diff --git a/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/concurrent_declarative_source.py b/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/concurrent_declarative_source.py
index e212b0f2a..5972a2186 100644
--- a/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/concurrent_declarative_source.py
+++ b/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/concurrent_declarative_source.py
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.declarative.extractors.record_filter import (
     ClientSideIncrementalRecordFilterDecorator,
 )
-from airbyte_cdk.sources.declarative.incremental import ConcurrentPerPartitionCursor
+from airbyte_cdk.sources.declarative.incremental import (
+    ConcurrentPerPartitionCursor,
+    GlobalSubstreamCursor,
+)
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.declarative.incremental.datetime_based_cursor import DatetimeBasedCursor
 from airbyte_cdk.sources.declarative.incremental.per_partition_with_global import (
     PerPartitionWithGlobalCursor,
@@ -361,7 +364,8 @@ def _group_streams(
                     == DatetimeBasedCursorModel.__name__
                     and hasattr(declarative_stream.retriever, "stream_slicer")
                     and isinstance(
-                        declarative_stream.retriever.stream_slicer, PerPartitionWithGlobalCursor
+                        declarative_stream.retriever.stream_slicer,
+                        (GlobalSubstreamCursor, PerPartitionWithGlobalCursor),
                     )
                 ):
                     stream_state = self._connector_state_manager.get_stream_state(
diff --git a/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/parsers/model_to_component_factory.py b/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/parsers/model_to_component_factory.py
index 09b20b028..064fb6c91 100644
--- a/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/parsers/model_to_component_factory.py
+++ b/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/parsers/model_to_component_factory.py
@@ -1439,7 +1439,9 @@ def create_concurrent_cursor_from_perpartition_cursor(
         stream_state = self.apply_stream_state_migrations(stream_state_migrations, stream_state)
 
         # Per-partition state doesn't make sense for GroupingPartitionRouter, so force the global state
-        use_global_cursor = isinstance(partition_router, GroupingPartitionRouter)
+        use_global_cursor = isinstance(
+            partition_router, GroupingPartitionRouter
+        ) or component_definition.get("global_substream_cursor", False)
 
         # Return the concurrent cursor and state converter
         return ConcurrentPerPartitionCursor(
diff --git a/unit_tests/sources/declarative/incremental/test_concurrent_perpartitioncursor.py b/unit_tests/sources/declarative/incremental/test_concurrent_perpartitioncursor.py
index e23d03a4a..5638d9580 100644
--- a/unit_tests/sources/declarative/incremental/test_concurrent_perpartitioncursor.py
+++ b/unit_tests/sources/declarative/incremental/test_concurrent_perpartitioncursor.py
@@ -3449,3 +3449,48 @@ def test_semaphore_cleanup():
     assert '{"id":"2"}' not in cursor._semaphore_per_partition
     assert len(cursor._partition_parent_state_map) == 0  # All parent states should be popped
     assert cursor._parent_state == {"parent": {"state": "state2"}}  # Last parent state
+
+
+def test_given_global_state_when_read_then_state_is_not_per_partition() -> None:
+    manifest = deepcopy(SUBSTREAM_MANIFEST)
+    manifest["definitions"]["post_comments_stream"]["incremental_sync"][
+        "global_substream_cursor"
+    ] = True
+    manifest["streams"].remove({"$ref": "#/definitions/post_comment_votes_stream"})
+    record = {
+        "id": 9,
+        "post_id": 1,
+        "updated_at": COMMENT_10_UPDATED_AT,
+    }
+    mock_requests = [
+        (
+            f"https://api.example.com/community/posts?per_page=100&start_time={START_DATE}",
+            {
+                "posts": [
+                    {"id": 1, "updated_at": POST_1_UPDATED_AT},
+                ],
+            },
+        ),
+        # Fetch the first page of comments for post 1
+        (
+            "https://api.example.com/community/posts/1/comments?per_page=100",
+            {
+                "comments": [record],
+            },
+        ),
+    ]
+
+    run_mocked_test(
+        mock_requests,
+        manifest,
+        CONFIG,
+        "post_comments",
+        {},
+        [record],
+        {
+            "lookback_window": 1,
+            "parent_state": {"posts": {"updated_at": "2024-01-30T00:00:00Z"}},
+            "state": {"updated_at": "2024-01-25T00:00:00Z"},
+            "use_global_cursor": True,  # ensures that it is running the Concurrent CDK version as this is not populated in the declarative implementation
+        },  # this state does have per partition which would be under `states`
+    )