diff --git a/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py b/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py
index 07bf2587a0..bb3b7afe33 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py
@@ -474,8 +474,10 @@ class SetLocationUpdate(TableUpdate):
 class SetPropertiesUpdate(TableUpdate):
     action: TableUpdateAction = TableUpdateAction.set_properties
     updates: Properties
-    # validators
-    transform_properties_dict_value_to_str = field_validator('updates', mode='before')(transform_dict_value_to_str)
+
+    @field_validator('updates', mode='before')
+    def transform_properties_dict_value_to_str(cls, properties: Properties) -> Dict[str, str]:
+        return transform_dict_value_to_str(properties)
 
 
 class RemovePropertiesUpdate(TableUpdate):
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_reads.py b/tests/integration/test_reads.py
index c01f8f32d6..fdc13ae752 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_reads.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_reads.py
@@ -169,38 +169,6 @@ def test_table_properties_error(catalog: Catalog) -> None:
     assert "Cannot pass both properties and kwargs" in str(e.value)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.integration
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('catalog', [pytest.lazy_fixture('catalog_hive'), pytest.lazy_fixture('catalog_rest')])
-def test_table_properties_dict(catalog: Catalog) -> None:
-    table = create_table(catalog)
-
-    assert table.properties == DEFAULT_PROPERTIES
-
-    with table.transaction() as transaction:
-        transaction.set_properties({"abc": "🤪"})
-    assert table.properties == dict({"abc": "🤪"}, **DEFAULT_PROPERTIES)
-
-    with table.transaction() as transaction:
-        transaction.remove_properties("abc")
-    assert table.properties == DEFAULT_PROPERTIES
-
-    table = table.transaction().set_properties({"abc": "def"}).commit_transaction()
-    assert table.properties == dict({"abc": "def"}, **DEFAULT_PROPERTIES)
-
-    table = table.transaction().remove_properties("abc").commit_transaction()
-    assert table.properties == DEFAULT_PROPERTIES
-
-
-@pytest.mark.integration
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('catalog', [pytest.lazy_fixture('catalog_hive'), pytest.lazy_fixture('catalog_rest')])
-def test_table_properties_error(catalog: Catalog) -> None:
-    table = create_table(catalog)
-    properties = {"abc": "def"}
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as e:
-        table.transaction().set_properties(properties, abc="def").commit_transaction()
-    assert "Cannot pass both properties and kwargs" in str(e.value)
-
-
 @pytest.mark.integration
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('catalog', [pytest.lazy_fixture('catalog_hive'), pytest.lazy_fixture('catalog_rest')])
 def test_pyarrow_nan(catalog: Catalog) -> None: