diff --git a/pyiceberg/expressions/visitors.py b/pyiceberg/expressions/visitors.py
index 9eb2241643..26698921b5 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/expressions/visitors.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/expressions/visitors.py
@@ -1451,8 +1451,8 @@ def visit_bound_predicate(self, predicate: BoundPredicate[Any]) -> BooleanExpres
             # predicate. For example, ts = 2019-01-01T03:00:00 matches the hour projection but not
             # the day, but does match the original predicate.
             strict_projection = part.transform.strict_project(name=part.name, pred=predicate)
-            if incl_projection is not None:
-                result = Or(result, incl_projection)
+            if strict_projection is not None:
+                result = Or(result, strict_projection)
 
         return result
 
diff --git a/pyiceberg/transforms.py b/pyiceberg/transforms.py
index 606c3f415b..6dcae59e49 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/transforms.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/transforms.py
@@ -551,10 +551,10 @@ def project(self, name: str, pred: BoundPredicate[L]) -> Optional[UnboundPredica
             return pred.as_unbound(Reference(name))
         elif isinstance(pred, BoundLiteralPredicate):
             return pred.as_unbound(Reference(name), pred.literal)
-        elif isinstance(pred, (BoundIn, BoundNotIn)):
+        elif isinstance(pred, BoundSetPredicate):
             return pred.as_unbound(Reference(name), pred.literals)
         else:
-            raise ValueError(f"Could not project: {pred}")
+            return None
 
     def strict_project(self, name: str, pred: BoundPredicate[Any]) -> Optional[UnboundPredicate[Any]]:
         if isinstance(pred, BoundUnaryPredicate):
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ def strict_project(self, name: str, pred: BoundPredicate[Any]) -> Optional[Unbou
         elif isinstance(pred, BoundSetPredicate):
             return pred.as_unbound(Reference(name), pred.literals)
         else:
-            raise ValueError(f"Could not project: {pred}")
+            return None
 
     @property
     def preserves_order(self) -> bool: