diff --git a/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/delta/DeltaConversionUtils.java b/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/delta/DeltaConversionUtils.java
index 3401df844..225d13c64 100644
--- a/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/delta/DeltaConversionUtils.java
+++ b/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/delta/DeltaConversionUtils.java
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ static SparkSession buildSparkSession(Configuration conf) {
             .set(
                 "spark.sql.catalog.spark_catalog",
                 "org.apache.spark.sql.delta.catalog.DeltaCatalog")
-            .set("spark.databricks.delta.constraints.allowUnenforcedNotNull.enabled", "true");
+            .set("spark.databricks.delta.constraints.allowUnenforcedNotNull.enabled", "true")
+            .set("spark.databricks.delta.checkpoint.exceptionThrowing.enabled", "true");
     SparkSession.Builder builder = SparkSession.builder().config(sparkConf);
     conf.forEach(
         entry ->