diff --git a/v2/spanner-to-sourcedb/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/v2/templates/dbutils/connection/JdbcConnectionHelper.java b/v2/spanner-to-sourcedb/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/v2/templates/dbutils/connection/JdbcConnectionHelper.java
index 1f2f32ec75..46aae3d235 100644
--- a/v2/spanner-to-sourcedb/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/v2/templates/dbutils/connection/JdbcConnectionHelper.java
+++ b/v2/spanner-to-sourcedb/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/v2/templates/dbutils/connection/JdbcConnectionHelper.java
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.Statement;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
@@ -84,10 +87,24 @@ public synchronized void init(ConnectionHelperRequest connectionHelperRequest) {
         config.addDataSourceProperty(key, value);
       }
       HikariDataSource ds = new HikariDataSource(config);
+      validateMysqlHikariConnection(ds);
       connectionPoolMap.put(sourceConnectionUrl + "/" + shard.getUserName(), ds);
     }
   }
 
+  private void validateMysqlHikariConnection(HikariDataSource ds) {
+    try (Statement stmt = ds.getConnection().createStatement();
+        ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT @@global.read_only")) {
+
+      if (rs.next() && rs.getBoolean(1)) {
+        // Node is read-only. Close connection and throw exception.
+        throw new SQLException("Connection rejected: MySQL Shard is in read-only mode.");
+      }
+    } catch (SQLException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Connection getConnection(String connectionRequestKey) throws ConnectionException {
     try {
diff --git a/v2/spanner-to-sourcedb/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/v2/templates/dbutils/connection/JdbcConnectionHelperTest.java b/v2/spanner-to-sourcedb/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/v2/templates/dbutils/connection/JdbcConnectionHelperTest.java
index 70b7c0e6ad..b2d01dc368 100644
--- a/v2/spanner-to-sourcedb/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/v2/templates/dbutils/connection/JdbcConnectionHelperTest.java
+++ b/v2/spanner-to-sourcedb/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/teleport/v2/templates/dbutils/connection/JdbcConnectionHelperTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mockConstruction;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@
 import com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig;
 import com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource;
 import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.Statement;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -112,7 +116,17 @@ public void testInitConnectionPool() {
     try (MockedConstruction<HikariDataSource> mockedDsConstruction =
         mockConstruction(
             HikariDataSource.class,
-            (mock, context) -> when(mock.getConnection()).thenReturn(mock(Connection.class)))) {
+            (mock, context) -> {
+              Connection mockConnection = mock(Connection.class);
+              Statement mockStatement = mock(Statement.class);
+              ResultSet mockResultSet = mock(ResultSet.class);
+              when(mockResultSet.next()).thenReturn(true);
+              when(mockResultSet.getBoolean(1)).thenReturn(false); // Not read-only
+              when(mockStatement.executeQuery("SELECT @@global.read_only"))
+                  .thenReturn(mockResultSet);
+              when(mockConnection.createStatement()).thenReturn(mockStatement);
+              when(mock.getConnection()).thenReturn(mockConnection);
+            })) {
       try (MockedConstruction<HikariConfig> mockedConfigConstruction =
           mockConstruction(HikariConfig.class)) {
         connectionHelper.init(mockRequest);
@@ -136,4 +150,87 @@ public void testInitConnectionPool() {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInit_readOnlyShard_throwsException() throws SQLException {
+    ConnectionHelperRequest mockRequest = mock(ConnectionHelperRequest.class);
+    Shard mockShard = mock(Shard.class);
+    when(mockShard.getHost()).thenReturn("localhost");
+    when(mockShard.getPort()).thenReturn("3306");
+    when(mockShard.getDbName()).thenReturn("testdb");
+    when(mockShard.getUserName()).thenReturn("testuser");
+    when(mockShard.getPassword()).thenReturn("testpassword");
+    when(mockRequest.getDriver()).thenReturn("com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver");
+    when(mockRequest.getMaxConnections()).thenReturn(1);
+
+    List<Shard> mockShards = Collections.singletonList(mockShard);
+    when(mockRequest.getShards()).thenReturn(mockShards);
+
+    // Mock the JDBC objects to simulate a read-only database
+    ResultSet mockResultSet = mock(ResultSet.class);
+    when(mockResultSet.next()).thenReturn(true);
+    when(mockResultSet.getBoolean(1)).thenReturn(true); // Read-only is true
+
+    Statement mockStatement = mock(Statement.class);
+    when(mockStatement.executeQuery("SELECT @@global.read_only")).thenReturn(mockResultSet);
+
+    Connection mockConnection = mock(Connection.class);
+    when(mockConnection.createStatement()).thenReturn(mockStatement);
+
+    try (MockedConstruction<HikariDataSource> mockedDsConstruction =
+        mockConstruction(
+            HikariDataSource.class,
+            (mock, context) -> {
+              when(mock.getConnection()).thenReturn(mockConnection);
+            })) {
+
+      try {
+        connectionHelper.init(mockRequest);
+        fail("Expected RuntimeException was not thrown");
+      } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+        assertTrue(e.getCause() instanceof SQLException);
+        assertEquals(
+            "Connection rejected: MySQL Shard is in read-only mode.", e.getCause().getMessage());
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInit_writableShard_succeeds() throws SQLException {
+    ConnectionHelperRequest mockRequest = mock(ConnectionHelperRequest.class);
+    Shard mockShard = mock(Shard.class);
+    when(mockShard.getHost()).thenReturn("localhost");
+    when(mockShard.getPort()).thenReturn("3306");
+    when(mockShard.getDbName()).thenReturn("testdb");
+    when(mockShard.getUserName()).thenReturn("testuser");
+    when(mockShard.getPassword()).thenReturn("testpassword");
+
+    List<Shard> mockShards = Collections.singletonList(mockShard);
+    when(mockRequest.getShards()).thenReturn(mockShards);
+
+    // Mock the JDBC objects to simulate a writable database
+    ResultSet mockResultSet = mock(ResultSet.class);
+    when(mockResultSet.next()).thenReturn(true);
+    when(mockResultSet.getBoolean(1)).thenReturn(false); // Read-only is false
+
+    Statement mockStatement = mock(Statement.class);
+    when(mockStatement.executeQuery("SELECT @@global.read_only")).thenReturn(mockResultSet);
+
+    Connection mockConnection = mock(Connection.class);
+    when(mockConnection.createStatement()).thenReturn(mockStatement);
+
+    try (MockedConstruction<HikariDataSource> mockedDsConstruction =
+        mockConstruction(
+            HikariDataSource.class,
+            (mock, context) -> {
+              when(mock.getConnection()).thenReturn(mockConnection);
+            })) {
+      try (MockedConstruction<HikariConfig> mockedConfigConstruction =
+          mockConstruction(HikariConfig.class)) {
+        // No exception should be thrown
+        connectionHelper.init(mockRequest);
+        assertTrue(connectionHelper.isConnectionPoolInitialized());
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }