diff --git a/flink-1.17-connector-bigquery/flink-connector-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/flink/bigquery/source/reader/deserializer/AvroDeserializationSchema.java b/flink-1.17-connector-bigquery/flink-connector-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/flink/bigquery/source/reader/deserializer/AvroDeserializationSchema.java
index c94b7755..a0c3935e 100644
--- a/flink-1.17-connector-bigquery/flink-connector-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/flink/bigquery/source/reader/deserializer/AvroDeserializationSchema.java
+++ b/flink-1.17-connector-bigquery/flink-connector-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/flink/bigquery/source/reader/deserializer/AvroDeserializationSchema.java
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@
 import org.apache.flink.api.common.typeinfo.TypeInformation;
 import org.apache.flink.formats.avro.typeutils.GenericRecordAvroTypeInfo;
 
+import com.google.cloud.flink.bigquery.common.exceptions.BigQueryConnectorException;
 import org.apache.avro.Schema;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericRecord;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * A simple Identity de-serialization for pipelines that just want {@link GenericRecord} as response
@@ -34,14 +35,24 @@ public class AvroDeserializationSchema
         implements BigQueryDeserializationSchema<GenericRecord, GenericRecord> {
 
     private final String avroSchemaString;
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AvroDeserializationSchema.class);
 
     public AvroDeserializationSchema(String avroSchemaString) {
         this.avroSchemaString = avroSchemaString;
     }
 
     @Override
-    public GenericRecord deserialize(GenericRecord record) throws IOException {
-        return record;
+    public GenericRecord deserialize(GenericRecord record) throws BigQueryConnectorException {
+        try {
+            return record;
+        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+            LOG.error(
+                    String.format(
+                            "Error deserializing Avro Generic Record %s to Avro Generic Record.%nError: %s.%nCause:%s ",
+                            record.toString(), e.getMessage(), e.getCause()));
+            throw new BigQueryConnectorException(
+                    "Error in deserializing to Avro Generic Record", e);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/flink-1.17-connector-bigquery/flink-connector-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/flink/bigquery/source/reader/deserializer/AvroToRowDataDeserializationSchema.java b/flink-1.17-connector-bigquery/flink-connector-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/flink/bigquery/source/reader/deserializer/AvroToRowDataDeserializationSchema.java
index 3f316e48..f437da5d 100644
--- a/flink-1.17-connector-bigquery/flink-connector-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/flink/bigquery/source/reader/deserializer/AvroToRowDataDeserializationSchema.java
+++ b/flink-1.17-connector-bigquery/flink-connector-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/flink/bigquery/source/reader/deserializer/AvroToRowDataDeserializationSchema.java
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@
 import org.apache.flink.table.data.RowData;
 import org.apache.flink.table.types.logical.RowType;
 
+import com.google.cloud.flink.bigquery.common.exceptions.BigQueryConnectorException;
 import org.apache.avro.generic.GenericRecord;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /** Simple implementation for the Deserialization schema (from Avro GenericRecord to RowData). */
 @Internal
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ public class AvroToRowDataDeserializationSchema
         implements BigQueryDeserializationSchema<GenericRecord, RowData> {
     private final AvroToRowDataConverters.AvroToRowDataConverter converter;
     private final TypeInformation<RowData> typeInfo;
+    private static final Logger LOG =
+            LoggerFactory.getLogger(AvroToRowDataDeserializationSchema.class);
 
     public AvroToRowDataDeserializationSchema(RowType rowType, TypeInformation<RowData> typeInfo) {
         this.converter = AvroToRowDataConverters.createRowConverter(rowType);
@@ -39,8 +42,16 @@ public AvroToRowDataDeserializationSchema(RowType rowType, TypeInformation<RowDa
     }
 
     @Override
-    public RowData deserialize(GenericRecord record) throws IOException {
-        return (GenericRowData) converter.convert(record);
+    public RowData deserialize(GenericRecord record) throws BigQueryConnectorException {
+        try {
+            return (GenericRowData) converter.convert(record);
+        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+            LOG.error(
+                    String.format(
+                            "Error deserializing Avro Generic Record %s to Row Data.%nError: %s.%nCause:%s ",
+                            record.toString(), e.getMessage(), e.getCause()));
+            throw new BigQueryConnectorException("Error in deserializing to Row Data", e);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/flink-1.17-connector-bigquery/flink-connector-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/flink/bigquery/source/reader/deserializer/BigQueryDeserializationSchema.java b/flink-1.17-connector-bigquery/flink-connector-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/flink/bigquery/source/reader/deserializer/BigQueryDeserializationSchema.java
index ed56f28f..e54e30a1 100644
--- a/flink-1.17-connector-bigquery/flink-connector-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/flink/bigquery/source/reader/deserializer/BigQueryDeserializationSchema.java
+++ b/flink-1.17-connector-bigquery/flink-connector-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/flink/bigquery/source/reader/deserializer/BigQueryDeserializationSchema.java
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
 import org.apache.flink.api.java.typeutils.ResultTypeQueryable;
 import org.apache.flink.util.Collector;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
+import com.google.cloud.flink.bigquery.common.exceptions.BigQueryConnectorException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
 /**
@@ -34,14 +37,16 @@
 public interface BigQueryDeserializationSchema<IN, OUT>
         extends Serializable, ResultTypeQueryable<OUT> {
 
+    Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BigQueryDeserializationSchema.class);
+
     /**
      * De-serializes the IN type record.
      *
      * @param record The BSON document to de-serialize.
      * @return The de-serialized message as an object (null if the message cannot be de-serialized).
-     * @throws java.io.IOException In case of problems while de-serializing.
+     * @throws BigQueryConnectorException In case of problems while de-serializing.
      */
-    OUT deserialize(IN record) throws IOException;
+    OUT deserialize(IN record) throws BigQueryConnectorException;
 
     /**
      * De-serializes the IN type record.
@@ -54,10 +59,19 @@ public interface BigQueryDeserializationSchema<IN, OUT>
      * @param record The IN document to de-serialize.
      * @param out The collector to put the resulting messages.
      */
-    default void deserialize(IN record, Collector<OUT> out) throws IOException {
+    default void deserialize(IN record, Collector<OUT> out) throws BigQueryConnectorException {
         OUT deserialize = deserialize(record);
-        if (deserialize != null) {
-            out.collect(deserialize);
+        try {
+            if (deserialize != null) {
+                out.collect(deserialize);
+            }
+        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+            LOG.error(
+                    String.format(
+                            "Failed to forward the deserialized record %s to the next operator.%nError %s%nCause %s",
+                            deserialize, e.getMessage(), e.getCause()));
+            throw new BigQueryConnectorException(
+                    "Failed to forward the deserialized record to the next operator.");
         }
     }
 }