diff --git a/spark/v4.1/spark-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/extensions/TestDelete.java b/spark/v4.1/spark-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/extensions/TestDelete.java
index 7e0f6207edc9..2e0186ddcd43 100644
--- a/spark/v4.1/spark-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/extensions/TestDelete.java
+++ b/spark/v4.1/spark-extensions/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/extensions/TestDelete.java
@@ -1473,6 +1473,64 @@ protected void append(String target, Employee... employees) throws NoSuchTableEx
     inputDF.coalesce(1).writeTo(target).append();
   }
 
+  @TestTemplate
+  public void testPartitionDeleteWithWapBranch() {
+    sql(
+        "CREATE TABLE %s (id bigint, data string) USING iceberg "
+            + "PARTITIONED BY (data) "
+            + "TBLPROPERTIES ('%s' = 'true')",
+        tableName, TableProperties.WRITE_AUDIT_PUBLISH_ENABLED);
+
+    sql("INSERT INTO %s VALUES (2, 'a'), (2, 'b')", tableName);
+
+    withSQLConf(
+        ImmutableMap.of(SparkSQLProperties.WAP_BRANCH, "dev1"),
+        () -> {
+          sql("INSERT INTO %s VALUES (1, 'a'), (2, 'a')", tableName);
+
+          sql("DELETE FROM %s WHERE data = 'a'", tableName);
+
+          assertEquals(
+              "Main branch should keep all original data",
+              ImmutableList.of(row(2L, "a"), row(2L, "b")),
+              sql("SELECT * FROM %s.branch_main ORDER BY id, data", tableName));
+
+          assertEquals(
+              "WAP branch should have data=a row deleted",
+              ImmutableList.of(row(2L, "b")),
+              sql("SELECT * FROM %s VERSION AS OF 'dev1' ORDER BY id, data", tableName));
+        });
+  }
+
+  @TestTemplate
+  public void testNonPartitionDeleteWithWapBranch() {
+    sql(
+        "CREATE TABLE %s (id bigint, data string) USING iceberg "
+            + "PARTITIONED BY (data) "
+            + "TBLPROPERTIES ('%s' = 'true')",
+        tableName, TableProperties.WRITE_AUDIT_PUBLISH_ENABLED);
+
+    sql("INSERT INTO %s VALUES (2, 'a'), (2, 'b')", tableName);
+
+    withSQLConf(
+        ImmutableMap.of(SparkSQLProperties.WAP_BRANCH, "dev1"),
+        () -> {
+          sql("INSERT INTO %s VALUES (1, 'a'), (2, 'a')", tableName);
+
+          sql("DELETE FROM %s WHERE id = 2", tableName);
+
+          assertEquals(
+              "Main branch should keep all original data",
+              ImmutableList.of(row(2L, "a"), row(2L, "b")),
+              sql("SELECT * FROM %s.branch_main ORDER BY id, data", tableName));
+
+          assertEquals(
+              "WAP branch should have id=2 row deleted",
+              ImmutableList.of(row(1L, "a")),
+              sql("SELECT * FROM %s VERSION AS OF 'dev1' ORDER BY id, data", tableName));
+        });
+  }
+
   private RowLevelOperationMode mode(Table table) {
     String modeName = table.properties().getOrDefault(DELETE_MODE, DELETE_MODE_DEFAULT);
     return RowLevelOperationMode.fromName(modeName);
diff --git a/spark/v4.1/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkTable.java b/spark/v4.1/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkTable.java
index ae3c0ce0c8bb..7767eb139a30 100644
--- a/spark/v4.1/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkTable.java
+++ b/spark/v4.1/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/source/SparkTable.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.spark.CommitMetadata;
 import org.apache.iceberg.spark.Spark3Util;
 import org.apache.iceberg.spark.SparkReadConf;
+import org.apache.iceberg.spark.SparkTableUtil;
 import org.apache.iceberg.spark.SparkUtil;
 import org.apache.iceberg.spark.SparkV2Filters;
 import org.apache.iceberg.spark.TimeTravel;
@@ -233,7 +234,12 @@ private boolean canDeleteUsingMetadata(Expression deleteExpr) {
             .includeColumnStats()
             .ignoreResiduals();
 
-    if (snapshot != null) {
+    String targetBranch =
+        SparkTableUtil.determineReadBranch(
+            spark(), table(), branch, CaseInsensitiveStringMap.empty());
+    if (targetBranch != null) {
+      scan = scan.useRef(targetBranch);
+    } else if (snapshot != null) {
       scan = scan.useSnapshot(snapshot.snapshotId());
     }
 
@@ -275,8 +281,11 @@ public void deleteWhere(Predicate[] predicates) {
             .set("spark.app.id", spark().sparkContext().applicationId())
             .deleteFromRowFilter(deleteExpr);
 
-    if (branch != null) {
-      deleteFiles.toBranch(branch);
+    String targetBranch =
+        SparkTableUtil.determineWriteBranch(
+            spark(), table(), branch, CaseInsensitiveStringMap.empty());
+    if (targetBranch != null) {
+      deleteFiles.toBranch(targetBranch);
     }
 
     if (!CommitMetadata.commitProperties().isEmpty()) {