diff --git a/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/IcebergSinkTask.java b/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/IcebergSinkTask.java
index 07627d3b..7b57f125 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/IcebergSinkTask.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/IcebergSinkTask.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.api.Committer;
 import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.api.Writer;
 import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.channel.CommitterImpl;
+import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.data.Utilities;
 import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.data.WriterImpl;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -50,26 +51,11 @@ public void start(Map<String, String> props) {
     this.config = new IcebergSinkConfig(props);
   }
 
-  private <C> void close(C closeable) {
-    if (closeable != null) {
-      if (closeable instanceof AutoCloseable) {
-        try {
-          ((AutoCloseable) closeable).close();
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-          LOG.warn(
-              "An error occurred while trying to close {} instance, ignoring...",
-              closeable.getClass().getSimpleName(),
-              e);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   private void clearState() {
-    close(writer);
+    Utilities.close(writer);
     writer = null;
 
-    close(committer);
+    Utilities.close(committer);
     committer = null;
   }
 
diff --git a/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/channel/CommitterImpl.java b/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/channel/CommitterImpl.java
index a6263711..834037e0 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/channel/CommitterImpl.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/channel/CommitterImpl.java
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.events.EventType;
 import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.events.TableName;
 import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.events.TopicPartitionOffset;
-import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-public class CommitterImpl implements Committer, Closeable {
+public class CommitterImpl implements Committer, AutoCloseable {
 
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CommitterImpl.class);
   private final SinkTaskContext context;
diff --git a/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/channel/Coordinator.java b/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/channel/Coordinator.java
index 4804cfa5..f0ebb45f 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/channel/Coordinator.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/channel/Coordinator.java
@@ -23,13 +23,13 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.IcebergSinkConfig;
+import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.data.Utilities;
 import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.events.CommitCompletePayload;
 import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.events.CommitRequestPayload;
 import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.events.CommitTablePayload;
 import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.events.Event;
 import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.events.EventType;
 import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.events.TableName;
-import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.UncheckedIOException;
 import java.time.Duration;
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.Catalog;
 import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.TableIdentifier;
 import org.apache.iceberg.exceptions.NoSuchTableException;
+import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.Lists;
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-class Coordinator implements Closeable {
+class Coordinator implements AutoCloseable {
 
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Coordinator.class);
   private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
@@ -87,6 +88,15 @@ class Coordinator implements Closeable {
   private final ExecutorService exec;
   private final CommitState commitState;
 
+  Coordinator(
+      IcebergSinkConfig config,
+      Collection<MemberDescription> members,
+      ConsumerFactory consumerFactory,
+      ProducerFactory producerFactory) {
+    this(config, members, Utilities.loadCatalog(config), consumerFactory, producerFactory);
+  }
+
+  @VisibleForTesting
   Coordinator(
       IcebergSinkConfig config,
       Collection<MemberDescription> members,
@@ -364,5 +374,6 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
     exec.shutdownNow();
     producer.close();
     consumer.close();
+    Utilities.close(catalog);
   }
 }
diff --git a/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/channel/CoordinatorThreadFactoryImpl.java b/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/channel/CoordinatorThreadFactoryImpl.java
index 4ac63fd4..f4a7352b 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/channel/CoordinatorThreadFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/channel/CoordinatorThreadFactoryImpl.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package io.tabular.iceberg.connect.channel;
 
 import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.IcebergSinkConfig;
-import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.data.Utilities;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.Admin;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.admin.ConsumerGroupDescription;
@@ -51,8 +50,7 @@ public CoordinatorThread create(IcebergSinkConfig config) {
       if (groupDesc.state() == ConsumerGroupState.STABLE) {
         Collection<MemberDescription> members = groupDesc.members();
         Coordinator coordinator =
-            new Coordinator(
-                config, members, Utilities.loadCatalog(config), consumerFactory, producerFactory);
+            new Coordinator(config, members, consumerFactory, producerFactory);
         thread = new CoordinatorThread(coordinator);
         thread.start();
         LOG.info("Started commit coordinator");
diff --git a/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriterFactory.java b/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriterFactory.java
index a11d1cf1..a688b21b 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriterFactory.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriterFactory.java
@@ -34,14 +34,19 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-public class IcebergWriterFactory {
+public class IcebergWriterFactory implements AutoCloseable {
 
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(IcebergWriterFactory.class);
 
   private final Catalog catalog;
   private final IcebergSinkConfig config;
 
-  public IcebergWriterFactory(Catalog catalog, IcebergSinkConfig config) {
+  public IcebergWriterFactory(IcebergSinkConfig config) {
+    this(config, Utilities.loadCatalog(config));
+  }
+
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  IcebergWriterFactory(IcebergSinkConfig config, Catalog catalog) {
     this.catalog = catalog;
     this.config = config;
   }
@@ -109,4 +114,9 @@ Table autoCreateTable(String tableName, SinkRecord sample) {
             });
     return result.get();
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public void close() throws Exception {
+    Utilities.close(catalog);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/Utilities.java b/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/Utilities.java
index 84fe76d7..01aebae8 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/Utilities.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/Utilities.java
@@ -264,5 +264,20 @@ private static Class<?> dynamicallyLoad(String className) {
     return configClass;
   }
 
+  public static <C> void close(C closeable) {
+    if (closeable != null) {
+      if (closeable instanceof AutoCloseable) {
+        try {
+          ((AutoCloseable) closeable).close();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+          LOG.warn(
+              "An error occurred while trying to close {} instance, ignoring...",
+              closeable.getClass().getSimpleName(),
+              e);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   private Utilities() {}
 }
diff --git a/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/WriterImpl.java b/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/WriterImpl.java
index abfe742a..9376cd3b 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/WriterImpl.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/src/main/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/WriterImpl.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.IcebergSinkConfig;
 import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.api.Committable;
 import io.tabular.iceberg.connect.api.Writer;
-import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-public class WriterImpl implements Writer, Closeable {
+public class WriterImpl implements Writer, AutoCloseable {
 
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(WriterImpl.class);
   private final IcebergSinkConfig config;
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ public class WriterImpl implements Writer, Closeable {
   private final Map<TopicPartition, Offset> offsetsByTopicPartition;
 
   public WriterImpl(SinkTaskContext context, IcebergSinkConfig config) {
-    this(context, config, new IcebergWriterFactory(Utilities.loadCatalog(config), config));
+    this(context, config, new IcebergWriterFactory(config));
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting
@@ -172,5 +171,6 @@ private void clearOffsets() {
   public void close() throws IOException {
     clearWriters();
     clearOffsets();
+    Utilities.close(writerFactory);
   }
 }
diff --git a/kafka-connect/src/test/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriterFactoryTest.java b/kafka-connect/src/test/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriterFactoryTest.java
index b15e7394..9ebcfe10 100644
--- a/kafka-connect/src/test/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriterFactoryTest.java
+++ b/kafka-connect/src/test/java/io/tabular/iceberg/connect/data/IcebergWriterFactoryTest.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public void testAutoCreateTable(boolean partitioned) {
     SinkRecord record = mock(SinkRecord.class);
     when(record.value()).thenReturn(ImmutableMap.of("id", 123, "data", "foo2"));
 
-    IcebergWriterFactory factory = new IcebergWriterFactory(catalog, config);
+    IcebergWriterFactory factory = new IcebergWriterFactory(config, catalog);
     factory.autoCreateTable("db.tbl", record);
 
     ArgumentCaptor<TableIdentifier> identCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(TableIdentifier.class);