diff --git a/fluss-flink/fluss-flink-common/src/test/java/org/apache/fluss/flink/source/ChangelogVirtualTableITCase.java b/fluss-flink/fluss-flink-common/src/test/java/org/apache/fluss/flink/source/ChangelogVirtualTableITCase.java
index 2b9111af89..20788ce7a8 100644
--- a/fluss-flink/fluss-flink-common/src/test/java/org/apache/fluss/flink/source/ChangelogVirtualTableITCase.java
+++ b/fluss-flink/fluss-flink-common/src/test/java/org/apache/fluss/flink/source/ChangelogVirtualTableITCase.java
@@ -377,6 +377,25 @@ public void testChangelogWithScanStartupMode() throws Exception {
                 .containsExactlyInAnyOrder(
                         "+I[+I, 3, 1970-01-01T00:00:00.200Z, 4, v4]",
                         "+I[+I, 4, 1970-01-01T00:00:00.200Z, 5, v5]");
+
+        // 3. Test scan.startup.mode='latest' - should only read new records after subscription
+        String optionsLatest = " /*+ OPTIONS('scan.startup.mode' = 'latest') */";
+        String queryLatest = "SELECT id FROM startup_mode_test$changelog" + optionsLatest;
+        CloseableIterator<Row> rowIterLatest = tEnv.executeSql(queryLatest).collect();
+        List<String> latestResults = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (int attempt = 0; attempt < 10; attempt++) {
+            // Write a new record (with id larger than 5)
+            int rowId = 6 + attempt;
+            writeRows(conn, tablePath, Arrays.asList(row(rowId, "v" + rowId)), false);
+
+            // Try to fetch one record with a 5-second timeout
+            latestResults = collectRowsWithTimeout(rowIterLatest, 1, Duration.ofSeconds(5));
+            if (!latestResults.isEmpty()) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        int id = Integer.parseInt(latestResults.getFirst().replaceAll(".*\\[(\\d+)]", "$1"));
+        assertThat(id).isGreaterThan(5);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/fluss-flink/fluss-flink-common/src/test/java/org/apache/fluss/flink/source/testutils/FlinkRowAssertionsUtils.java b/fluss-flink/fluss-flink-common/src/test/java/org/apache/fluss/flink/source/testutils/FlinkRowAssertionsUtils.java
index 00807497d6..dcabc8e143 100644
--- a/fluss-flink/fluss-flink-common/src/test/java/org/apache/fluss/flink/source/testutils/FlinkRowAssertionsUtils.java
+++ b/fluss-flink/fluss-flink-common/src/test/java/org/apache/fluss/flink/source/testutils/FlinkRowAssertionsUtils.java
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ public static List<String> collectRowsWithTimeout(
         return collectRowsWithTimeout(iterator, expectedCount, true);
     }
 
+    public static List<String> collectRowsWithTimeout(
+            CloseableIterator<Row> iterator, int expectedCount, Duration maxWaitTime) {
+        return collectRowsWithTimeout(iterator, expectedCount, true, maxWaitTime);
+    }
+
     public static List<String> collectRowsWithTimeout(
             CloseableIterator<Row> iterator, int expectedCount, boolean closeIterator) {
         if (expectedCount < 0) {