diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/build.gradle b/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/build.gradle
index 33a96fd42e..bd59f11b00 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/build.gradle
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/build.gradle
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind'
 
     testImplementation project(':data-prepper-test:test-common')
+    testImplementation project(':data-prepper-test:test-event')
 
     integrationTestImplementation project(':data-prepper-plugins:in-memory-source-coordination-store')
     integrationTestImplementation project(':data-prepper-core')
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/IcebergSourceIT.java b/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/IcebergSourceIT.java
index 81c0dfb6b7..ccfb178e67 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/IcebergSourceIT.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/integrationTest/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/IcebergSourceIT.java
@@ -302,7 +302,8 @@ private IcebergService createService(final boolean disableExport) throws Excepti
         final EnhancedSourceCoordinator coordinator = createInMemoryCoordinator();
         coordinator.createPartition(new LeaderPartition());
 
-        return new IcebergService(coordinator, sourceConfig, pluginMetrics, acknowledgementSetManager);
+        return new IcebergService(coordinator, sourceConfig, pluginMetrics, acknowledgementSetManager,
+                org.opensearch.dataprepper.event.TestEventFactory.getTestEventFactory());
     }
 
     private EnhancedSourceCoordinator createInMemoryCoordinator() {
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/IcebergService.java b/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/IcebergService.java
index 968d52eec9..2288cef9fe 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/IcebergService.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/IcebergService.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.acknowledgements.AcknowledgementSetManager;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.buffer.Buffer;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.Event;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.EventFactory;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.record.Record;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.source.coordinator.enhanced.EnhancedSourceCoordinator;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.source.iceberg.leader.LeaderScheduler;
@@ -41,16 +42,19 @@ public class IcebergService {
     private final IcebergSourceConfig sourceConfig;
     private final PluginMetrics pluginMetrics;
     private final AcknowledgementSetManager acknowledgementSetManager;
+    private final EventFactory eventFactory;
     private ExecutorService executor;
 
     public IcebergService(final EnhancedSourceCoordinator sourceCoordinator,
                           final IcebergSourceConfig sourceConfig,
                           final PluginMetrics pluginMetrics,
-                          final AcknowledgementSetManager acknowledgementSetManager) {
+                          final AcknowledgementSetManager acknowledgementSetManager,
+                          final EventFactory eventFactory) {
         this.sourceCoordinator = sourceCoordinator;
         this.sourceConfig = sourceConfig;
         this.pluginMetrics = pluginMetrics;
         this.acknowledgementSetManager = acknowledgementSetManager;
+        this.eventFactory = eventFactory;
     }
 
     public void start(final Buffer<Record<Event>> buffer) {
@@ -98,7 +102,7 @@ public void start(final Buffer<Record<Event>> buffer) {
 
         runnableList.add(new LeaderScheduler(sourceCoordinator, tableConfigs, sourceConfig.getPollingInterval(), tables));
         runnableList.add(new ChangelogWorker(
-                sourceCoordinator, sourceConfig, tables, tableConfigs, buffer, acknowledgementSetManager));
+                sourceCoordinator, sourceConfig, tables, tableConfigs, buffer, acknowledgementSetManager, eventFactory));
 
         executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(runnableList.size());
         runnableList.forEach(executor::submit);
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/IcebergSource.java b/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/IcebergSource.java
index 2f25770503..6338d1f996 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/IcebergSource.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/IcebergSource.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.Experimental;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.buffer.Buffer;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.Event;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.EventFactory;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.record.Record;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.source.Source;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.source.coordinator.SourcePartitionStoreItem;
@@ -40,16 +41,19 @@ public class IcebergSource implements Source<Record<Event>>, UsesEnhancedSourceC
     private final IcebergSourceConfig sourceConfig;
     private final PluginMetrics pluginMetrics;
     private final AcknowledgementSetManager acknowledgementSetManager;
+    private final EventFactory eventFactory;
     private EnhancedSourceCoordinator sourceCoordinator;
     private IcebergService icebergService;
 
