diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TrinoRestCatalog.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TrinoRestCatalog.java
index e1f1a1f8e0ce..3f5b411abf8f 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TrinoRestCatalog.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/catalog/rest/TrinoRestCatalog.java
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public void registerTable(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName tableName, S
     @Override
     public void dropTable(ConnectorSession session, SchemaTableName schemaTableName)
     {
-        if (!restSessionCatalog.dropTable(convert(session), toIdentifier(schemaTableName))) {
+        if (!restSessionCatalog.purgeTable(convert(session), toIdentifier(schemaTableName))) {
             throw new TrinoException(ICEBERG_CATALOG_ERROR, format("Failed to drop table: %s", schemaTableName));
         }
     }
diff --git a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/BaseIcebergConnectorTest.java b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/BaseIcebergConnectorTest.java
index 13d0fb63af19..b0b73d531784 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/BaseIcebergConnectorTest.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-iceberg/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/iceberg/BaseIcebergConnectorTest.java
@@ -5045,6 +5045,21 @@ public void testDroppingIcebergAndCreatingANewTableWithTheSameNameShouldBePossib
         dropTable("test_iceberg_recreate");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDropTableDeleteData()
+    {
+        String tableName = "test_drop_table_delete_data" + randomNameSuffix();
+        assertUpdate("CREATE TABLE " + tableName + " (a_int) AS VALUES (1)", 1);
+        String tableLocation = getTableLocation(tableName);
+        assertUpdate("DROP TABLE " + tableName);
+
+        // Create a new table with the same location to verify the data was deleted in the above DROP TABLE
+        assertUpdate("CREATE TABLE " + tableName + "(a_int INTEGER) WITH (location = '" + tableLocation + "')");
+        assertQueryReturnsEmptyResult("SELECT * FROM " + tableName);
+
+        assertUpdate("DROP TABLE " + tableName);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testPathHiddenColumn()
     {