diff --git a/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/general/DefaultReplicationWorker.java b/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/general/DefaultReplicationWorker.java
index 28be935591ed8..7ce35ae0b9ee4 100644
--- a/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/general/DefaultReplicationWorker.java
+++ b/airbyte-workers/src/main/java/io/airbyte/workers/general/DefaultReplicationWorker.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import io.airbyte.config.WorkerDestinationConfig;
 import io.airbyte.config.WorkerSourceConfig;
 import io.airbyte.protocol.models.AirbyteMessage;
+import io.airbyte.protocol.models.AirbyteMessage.Type;
 import io.airbyte.protocol.models.AirbyteRecordMessage;
 import io.airbyte.workers.*;
 import io.airbyte.workers.exception.RecordSchemaValidationException;
@@ -336,11 +337,15 @@ private static Runnable getReplicationRunnable(final AirbyteSource source,
             final AirbyteMessage message = mapper.mapMessage(airbyteMessage);
 
             messageTracker.acceptFromSource(message);
+
             try {
-              destination.accept(message);
+              if (message.getType() == Type.RECORD || message.getType() == Type.STATE) {
+                destination.accept(message);
+              }
             } catch (final Exception e) {
               throw new DestinationException("Destination process message delivery failed", e);
             }
+
             recordsRead += 1;
 
             if (recordsRead % 1000 == 0) {
diff --git a/airbyte-workers/src/test/java/io/airbyte/workers/general/DefaultReplicationWorkerTest.java b/airbyte-workers/src/test/java/io/airbyte/workers/general/DefaultReplicationWorkerTest.java
index 4a0768669e263..95b2fcc91933f 100644
--- a/airbyte-workers/src/test/java/io/airbyte/workers/general/DefaultReplicationWorkerTest.java
+++ b/airbyte-workers/src/test/java/io/airbyte/workers/general/DefaultReplicationWorkerTest.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.atLeastOnce;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
 import io.airbyte.config.helpers.LogConfigs;
 import io.airbyte.metrics.lib.MetricClient;
 import io.airbyte.metrics.lib.MetricClientFactory;
+import io.airbyte.protocol.models.AirbyteLogMessage.Level;
 import io.airbyte.protocol.models.AirbyteMessage;
 import io.airbyte.protocol.models.AirbyteTraceMessage;
 import io.airbyte.validation.json.JsonSchemaValidator;
@@ -181,6 +183,7 @@ void testInvalidSchema() throws Exception {
     verify(destination).start(destinationConfig, jobRoot);
     verify(destination).accept(RECORD_MESSAGE1);
     verify(destination).accept(RECORD_MESSAGE2);
+    verify(destination).accept(RECORD_MESSAGE3);
     verify(recordSchemaValidator).validateSchema(RECORD_MESSAGE1.getRecord(), STREAM_NAME);
     verify(recordSchemaValidator).validateSchema(RECORD_MESSAGE2.getRecord(), STREAM_NAME);
     verify(recordSchemaValidator).validateSchema(RECORD_MESSAGE3.getRecord(), STREAM_NAME);
@@ -292,6 +295,36 @@ void testReplicationRunnableWorkerFailure() throws Exception {
         .anyMatch(f -> f.getFailureOrigin().equals(FailureOrigin.REPLICATION) && f.getStacktrace().contains(WORKER_ERROR_MESSAGE)));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testOnlyStateAndRecordMessagesDeliveredToDestination() throws Exception {
+    final AirbyteMessage LOG_MESSAGE = AirbyteMessageUtils.createLogMessage(Level.INFO, "a log message");
+    final AirbyteMessage TRACE_MESSAGE = AirbyteMessageUtils.createTraceMessage("a trace message", 123456.0);
+    when(mapper.mapMessage(LOG_MESSAGE)).thenReturn(LOG_MESSAGE);
+    when(mapper.mapMessage(TRACE_MESSAGE)).thenReturn(TRACE_MESSAGE);
+    when(source.isFinished()).thenReturn(false, false, false, false, true);
+    when(source.attemptRead()).thenReturn(Optional.of(RECORD_MESSAGE1), Optional.of(LOG_MESSAGE), Optional.of(TRACE_MESSAGE),
+        Optional.of(RECORD_MESSAGE2));
+
+    final ReplicationWorker worker = new DefaultReplicationWorker(
+        JOB_ID,
+        JOB_ATTEMPT,
+        source,
+        mapper,
+        destination,
+        messageTracker,
+        recordSchemaValidator,
+        workerMetricReporter);
+
+    worker.run(syncInput, jobRoot);
+
+    verify(source).start(sourceConfig, jobRoot);
+    verify(destination).start(destinationConfig, jobRoot);
+    verify(destination).accept(RECORD_MESSAGE1);
+    verify(destination).accept(RECORD_MESSAGE2);
+    verify(destination, never()).accept(LOG_MESSAGE);
+    verify(destination, never()).accept(TRACE_MESSAGE);
+  }
+
   @Test
   void testDestinationNonZeroExitValue() throws Exception {
     when(destination.getExitValue()).thenReturn(1);