diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/DeleteFileIndex.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/DeleteFileIndex.java
index eedde21397eb..400ee58218ae 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/DeleteFileIndex.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/DeleteFileIndex.java
@@ -156,6 +156,37 @@ private static boolean canContainDeletesForFile(
 
       case EQUALITY_DELETES:
         return canContainEqDeletesForFile(dataFile, deleteFile, schema);
+
+      case PARTIAL_UPDATE:
+        return canContainPartialUpdateDeletesForFile(dataFile, deleteFile, schema);
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // todo: add actual implementation
+  private static boolean canContainPartialUpdateDeletesForFile(
+      DataFile dataFile, DeleteFile deleteFile, Schema schema) {
+    // check that the delete file can contain the data file's file_path
+    Map<Integer, ByteBuffer> lowers = deleteFile.lowerBounds();
+    Map<Integer, ByteBuffer> uppers = deleteFile.upperBounds();
+    if (lowers == null || uppers == null) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    Type pathType = MetadataColumns.DELETE_FILE_PATH.type();
+    int pathId = MetadataColumns.DELETE_FILE_PATH.fieldId();
+    Comparator<CharSequence> comparator = Comparators.charSequences();
+    ByteBuffer lower = lowers.get(pathId);
+    if (lower != null
+        && comparator.compare(dataFile.path(), Conversions.fromByteBuffer(pathType, lower)) < 0) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    ByteBuffer upper = uppers.get(pathId);
+    if (upper != null
+        && comparator.compare(dataFile.path(), Conversions.fromByteBuffer(pathType, upper)) > 0) {
+      return false;
     }
 
     return true;
@@ -474,6 +505,21 @@ DeleteFileIndex build() {
           globalApplySeqs = eqFilesSortedBySeq.stream().mapToLong(Pair::first).toArray();
           globalDeletes = eqFilesSortedBySeq.stream().map(Pair::second).toArray(DeleteFile[]::new);
 
+          List<Pair<Long, DeleteFile>> partialDeleteSortedBySeq =
+              deleteFilesByPartition.get(partition).stream()
+                  .filter(entry -> entry.file().content() == FileContent.PARTIAL_UPDATE)
+                  .map(
+                      entry ->
+                          // a delete file is indexed by the sequence number it should be applied to
+                          Pair.of(entry.dataSequenceNumber(), entry.file()))
+                  .sorted(Comparator.comparingLong(Pair::first))
+                  .collect(Collectors.toList());
+          if (partialDeleteSortedBySeq.size() > 0) {
+            globalApplySeqs = partialDeleteSortedBySeq.stream().mapToLong(Pair::first).toArray();
+            globalDeletes =
+                partialDeleteSortedBySeq.stream().map(Pair::second).toArray(DeleteFile[]::new);
+          }
+
           List<Pair<Long, DeleteFile>> posFilesSortedBySeq =
               deleteFilesByPartition.get(partition).stream()
                   .filter(entry -> entry.file().content() == FileContent.POSITION_DELETES)
diff --git a/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/GenericAppenderFactory.java b/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/GenericAppenderFactory.java
index ad938be7245d..0f1315f3b117 100644
--- a/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/GenericAppenderFactory.java
+++ b/data/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/data/GenericAppenderFactory.java
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public PartialDeleteWriter<Record> newPartialWriter(
 
         default:
           throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-              "Cannot write equality-deletes for unsupported file format: " + format);
+                  "Cannot write equality-deletes for unsupported file format: " + format);
       }
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
diff --git a/deploy.gradle b/deploy.gradle
index 8e0d43fe02e4..4273af28c57e 100644
--- a/deploy.gradle
+++ b/deploy.gradle
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ subprojects {
             }
           }
 
-          groupId = 'org.apache.iceberg'
+          groupId = 'org.apache.iceberg-kn'
           pom {
             name = 'Apache Iceberg'
             description = 'A table format for huge analytic datasets'
@@ -109,18 +109,7 @@ subprojects {
       }
 
       repositories {
-        maven {
-          credentials {
-            username project.hasProperty('mavenUser') ? "$mavenUser" : ""
-            password project.hasProperty('mavenPassword') ? "$mavenPassword" : ""
-          }
-          // upload to the releases repository using ./gradlew -Prelease publish
-          def apacheSnapshotsRepoUrl = 'https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/snapshots'
-          def apacheReleasesRepoUrl = 'https://repository.apache.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2'
-          def snapshotsRepoUrl = project.hasProperty('mavenSnapshotsRepo') ? "$mavenSnapshotsRepo" : "$apacheSnapshotsRepoUrl"
-          def releasesRepoUrl = project.hasProperty('mavenReleasesRepo') ? "$mavenReleasesRepo" : "$apacheReleasesRepoUrl"
-          url = project.hasProperty('release') ? releasesRepoUrl : snapshotsRepoUrl
-        }
+        mavenLocal()
       }
     }