diff --git a/src/test/java/io/debezium/connector/yugabytedb/YugabyteDBCompleteTypesTest.java b/src/test/java/io/debezium/connector/yugabytedb/YugabyteDBCompleteTypesTest.java
index aa8b1ca2..90f3e849 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/debezium/connector/yugabytedb/YugabyteDBCompleteTypesTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/debezium/connector/yugabytedb/YugabyteDBCompleteTypesTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import io.debezium.connector.yugabytedb.common.YugabyteDBContainerTestBase;
 import io.debezium.connector.yugabytedb.common.YugabytedTestBase;
 
+import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Field;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Struct;
 import org.apache.kafka.connect.source.SourceRecord;
 import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
@@ -207,6 +208,145 @@ public void shouldCreateSingleConnectionAcrossSnapshotAndStreaming(
         assertEquals(1, TestHelper.getConnectionCount(YugabyteDBConnection.CONNECTION_GENERAL));
     }
 
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("io.debezium.connector.yugabytedb.TestHelper#streamTypeProviderForStreaming")
+    public void shouldOpenConnectionOnceArrayTypeColumnIsAdded(
+      boolean consistentSnapshot, boolean useSnapshot) throws Exception {
+        TestHelper.execute("CREATE TABLE test_table (id INT PRIMARY KEY);");
+
+        String dbStreamId = TestHelper.getNewDbStreamId("yugabyte", "test_table", consistentSnapshot, useSnapshot);
+        Configuration.Builder configBuilder = TestHelper.getConfigBuilder("public.test_table", dbStreamId);
+        startEngine(configBuilder);
+
+        awaitUntilConnectorIsReady();
+
+        // Insert a record to the table.
+        TestHelper.execute("INSERT INTO test_table VALUES (1);");
+
+        List<SourceRecord> records = new ArrayList<>();
+        waitAndFailIfCannotConsume(records, 1 /* records to consume */);
+
+        assertEquals(1, records.size());
+
+        // We do not have any array type present yet, so there should not be any connection.
+        assertEquals(0, TestHelper.getConnectionCount(YugabyteDBConnection.CONNECTION_GENERAL));
+
+        // Alter the table and add an array type column.
+        TestHelper.execute("ALTER TABLE test_table ADD COLUMN textarr text[];");
+        TestHelper.execute("INSERT INTO test_table VALUES (2, '{\"element1\",\"element2\"}');");
+
+        // Consume another record.
+        waitAndFailIfCannotConsume(records, 1 /* records to consume */);
+
+        SourceRecord recordWithArrayType = records.get(1);
+        Struct recordValue = (Struct) recordWithArrayType.value();
+        List<Object> textArrayList = recordValue.getStruct("after").getStruct("textarr").getArray("value");
+        assertEquals(textArrayList.get(0).toString(), "element1");
+        assertEquals(textArrayList.get(1).toString(), "element2");
+
+        // Now we should see a database connection being opened since we have to decode an array type.
+        assertEquals(1, TestHelper.getConnectionCount(YugabyteDBConnection.CONNECTION_GENERAL));
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("io.debezium.connector.yugabytedb.TestHelper#streamTypeProviderForStreaming")
+    public void shouldNotOpenConnectionWithEnumTypes(
+      boolean consistentSnapshot, boolean useSnapshot) throws Exception {
+        TestHelper.executeDDL("yugabyte_create_tables.ddl");
+
+        String dbStreamId = TestHelper.getNewDbStreamId("yugabyte", "test_enum", consistentSnapshot, useSnapshot);
+        Configuration.Builder configBuilder = TestHelper.getConfigBuilder("public.test_enum", dbStreamId);
+        startEngine(configBuilder);
+
+        awaitUntilConnectorIsReady();
+
+        // Insert a record.
+        TestHelper.execute("INSERT INTO test_enum VALUES (1, 'ONE');");
+
+        List<SourceRecord> records = new ArrayList<>();
+        waitAndFailIfCannotConsume(records, 1 /* records to consume */);
+
+        assertValueField(records.get(0), "after/enum_col/value", "ONE");
+
+        // There should not be any connection open to server.
