diff --git a/pyiceberg/manifest.py b/pyiceberg/manifest.py
index 3811a9d894..434ffae623 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/manifest.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/manifest.py
@@ -774,9 +774,7 @@ def construct_partition_summaries(spec: PartitionSpec, schema: Schema, partition
 MANIFEST_LIST_FILE_STRUCTS = {format_version: schema.as_struct() for format_version, schema in MANIFEST_LIST_FILE_SCHEMAS.items()}
 
 
-POSITIONAL_DELETE_SCHEMA = Schema(
-    NestedField(2147483546, "file_path", StringType()), NestedField(2147483545, "pos", IntegerType())
-)
+POSITIONAL_DELETE_SCHEMA = Schema(NestedField(2147483546, "file_path", StringType()), NestedField(2147483545, "pos", LongType()))
 
 
 class ManifestFile(Record):
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_manifest.py b/tests/utils/test_manifest.py
index 40ad4bf221..462bf34648 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_manifest.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_manifest.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 # pylint: disable=redefined-outer-name,arguments-renamed,fixme
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
+from typing import Any, cast
 
 import fastavro
 import pytest
@@ -973,3 +974,101 @@ def test_inherit_from_manifest_snapshot_id() -> None:
     assert result.snapshot_id == 3051729675574597004
     assert result.sequence_number == 1
     assert result.file_sequence_number == 1
+
+
+def test_positional_delete_schema_pos_is_long() -> None:
+    # Spec: the positional delete `pos` field (id 2147483545) is a long, not an int32.
+    # A v2 position-delete file can reference row positions in data files with more than
+    # 2**31 rows, so an int32 `pos` would silently overflow.
+    from pyiceberg.manifest import POSITIONAL_DELETE_SCHEMA
+    from pyiceberg.types import LongType, StringType
+
+    file_path_field = POSITIONAL_DELETE_SCHEMA.find_field(2147483546)
+    pos_field = POSITIONAL_DELETE_SCHEMA.find_field(2147483545)
+
+    assert file_path_field.name == "file_path"
+    assert isinstance(file_path_field.field_type, StringType)
+    assert pos_field.name == "pos"
+    assert isinstance(pos_field.field_type, LongType)
+
+
+def test_positional_delete_schema_pos_serializes_as_avro_long() -> None:
+    from pyiceberg.manifest import POSITIONAL_DELETE_SCHEMA
+    from pyiceberg.utils.schema_conversion import AvroSchemaConversion
+
+    avro_schema = cast(dict[str, Any], AvroSchemaConversion().iceberg_to_avro(POSITIONAL_DELETE_SCHEMA, schema_name="pos_delete"))
+    pos_field = next(field for field in avro_schema["fields"] if field["name"] == "pos")
+
+    assert "long" in pos_field["type"]
+    assert "int" not in pos_field["type"]
+
+
+def test_positional_delete_pos_above_int32_round_trips() -> None:
+    # A position beyond int32 range must survive conversion to/from the bound bytes
+    # that get stored in a position-delete DataFile's lower/upper bounds.
+    from pyiceberg.conversions import from_bytes, to_bytes
+    from pyiceberg.manifest import POSITIONAL_DELETE_SCHEMA
+
+    pos_type = POSITIONAL_DELETE_SCHEMA.find_field(2147483545).field_type
+    large_pos = 2**31 + 123456789  # well past int32 max (2147483647)
+
+    encoded = to_bytes(pos_type, large_pos)
+    # long encodes to 8 bytes; an int32 would have truncated to 4 bytes / wrapped.
+    assert len(encoded) == 8
+    assert from_bytes(pos_type, encoded) == large_pos
+
+
+def test_position_delete_datafile_large_pos_bounds_round_trip_through_manifest(
+    test_schema: Schema,
+    test_partition_spec: PartitionSpec,
+) -> None:
+    # A DataFile carrying POSITION_DELETES content with pos bounds beyond int32
+    # round-trips through a written/read v2 manifest's map<int, bytes> bounds.
+    from pyiceberg.conversions import from_bytes, to_bytes
+    from pyiceberg.manifest import POSITIONAL_DELETE_SCHEMA
+    from pyiceberg.types import LongType, StringType
+
+    io = load_file_io()
+    pos_type = POSITIONAL_DELETE_SCHEMA.find_field(2147483545).field_type
+    min_pos = 2**31 + 1
+    max_pos = 2**32 + 99
+    path_bytes = to_bytes(StringType(), "s3://bucket/data/big.parquet")
+
+    delete_file = DataFile.from_args(
+        _table_format_version=2,
+        content=DataFileContent.POSITION_DELETES,
+        file_path="s3://bucket/data/big-deletes.parquet",
+        file_format=FileFormat.PARQUET,
+        partition=Record(),
+        record_count=2,
+        file_size_in_bytes=128,
+        lower_bounds={2147483546: path_bytes, 2147483545: to_bytes(LongType(), min_pos)},
+        upper_bounds={2147483546: path_bytes, 2147483545: to_bytes(LongType(), max_pos)},
+        equality_ids=None,
+        sort_order_id=None,
+    )
+
+    with TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+        output = io.new_output(tmpdir + "/pos_delete_manifest.avro")
+        with write_manifest(
+            format_version=2,
+            spec=UNPARTITIONED_PARTITION_SPEC,
+            schema=test_schema,
+            output_file=output,
+            snapshot_id=1,
+            avro_compression="null",
+        ) as writer:
+            writer.add_entry(
+                ManifestEntry.from_args(
+                    status=ManifestEntryStatus.ADDED,
+                    snapshot_id=1,
+                    data_file=delete_file,
+                )
+            )
+            new_manifest = writer.to_manifest_file()
+
+        entries = new_manifest.fetch_manifest_entry(io)
+        read_file = entries[0].data_file
+        assert read_file.content == DataFileContent.POSITION_DELETES
+        assert from_bytes(pos_type, read_file.lower_bounds[2147483545]) == min_pos
+        assert from_bytes(pos_type, read_file.upper_bounds[2147483545]) == max_pos