     @DataPrepperPluginConstructor
     public IcebergSource(final IcebergSourceConfig sourceConfig,
                          final PluginMetrics pluginMetrics,
-                         final AcknowledgementSetManager acknowledgementSetManager) {
+                         final AcknowledgementSetManager acknowledgementSetManager,
+                         final EventFactory eventFactory) {
         this.sourceConfig = sourceConfig;
         this.pluginMetrics = pluginMetrics;
         this.acknowledgementSetManager = acknowledgementSetManager;
+        this.eventFactory = eventFactory;
         LOG.info("Creating Iceberg Source for {} table(s)", sourceConfig.getTables().size());
     }
 
@@ -60,7 +64,7 @@ public void start(final Buffer<Record<Event>> buffer) {
 
         sourceCoordinator.createPartition(new LeaderPartition());
 
-        icebergService = new IcebergService(sourceCoordinator, sourceConfig, pluginMetrics, acknowledgementSetManager);
+        icebergService = new IcebergService(sourceCoordinator, sourceConfig, pluginMetrics, acknowledgementSetManager, eventFactory);
         icebergService.start(buffer);
     }
 
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/worker/ChangelogRecordConverter.java b/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/worker/ChangelogRecordConverter.java
index af966f2992..772a3b7bf8 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/worker/ChangelogRecordConverter.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/worker/ChangelogRecordConverter.java
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.variants.VariantValue;
 import org.apache.iceberg.variants.PhysicalType;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.Event;
-import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.JacksonEvent;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.EventBuilder;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.EventFactory;
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -45,10 +46,12 @@ public class ChangelogRecordConverter {
 
     private final String tableName;
     private final List<String> identifierColumns;
+    private final EventFactory eventFactory;
 
-    public ChangelogRecordConverter(final String tableName, final List<String> identifierColumns) {
+    public ChangelogRecordConverter(final String tableName, final List<String> identifierColumns, final EventFactory eventFactory) {
         this.tableName = tableName;
         this.identifierColumns = identifierColumns;
+        this.eventFactory = eventFactory;
     }
 
     public Event convert(final Record record,
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ public Event convert(final Record record,
             data.put(field.name(), convertValue(value, field.type()));
         }
 
-        final Event event = JacksonEvent.builder()
+        final Event event = eventFactory.eventBuilder(EventBuilder.class)
                 .withEventType(EVENT_TYPE)
                 .withData(data)
                 .build();
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/worker/ChangelogWorker.java b/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/worker/ChangelogWorker.java
index 1ec95b58bf..db044fe0c6 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/worker/ChangelogWorker.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/worker/ChangelogWorker.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.acknowledgements.AcknowledgementSetManager;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.buffer.Buffer;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.Event;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.EventFactory;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.source.coordinator.enhanced.EnhancedSourceCoordinator;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.source.coordinator.enhanced.EnhancedSourcePartition;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.source.iceberg.IcebergSourceConfig;
@@ -62,19 +63,22 @@ public class ChangelogWorker implements Runnable {
     private final Map<String, TableConfig> tableConfigs;
     private final Buffer<org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.record.Record<Event>> buffer;
     private final AcknowledgementSetManager acknowledgementSetManager;
+    private final EventFactory eventFactory;
 
     public ChangelogWorker(final EnhancedSourceCoordinator sourceCoordinator,
                            final IcebergSourceConfig sourceConfig,
                            final Map<String, Table> tables,
                            final Map<String, TableConfig> tableConfigs,
                            final Buffer<org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.record.Record<Event>> buffer,
-                           final AcknowledgementSetManager acknowledgementSetManager) {
+                           final AcknowledgementSetManager acknowledgementSetManager,
+                           final EventFactory eventFactory) {
         this.sourceCoordinator = sourceCoordinator;
         this.sourceConfig = sourceConfig;
         this.tables = tables;
         this.tableConfigs = tableConfigs;
         this.buffer = buffer;
         this.acknowledgementSetManager = acknowledgementSetManager;
+        this.eventFactory = eventFactory;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ private void processPartition(final ChangelogTaskPartition partition) throws Exc
 
         final Schema schema = table.schema();
         final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter(
-                tableName, tableConfig.getIdentifierColumns());
+                tableName, tableConfig.getIdentifierColumns(), eventFactory);
         final CarryoverRemover carryoverRemover = new CarryoverRemover();
 
