diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/deletes/Deletes.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/deletes/Deletes.java
index beec06e045d3..e2ff5de1273a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/deletes/Deletes.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/deletes/Deletes.java
@@ -39,8 +39,13 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.util.Filter;
 import org.apache.iceberg.util.SortedMerge;
 import org.apache.iceberg.util.StructLikeSet;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 public class Deletes {
+
+  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Deletes.class);
+
   private static final Schema POSITION_DELETE_SCHEMA =
       new Schema(MetadataColumns.DELETE_FILE_PATH, MetadataColumns.DELETE_FILE_POS);
 
@@ -219,7 +224,7 @@ public CloseableIterator<T> iterator() {
       CloseableIterator<T> iter;
       if (deletePosIterator.hasNext()) {
         nextDeletePos = deletePosIterator.next();
-        iter = applyDelete(rows.iterator());
+        iter = applyDelete(rows.iterator(), deletePosIterator);
       } else {
         iter = rows.iterator();
       }
@@ -249,7 +254,8 @@ boolean isDeleted(T row) {
       return isDeleted;
     }
 
-    protected abstract CloseableIterator<T> applyDelete(CloseableIterator<T> items);
+    protected abstract CloseableIterator<T> applyDelete(
+        CloseableIterator<T> items, CloseableIterator<Long> deletePositions);
   }
 
   private static class PositionStreamDeleteFilter<T> extends PositionStreamDeleteIterable<T> {
@@ -265,7 +271,8 @@ private static class PositionStreamDeleteFilter<T> extends PositionStreamDeleteI
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected CloseableIterator<T> applyDelete(CloseableIterator<T> items) {
+    protected CloseableIterator<T> applyDelete(
+        CloseableIterator<T> items, CloseableIterator<Long> deletePositions) {
       return new FilterIterator<T>(items) {
         @Override
         protected boolean shouldKeep(T item) {
@@ -276,6 +283,16 @@ protected boolean shouldKeep(T item) {
 
