diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2bad81975ba0..43df135ef201 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 # is an input to 'maven-assembly-plugin' that generates source distribution.
 # This is typically in files named 'src.xml' throughout this repository.
 
+# Ignore IDE files
+.agent/
+.codex/
+.trae/
+.cursor/
+.windsurf/
+.claude/
+
 # Ignore any offline repositories the user may have created.
 **/offline-repository/**/*
 
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/FilterUtils.java b/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/FilterUtils.java
index fd008701c548..855fcf7d1e19 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/FilterUtils.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/FilterUtils.java
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@
 /**
  * Utilities that convert between a SQL filter expression and an Iceberg {@link Expression}. Uses
  * Apache Calcite semantics.
- *
- * <p>Note: Only supports top-level fields (i.e. cannot reference nested fields).
  */
 @Internal
 public class FilterUtils {
@@ -112,7 +110,7 @@ static Set<String> getReferencedFieldNames(@Nullable String filter) {
 
   private static void extractFieldNames(SqlNode node, Set<String> fieldNames) {
     if (node instanceof SqlIdentifier) {
-      fieldNames.add(((SqlIdentifier) node).getSimple());
+      fieldNames.add(getFieldName((SqlIdentifier) node));
     } else if (node instanceof SqlBasicCall) {
       // recursively check operands
       SqlBasicCall call = (SqlBasicCall) node;
@@ -133,9 +131,6 @@ private static void extractFieldNames(SqlNode node, Set<String> fieldNames) {
   /**
    * parses a SQL filter expression string into an Iceberg {@link Expression} that can be used for
    * data pruning.
-   *
-   * <p>Note: This utility currently supports only top-level fields within the filter expression.
-   * Nested field references are not supported.
    */
   static Expression convert(@Nullable String filter, Schema schema) {
     if (filter == null) {
@@ -154,7 +149,7 @@ static Expression convert(@Nullable String filter, Schema schema) {
 
   private static Expression convert(SqlNode expression, Schema schema) throws SqlParseException {
     if (expression instanceof SqlIdentifier) {
-      String fieldName = ((SqlIdentifier) expression).getSimple();
+      String fieldName = getFieldName((SqlIdentifier) expression);
       Types.NestedField field = schema.caseInsensitiveFindField(fieldName);
       if (field.type().equals(Types.BooleanType.get())) {
         return Expressions.equal(field.name(), true);
@@ -242,7 +237,14 @@ private static String getOnlyChildName(SqlBasicCall call) {
     SqlNode ref = call.operand(0);
     Preconditions.checkState(
         ref instanceof SqlIdentifier, "Expected operand '%s' to be a reference.", ref);
-    return ((SqlIdentifier) ref).getSimple();
+    return getFieldName((SqlIdentifier) ref);
+  }
+
+  private static String getFieldName(SqlIdentifier identifier) {
+    if (identifier.isSimple()) {
+      return identifier.getSimple();
+    }
+    return String.join(".", identifier.names);
   }
 
   private static SqlNode getLeftChild(SqlBasicCall call) {
@@ -285,9 +287,9 @@ private static Expression convertFieldInLiteral(Operation op, SqlBasicCall call,
     checkArgument(
         value instanceof SqlNodeList,
         "Expected right hand side to be a list but got " + value.getClass());
-    String caseInsensitiveName = ((SqlIdentifier) term).getSimple();
+    String caseInsensitiveName = getFieldName((SqlIdentifier) term);
     Types.NestedField field = schema.caseInsensitiveFindField(caseInsensitiveName);
-    String name = field.name();
+    String name = schema.findColumnName(field.fieldId());
     TypeID type = field.type().typeId();
     List<SqlNode> list =
         ((SqlNodeList) value)
@@ -313,16 +315,16 @@ private static Expression convertFieldAndLiteral(
     SqlNode left = getLeftChild(call);
     SqlNode right = getRightChild(call);
     if (left instanceof SqlIdentifier && right instanceof SqlLiteral) {
-      String caseInsensitiveName = ((SqlIdentifier) left).getSimple();
+      String caseInsensitiveName = getFieldName((SqlIdentifier) left);
       Types.NestedField field = schema.caseInsensitiveFindField(caseInsensitiveName);
-      String name = field.name();
+      String name = schema.findColumnName(field.fieldId());
       TypeID type = field.type().typeId();
       Object value = convertLiteral((SqlLiteral) right, name, type);
       return convertLR.apply(name, value);
     } else if (left instanceof SqlLiteral && right instanceof SqlIdentifier) {
-      String caseInsensitiveName = ((SqlIdentifier) right).getSimple();
+      String caseInsensitiveName = getFieldName((SqlIdentifier) right);
       Types.NestedField field = schema.caseInsensitiveFindField(caseInsensitiveName);
-      String name = field.name();
+      String name = schema.findColumnName(field.fieldId());
       TypeID type = field.type().typeId();
       Object value = convertLiteral((SqlLiteral) left, name, type);
       return convertRL.apply(name, value);
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/FilterUtilsTest.java b/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/FilterUtilsTest.java
index 893e24b61559..f5b9ab9adab2 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/FilterUtilsTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/iceberg/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/iceberg/FilterUtilsTest.java
@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@ public void testReferencedFieldsInFilter() {
             Pair.of("field_1 < 35", Sets.newHashSet("FIELD_1")),
             Pair.of("\"field_1\" in (1, 2, 3)", Sets.newHashSet("field_1")),
             Pair.of("field_1 < 35 and \"fiELd_2\" = TRUE", Sets.newHashSet("FIELD_1", "fiELd_2")),
+            Pair.of("\"nested\".\"inner\" = 'abc'", Sets.newHashSet("nested.inner")),
             Pair.of(
                 "(\"field_1\" < 35 and \"field_2\" = TRUE) or \"field_3\" in ('a', 'b')",
                 Sets.newHashSet("field_1", "field_2", "field_3")));