         LOG.info("Processing partition for table {} snapshot {} with {} file(s)",
@@ -283,7 +287,7 @@ private void processInitialLoadPartition(final InitialLoadTaskPartition partitio
 
         final Schema schema = table.schema();
         final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter(
-                tableName, tableConfig.getIdentifierColumns());
+                tableName, tableConfig.getIdentifierColumns(), eventFactory);
 
         LOG.info("Processing initial load partition for table {} file {}",
                 tableName, state.getDataFilePath());
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/IcebergSourceTest.java b/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/IcebergSourceTest.java
index 75d1f65394..5ec4bacf2b 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/IcebergSourceTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/IcebergSourceTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.metrics.PluginMetrics;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.acknowledgements.AcknowledgementSetManager;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.EventFactory;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.source.coordinator.enhanced.EnhancedSourceCoordinator;
 
 import java.util.List;
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ class IcebergSourceTest {
     @Mock
     private AcknowledgementSetManager acknowledgementSetManager;
 
+    @Mock
+    private EventFactory eventFactory;
+
     @Mock
     private EnhancedSourceCoordinator sourceCoordinator;
 
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ void areAcknowledgementsEnabled_returnsConfigValue_whenTrue() {
         when(sourceConfig.isAcknowledgmentsEnabled()).thenReturn(true);
         when(sourceConfig.getTables()).thenReturn(List.of(tableConfig));
 
-        final IcebergSource source = new IcebergSource(sourceConfig, pluginMetrics, acknowledgementSetManager);
+        final IcebergSource source = new IcebergSource(sourceConfig, pluginMetrics, acknowledgementSetManager, eventFactory);
         assertThat(source.areAcknowledgementsEnabled(), equalTo(true));
     }
 
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ void areAcknowledgementsEnabled_returnsConfigValue_whenFalse() {
         when(sourceConfig.isAcknowledgmentsEnabled()).thenReturn(false);
         when(sourceConfig.getTables()).thenReturn(List.of(tableConfig));
 
-        final IcebergSource source = new IcebergSource(sourceConfig, pluginMetrics, acknowledgementSetManager);
+        final IcebergSource source = new IcebergSource(sourceConfig, pluginMetrics, acknowledgementSetManager, eventFactory);
         assertThat(source.areAcknowledgementsEnabled(), equalTo(false));
     }
 
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ void areAcknowledgementsEnabled_returnsConfigValue_whenFalse() {
     void getPartitionFactory_returnsNonNull() {
         when(sourceConfig.getTables()).thenReturn(List.of(tableConfig));
 
-        final IcebergSource source = new IcebergSource(sourceConfig, pluginMetrics, acknowledgementSetManager);
+        final IcebergSource source = new IcebergSource(sourceConfig, pluginMetrics, acknowledgementSetManager, eventFactory);
         assertThat(source.getPartitionFactory() != null, equalTo(true));
     }
 }
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/worker/ChangelogRecordConverterTest.java b/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/worker/ChangelogRecordConverterTest.java
index b5572f695b..9faba2c33b 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/worker/ChangelogRecordConverterTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/iceberg-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/iceberg/worker/ChangelogRecordConverterTest.java
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.variants.VariantObject;
 import org.apache.iceberg.variants.VariantPrimitive;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.event.TestEventFactory;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.Event;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.EventFactory;
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
@@ -36,6 +38,8 @@
 
 class ChangelogRecordConverterTest {
 
+    private static final EventFactory EVENT_FACTORY = TestEventFactory.getTestEventFactory();
+
     private static final Schema TEST_SCHEMA = new Schema(
             Types.NestedField.required(1, "id", Types.IntegerType.get()),
             Types.NestedField.optional(2, "name", Types.StringType.get()),
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ class ChangelogRecordConverterTest {
 