           return !deleted;
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public void close() {
+          try {
+            deletePositions.close();
+          } catch (IOException ignore) {
+            LOG.warn("Error closing delete file", ignore);
+          }
+          super.close();
+        }
       };
     }
   }
@@ -293,15 +310,53 @@ private static class PositionStreamDeleteMarker<T> extends PositionStreamDeleteI
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected CloseableIterator<T> applyDelete(CloseableIterator<T> items) {
-      return CloseableIterator.transform(
-          items,
-          row -> {
-            if (isDeleted(row)) {
-              markDeleted.accept(row);
+    protected CloseableIterator<T> applyDelete(
+        CloseableIterator<T> items, CloseableIterator<Long> deletePositions) {
+
+      return new CloseableIterator<T>() {
+
+        boolean closed = false;
+
+        @Override
+        public void close() {
+          if (!closed) {
+            try {
+              deletePositions.close();
+            } catch (IOException ignore) {
+              LOG.warn("Error closing delete file", ignore);
             }
-            return row;
-          });
+            try {
+              items.close();
+            } catch (IOException ignore) {
+              LOG.warn("Error closing data file", ignore);
+            }
+            closed = true;
+          }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean hasNext() {
+          if (closed) {
+            return false;
+          }
+
+          if (items.hasNext()) {
+            return true;
+          }
+
+          close();
+          return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public T next() {
+          T item = items.next();
+          if (isDeleted(item)) {
+            markDeleted.accept(item);
+          }
+          return item;
+        }
+      };
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/data/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/TestDeleteFilter.java b/data/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/TestDeleteFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f957cf8b83fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/TestDeleteFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,214 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.iceberg.data;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import org.apache.iceberg.DataFile;
+import org.apache.iceberg.DataFiles;
+import org.apache.iceberg.DeleteFile;
+import org.apache.iceberg.Files;
+import org.apache.iceberg.MetadataColumns;
+import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
+import org.apache.iceberg.TableTestBase;
+import org.apache.iceberg.TestHelpers;
+import org.apache.iceberg.deletes.Deletes;
+import org.apache.iceberg.io.CloseableIterable;
+import org.apache.iceberg.io.CloseableIterator;
+import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import org.apache.iceberg.types.TypeUtil;
+import org.apache.iceberg.util.CharSequenceSet;
+import org.apache.iceberg.util.Pair;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class TestDeleteFilter extends TableTestBase {
+
+  public TestDeleteFilter() {
+    super(2);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDeleteFilterFilesClosed() throws Exception {
+    // Add a data file
+    DataFile dataFile =
+        DataFiles.builder(SPEC)
+            .withPath("/path/to/data-a.parquet")
+            .withFileSizeInBytes(10)
+            .withPartitionPath("data_bucket=0")
+            .withRecordCount(1)
+            .build();
+    table.newFastAppend().appendFile(dataFile).commit();
+
+    // Add a delete file
+    List<Pair<CharSequence, Long>> deletes = Lists.newArrayList();
+    deletes.add(Pair.of(dataFile.path(), 1L));
+    deletes.add(Pair.of(dataFile.path(), 2L));
+
+    Pair<DeleteFile, CharSequenceSet> posDeletes =
+        FileHelpers.writeDeleteFile(
+            table, Files.localOutput(temp.newFile()), TestHelpers.Row.of(0), deletes);
+    table
+        .newRowDelta()
+        .addDeletes(posDeletes.first())
+        .validateDataFilesExist(posDeletes.second())
+        .commit();
+
+    // mock records
+    List<Record> records = Lists.newArrayList();
+    GenericRecord record =
+        GenericRecord.create(
+            TypeUtil.join(table.schema(), new Schema(MetadataColumns.ROW_POSITION)));
+    records.add(record.copy("id", 29, "data", "a", "_pos", 1L));
+    records.add(record.copy("id", 43, "data", "b", "_pos", 2L));
+    records.add(record.copy("id", 61, "data", "c", "_pos", 3L));
+    records.add(record.copy("id", 89, "data", "d", "_pos", 4L));
+
+    CheckingClosableIterable<Record> data = new CheckingClosableIterable<>(records);
+    CheckingClosableIterable<Long> deletePositions =
+        new CheckingClosableIterable<>(
+            deletes.stream().map(Pair::second).collect(Collectors.toList()));
+
+    CloseableIterable<Record> resultIterable =
+        Deletes.streamingFilter(data, row -> row.get(2, Long.class), deletePositions);
+    List<Record> result = Lists.newArrayList(resultIterable.iterator());
+
+    // as first two records deleted, expect only last two records
+    List<Record> expected = Lists.newArrayList();
+    expected.add(record.copy("id", 61, "data", "c", "_pos", 3L));
+    expected.add(record.copy("id", 89, "data", "d", "_pos", 4L));
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(result, expected);
+    Assert.assertTrue(data.isClosed());
+    Assert.assertTrue(deletePositions.isClosed());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testDeleteMarkerFileClosed() throws Exception {
+    // Add a data file
+    DataFile dataFile =
+        DataFiles.builder(SPEC)
+            .withPath("/path/to/data-a.parquet")
+            .withFileSizeInBytes(10)
+            .withPartitionPath("data_bucket=0")
+            .withRecordCount(1)
+            .build();
+    table.newFastAppend().appendFile(dataFile).commit();
+
+    // Add a delete file
+    List<Pair<CharSequence, Long>> deletes = Lists.newArrayList();
+    deletes.add(Pair.of(dataFile.path(), 1L));
+    deletes.add(Pair.of(dataFile.path(), 2L));
+
+    Pair<DeleteFile, CharSequenceSet> posDeletes =
+        FileHelpers.writeDeleteFile(
+            table, Files.localOutput(temp.newFile()), TestHelpers.Row.of(0), deletes);
+    table
+        .newRowDelta()
+        .addDeletes(posDeletes.first())
+        .validateDataFilesExist(posDeletes.second())
+        .commit();
+
+    // mock records
+    List<Record> records = Lists.newArrayList();
+    GenericRecord template =
+        GenericRecord.create(
+            TypeUtil.join(
+                table.schema(),
+                new Schema(MetadataColumns.ROW_POSITION, MetadataColumns.IS_DELETED)));
+    records.add(record(template, 29, "a", 1, false));
+    records.add(record(template, 43, "b", 2, false));
+    records.add(record(template, 61, "c", 3, false));
+    records.add(record(template, 89, "d", 4, false));
+
+    CheckingClosableIterable<Record> data = new CheckingClosableIterable<>(records);
+    CheckingClosableIterable<Long> deletePositions =
+        new CheckingClosableIterable<>(
+            deletes.stream().map(Pair::second).collect(Collectors.toList()));
+
+    CloseableIterable<Record> resultIterable =
+        Deletes.streamingMarker(
+            data, row -> row.get(2, Long.class), deletePositions, row -> row.set(3, true));
+    List<Record> result = Lists.newArrayList(resultIterable.iterator());
+
+    // as first two records deleted, expect only last two records
+    List<Record> expected = Lists.newArrayList();
+    expected.add(record(template, 29, "a", 1, true));
+    expected.add(record(template, 43, "b", 2, true));
+    expected.add(record(template, 61, "c", 3, false));
+    expected.add(record(template, 89, "d", 4, false));
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(result, expected);
+    Assert.assertTrue(data.isClosed());
+    Assert.assertTrue(deletePositions.isClosed());
+  }
+
+  private GenericRecord record(
+      GenericRecord template, int id, String data, long pos, boolean isDeleted) {
+    GenericRecord copy = template.copy();
+    copy.set(0, id);
+    copy.set(1, data);
+    copy.set(2, pos);
+    copy.set(3, isDeleted);
+    return copy;
+  }
+
+  private static class CheckingClosableIterable<E> implements CloseableIterable<E> {
+    AtomicBoolean isClosed = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+    final Iterable<E> iterable;
+
+    CheckingClosableIterable(Iterable<E> iterable) {
+      this.iterable = iterable;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isClosed() {
+      return isClosed.get();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() throws IOException {
+      isClosed.set(true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CloseableIterator<E> iterator() {
+      Iterator<E> it = iterable.iterator();
+      return new CloseableIterator<E>() {
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean hasNext() {
+          return it.hasNext();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public E next() {
+          return it.next();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void close() {
+          isClosed.set(true);
+        }
+      };
+    }
+  }
+}