diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/record_batch_transformer.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/record_batch_transformer.rs
index 07ec43918f..a20adb6a5a 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/record_batch_transformer.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/record_batch_transformer.rs
@@ -792,7 +792,8 @@ mod test {
         let projected_iceberg_field_ids = [1, 2, 3];
 
         let mut transformer =
-            RecordBatchTransformer::build(snapshot_schema, &projected_iceberg_field_ids);
+            RecordBatchTransformerBuilder::new(snapshot_schema, &projected_iceberg_field_ids)
+                .build();
 
         let file_schema = Arc::new(ArrowSchema::new(vec![
             simple_field("id", DataType::Int32, false, "1"),
diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/io/file_io.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/io/file_io.rs
index 6e2d152ed7..d6bb0b06f3 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/io/file_io.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/io/file_io.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,19 @@ use url::Url;
 use super::storage::Storage;
 use crate::{Error, ErrorKind, Result};
 
+/// Write mode for output files.
+///
+/// This controls whether to use append mode when writing to storage.
+/// Note: This is different from OpenDAL's internal write strategy
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
+pub enum WriteMode {
+    /// Standard write mode (default)..
+    #[default]
+    Standard,
+    /// Append mode (required for some storage backends like AZDLS).
+    Append,
+}
+
 /// FileIO implementation, used to manipulate files in underlying storage.
 ///
 /// # Note
@@ -144,6 +157,7 @@ impl FileIO {
         let (op, relative_path) = self.inner.create_operator(&path)?;
         let path = path.as_ref().to_string();
         let relative_path_pos = path.len() - relative_path.len();
+
         Ok(InputFile {
             op,
             path,
@@ -160,10 +174,22 @@ impl FileIO {
         let (op, relative_path) = self.inner.create_operator(&path)?;
         let path = path.as_ref().to_string();
         let relative_path_pos = path.len() - relative_path.len();
+
+        // ADLS requires append mode for writes
+        #[cfg(feature = "storage-azdls")]
+        let write_mode = if matches!(self.inner.as_ref(), Storage::Azdls { .. }) {
+            WriteMode::Append
+        } else {
+            WriteMode::Standard
+        };
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "storage-azdls"))]
+        let write_mode = WriteMode::Standard;
+
         Ok(OutputFile {
             op,
             path,
             relative_path_pos,
+            write_mode,
         })
     }
 }
@@ -409,6 +435,8 @@ pub struct OutputFile {
     path: String,
     // Relative path of file to uri, starts at [`relative_path_pos`]
     relative_path_pos: usize,
+    // Write mode for the file (required for some storage backends like AZDLS)
+    write_mode: WriteMode,
 }
 
 impl OutputFile {
@@ -456,9 +484,13 @@ impl OutputFile {
     ///
     /// For one-time writing, use [`Self::write`] instead.
     pub async fn writer(&self) -> crate::Result<Box<dyn FileWrite>> {
-        Ok(Box::new(
-            self.op.writer(&self.path[self.relative_path_pos..]).await?,
-        ))
+        let writer = self
+            .op
+            .writer_with(&self.path[self.relative_path_pos..])
+            .append(self.write_mode == WriteMode::Append)
+            .await?;
+
+        Ok(Box::new(writer))
     }
 }