     @Test
     void convert_insertOperation_setsCorrectMetadata() {
-        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of("id"));
+        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of("id"), EVENT_FACTORY);
         final Record record = GenericRecord.create(TEST_SCHEMA);
         record.setField("id", 1);
         record.setField("name", "Alice");
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@ void convert_insertOperation_setsCorrectMetadata() {
 
     @Test
     void convert_deleteOperation_setsDeleteBulkAction() {
-        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of("id"));
+        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of("id"), EVENT_FACTORY);
         final Record record = GenericRecord.create(TEST_SCHEMA);
         record.setField("id", 1);
         record.setField("name", "Alice");
@@ -78,7 +82,7 @@ void convert_deleteOperation_setsDeleteBulkAction() {
 
     @Test
     void convert_multipleIdentifierColumns_concatenatedWithPipe() {
-        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of("id", "name"));
+        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of("id", "name"), EVENT_FACTORY);
         final Record record = GenericRecord.create(TEST_SCHEMA);
         record.setField("id", 1);
         record.setField("name", "Alice");
@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ void convert_multipleIdentifierColumns_concatenatedWithPipe() {
 
     @Test
     void convert_noIdentifierColumns_noDocumentId() {
-        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of());
+        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of(), EVENT_FACTORY);
         final Record record = GenericRecord.create(TEST_SCHEMA);
         record.setField("id", 1);
         record.setField("name", "Alice");
@@ -108,7 +112,7 @@ void convert_decimalType_convertedToString() {
                 Types.NestedField.required(1, "id", Types.IntegerType.get()),
                 Types.NestedField.optional(2, "price", Types.DecimalType.of(10, 2))
         );
-        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of("id"));
+        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of("id"), EVENT_FACTORY);
         final Record record = GenericRecord.create(schema);
         record.setField("id", 1);
         record.setField("price", new BigDecimal("123.45"));
@@ -124,7 +128,7 @@ void convert_dateType_convertedToIsoString() {
                 Types.NestedField.required(1, "id", Types.IntegerType.get()),
                 Types.NestedField.optional(2, "created", Types.DateType.get())
         );
-        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of("id"));
+        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of("id"), EVENT_FACTORY);
         final Record record = GenericRecord.create(schema);
         record.setField("id", 1);
         record.setField("created", LocalDate.of(2024, 1, 15));
@@ -136,7 +140,7 @@ void convert_dateType_convertedToIsoString() {
 
     @Test
     void convert_nullField_preservedAsNull() {
-        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of("id"));
+        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of("id"), EVENT_FACTORY);
         final Record record = GenericRecord.create(TEST_SCHEMA);
         record.setField("id", 1);
         record.setField("name", null);
@@ -165,7 +169,7 @@ void convert_structType_preservesFieldNames() {
         record.setField("id", 1);
         record.setField("address", addressRecord);
 
-        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of("id"));
+        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of("id"), EVENT_FACTORY);
         final Event event = converter.convert(record, schema, "INSERT", 12345L);
 
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -199,7 +203,7 @@ void convert_variantType_objectConvertedToMap() {
         record.setField("id", 1);
         record.setField("data", variant);
 
-        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of("id"));
+        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of("id"), EVENT_FACTORY);
         final Event event = converter.convert(record, schema, "INSERT", 12345L);
 
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -237,7 +241,7 @@ void convert_variantType_arrayConvertedToList() {
         record.setField("id", 1);
         record.setField("tags", variant);
 
-        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of("id"));
+        final ChangelogRecordConverter converter = new ChangelogRecordConverter("test_table", List.of("id"), EVENT_FACTORY);
         final Event event = converter.convert(record, schema, "INSERT", 12345L);
 
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")