diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableProperties.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableProperties.java
index 2267ba03f..1600868e8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableProperties.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/TableProperties.java
@@ -371,4 +371,6 @@ private TableProperties() {}
   public static final int ENCRYPTION_DEK_LENGTH_DEFAULT = 16;
 
   public static final int ENCRYPTION_AAD_LENGTH_DEFAULT = 16;
+
+  public static final String DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION = "write.delete-file-replication";
 }
diff --git a/spark/v3.3/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkSQLProperties.java b/spark/v3.3/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkSQLProperties.java
index b09f668c4..8169bbafe 100644
--- a/spark/v3.3/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkSQLProperties.java
+++ b/spark/v3.3/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkSQLProperties.java
@@ -69,4 +69,7 @@ private SparkSQLProperties() {}
 
   // Controls the spark input split size.
   public static final String SPLIT_SIZE = "spark.sql.iceberg.split-size";
+
+  // Controls the replication factor for delete files
+  public static final String DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION = "spark.sql.iceberg.delete-file-replication";
 }
diff --git a/spark/v3.3/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteConf.java b/spark/v3.3/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteConf.java
index 41777c515..28b4d7db6 100644
--- a/spark/v3.3/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteConf.java
+++ b/spark/v3.3/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteConf.java
@@ -133,6 +133,17 @@ public String wapId() {
     return sessionConf.get(SparkSQLProperties.WAP_ID, null);
   }
 
+  public short deleteFileReplication() {
+    return (short)
+        confParser
+            .intConf()
+            .option(SparkWriteOptions.DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION)
+            .sessionConf(SparkSQLProperties.DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION)
+            .tableProperty(TableProperties.DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION)
+            .defaultValue(SparkWriteOptions.DEFAULT_DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION)
+            .parse();
+  }
+
   public boolean mergeSchema() {
     return confParser
         .booleanConf()
diff --git a/spark/v3.3/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteOptions.java b/spark/v3.3/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteOptions.java
index c4eacb7b9..d1fecf10f 100644
--- a/spark/v3.3/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteOptions.java
+++ b/spark/v3.3/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteOptions.java
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ public class SparkWriteOptions {
 
   private SparkWriteOptions() {}
 
+  // Configuration to tune the replication factor for delete files.
+  public static final String DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION = "delete-file-replication";
+
+  // Configuring the default replication factor.
+  public static final short DEFAULT_DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION = 3;
+
   // Fileformat for write operations(default: Table write.format.default )
   public static final String WRITE_FORMAT = "write-format";
 
diff --git a/spark/v3.4/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkSQLProperties.java b/spark/v3.4/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkSQLProperties.java
index 908a82c3c..a856a74da 100644
--- a/spark/v3.4/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkSQLProperties.java
+++ b/spark/v3.4/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkSQLProperties.java
@@ -100,4 +100,7 @@ private SparkSQLProperties() {}
 
   // Controls the spark input split size.
   public static final String SPLIT_SIZE = "spark.sql.iceberg.split-size";
+
+  // Controls the replication factor for delete files
+  public static final String DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION = "spark.sql.iceberg.delete-file-replication";
 }
diff --git a/spark/v3.4/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteConf.java b/spark/v3.4/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteConf.java
index c37c09c95..1a1dfb410 100644
--- a/spark/v3.4/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteConf.java
+++ b/spark/v3.4/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteConf.java
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ public short deleteFileReplication() {
         confParser
             .intConf()
             .option(SparkWriteOptions.DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION)
+            .sessionConf(SparkSQLProperties.DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION)
+            .tableProperty(TableProperties.DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION)
             .defaultValue(SparkWriteOptions.DEFAULT_DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION)
             .parse();
   }
diff --git a/spark/v3.4/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteOptions.java b/spark/v3.4/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteOptions.java
index f5f3a4259..4bd704f62 100644
--- a/spark/v3.4/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteOptions.java
+++ b/spark/v3.4/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteOptions.java
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ public class SparkWriteOptions {
 
   private SparkWriteOptions() {}
 
+  // Configuration to tune the replication factor for delete files.
   public static final String DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION = "delete-file-replication";
 
+  // The default replication factor.
   public static final short DEFAULT_DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION = 3;
 
   // Fileformat for write operations(default: Table write.format.default )
diff --git a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkSQLProperties.java b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkSQLProperties.java
index 01648fbd5..9b1155533 100644
--- a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkSQLProperties.java
+++ b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkSQLProperties.java
@@ -93,4 +93,7 @@ private SparkSQLProperties() {}
 
   // Controls the spark input split size.
   public static final String SPLIT_SIZE = "spark.sql.iceberg.split-size";
+
+  // Controls the delete file replication
+  public static final String DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION = "spark.sql.iceberg.delete-file-replication";
 }
diff --git a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteConf.java b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteConf.java
index 2bef37a8e..377bb901e 100644
--- a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteConf.java
+++ b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkWriteConf.java
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ public short deleteFileReplication() {
     return (short)
         confParser
             .intConf()
+            .sessionConf(SparkSQLProperties.DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION)
+            .tableProperty(TableProperties.DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION)
             .option(SparkWriteOptions.DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION)
             .defaultValue(SparkWriteOptions.DEFAULT_DELETE_FILE_REPLICATION)
             .parse();