HiveHdfsConfiguration;
+import io.trino.plugin.hive.NodeVersion;
+import io.trino.plugin.hive.authentication.NoHdfsAuthentication;
+import io.trino.plugin.hive.metastore.HiveMetastore;
+import io.trino.plugin.hive.metastore.MetastoreConfig;
+import io.trino.plugin.hive.metastore.file.FileHiveMetastore;
+import io.trino.plugin.hive.metastore.file.FileHiveMetastoreConfig;
+import io.trino.plugin.iceberg.catalog.IcebergTableOperationsProvider;
+import io.trino.plugin.iceberg.catalog.file.FileMetastoreTableOperationsProvider;
+import io.trino.spi.connector.SchemaTableName;
+import io.trino.testing.AbstractTestQueryFramework;
+import io.trino.testing.DistributedQueryRunner;
+import io.trino.testing.MaterializedResult;
+import io.trino.testing.QueryRunner;
+import io.trino.testing.TestingConnectorSession;
+import org.apache.iceberg.Table;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class TestIcebergMergeAppend
+        extends AbstractTestQueryFramework
+{
+    private HiveMetastore metastore;
+    private HdfsEnvironment hdfsEnvironment;
+    private IcebergTableOperationsProvider tableOperationsProvider;
+
+    @Override
+    protected QueryRunner createQueryRunner() throws Exception
+    {
+        DistributedQueryRunner queryRunner = IcebergQueryRunner.createIcebergQueryRunner();
+        HdfsConfig hdfsConfig = new HdfsConfig();
+        HdfsConfiguration hdfsConfiguration = new HiveHdfsConfiguration(new HdfsConfigurationInitializer(hdfsConfig), ImmutableSet.of());
+        hdfsEnvironment = new HdfsEnvironment(hdfsConfiguration, hdfsConfig, new NoHdfsAuthentication());
+
+        File baseDir = queryRunner.getCoordinator().getBaseDataDir().resolve("iceberg_data").toFile();
+        metastore = new FileHiveMetastore(
+                new NodeVersion("testversion"),
+                hdfsEnvironment,
+                new MetastoreConfig(),
+                new FileHiveMetastoreConfig()
+                        .setCatalogDirectory(baseDir.toURI().toString())
+                        .setMetastoreUser("test"));
+        tableOperationsProvider = new FileMetastoreTableOperationsProvider(new HdfsFileIoProvider(hdfsEnvironment));
+
+        return queryRunner;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInsertWithAppend()
+    {
+        assertUpdate("CREATE TABLE table_to_insert (_bigint BIGINT, _varchar VARCHAR)");
+        Table table = IcebergUtil.loadIcebergTable(metastore, tableOperationsProvider, TestingConnectorSession.SESSION,
+                new SchemaTableName("tpch", "table_to_insert"));
+        table.updateProperties()
+                .set("commit.manifest.min-count-to-merge", "2")
+                .commit();
+        assertUpdate("INSERT INTO table_to_insert VALUES (1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c')", 3);
+        MaterializedResult result = computeActual("select * from \"table_to_insert$manifests\"");
+        assertEquals(result.getRowCount(), 1);
+        assertUpdate("INSERT INTO table_to_insert VALUES (4, 'd')", 1);
+        result = computeActual("select * from \"table_to_insert$manifests\"");
+        assertEquals(result.getRowCount(), 1);
+    }
+}