+        assertEquals(0, TestHelper.getConnectionCount(YugabyteDBConnection.CONNECTION_GENERAL));
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("io.debezium.connector.yugabytedb.TestHelper#streamTypeProviderForStreaming")
+    public void shouldNotOpenConnectionAfterRestartOnceArrayColumnIsDropped(
+      boolean consistentSnapshot, boolean useSnapshot) throws Exception {
+        LogInterceptor logInterceptor = new LogInterceptor(YugabyteDBStreamingChangeEventSource.class);
+
+        TestHelper.execute("CREATE TABLE test_arr (id INT PRIMARY KEY, textarr text[]);");
+
+        String dbStreamId = TestHelper.getNewDbStreamId("yugabyte", "test_arr", consistentSnapshot, useSnapshot);
+        Configuration.Builder configBuilder = TestHelper.getConfigBuilder("public.test_arr", dbStreamId);
+        configBuilder.with(YugabyteDBConnectorConfig.SNAPSHOT_MODE, "initial");
+        startEngine(configBuilder);
+
+        awaitUntilConnectorIsReady();
+
+        // Insert a record.
+        TestHelper.execute("INSERT INTO test_arr VALUES (1, '{\"element1\",\"element2\"}');");
+
+        List<SourceRecord> records = new ArrayList<>();
+        waitAndFailIfCannotConsume(records, 1 /* records to consume */);
+
+        assertEquals(1, records.size());
+
+        // No need to verify record values since they are being verified in another test, simply
+        // verify that we have only a single connection open.
+        assertEquals(1, TestHelper.getConnectionCount(YugabyteDBConnection.CONNECTION_GENERAL));
+
+        // Drop the array column on the table and insert another record.
+        TestHelper.execute("ALTER TABLE test_arr DROP COLUMN textarr;");
+        TestHelper.execute("INSERT INTO test_arr VALUES (2);");
+
+        waitAndFailIfCannotConsume(records, 1 /* 1 new record to consume */);
+
+        SourceRecord recordWithOutArrayTypeColumn = records.get(1);
+        Struct recordValue = (Struct) recordWithOutArrayTypeColumn.value();
+        assertEquals(2, recordValue.getStruct("after").getStruct("id").getInt32("value"));
+        for (Field field : recordValue.schema().fields()) {
+            assertNotEquals("textarr", field.name());
+        }
+
+        // The connection will still remain open as we do not close the existing connection once
+        // the array column is removed from the schema.
+        assertEquals(1, TestHelper.getConnectionCount(YugabyteDBConnection.CONNECTION_GENERAL));
+
+        // Restart the connector after a wait.
+        stopConnector();
+        TestHelper.waitFor(Duration.ofSeconds(10));
+        startEngine(configBuilder);
+
+        awaitUntilConnectorIsReady();
+
+        // Wait till we reach the streaming phase.
+        Awaitility.await()
+          .atMost(Duration.ofSeconds(30))
+          .pollInterval(Duration.ofSeconds(1))
+          .until(() -> logInterceptor.countOccurrences("Beginning to poll the changes from the server") == 2);
+
+        // Insert a new record once the connector is up and since we do not have any array columns
+        // now, there should not be any connection open.
+        TestHelper.execute("INSERT INTO test_arr VALUES (3);");
+        waitAndFailIfCannotConsume(records, 1 /* 1 new record to consume */);
+
+        SourceRecord recordAfterRestart = records.get(2);
+        Struct recordValueAfterRestart = (Struct) recordAfterRestart.value();
+        assertEquals(3, recordValueAfterRestart.getStruct("after").getStruct("id").getInt32("value"));
+        for (Field field : recordValueAfterRestart.schema().fields()) {
+            assertNotEquals("textarr", field.name());
+        }
+
+        LOGGER.info("Check if a connection is still open till a timeout");
+        TestHelper.waitFor(Duration.ofMinutes(2));
+
+        assertEquals(0, TestHelper.getConnectionCount(YugabyteDBConnection.CONNECTION_GENERAL));
+    }
+
     @ParameterizedTest
     @ValueSource(strings = {"adaptive", "adaptive_time_microseconds", "connect"})
     public void shouldEmitTimestampValuesWithCorrectPrecision(String temporalPrecisionMode) throws Exception {