diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e4250d70..b32a4849 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.23.0
 
 require (
 	github.com/DataDog/datadog-go/v5 v5.5.0
-	github.com/artie-labs/transfer v1.26.25
+	github.com/artie-labs/transfer v1.26.28
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.30.3
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.27.27
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials v1.17.27
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 831969da..9130c731 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ github.com/apache/thrift v0.0.0-20181112125854-24918abba929/go.mod h1:cp2SuWMxlE
 github.com/apache/thrift v0.14.2/go.mod h1:cp2SuWMxlEZw2r+iP2GNCdIi4C1qmUzdZFSVb+bacwQ=
 github.com/apache/thrift v0.17.0 h1:cMd2aj52n+8VoAtvSvLn4kDC3aZ6IAkBuqWQ2IDu7wo=
 github.com/apache/thrift v0.17.0/go.mod h1:OLxhMRJxomX+1I/KUw03qoV3mMz16BwaKI+d4fPBx7Q=
-github.com/artie-labs/transfer v1.26.25 h1:NnZ0eV7kpIDjf2jajJYuJksQl3B8Uy0ev7huSeeEP28=
-github.com/artie-labs/transfer v1.26.25/go.mod h1:+a/UhlQVRIpdz3muS1yhSvyX42RQL0LHOdovGZfEsDE=
+github.com/artie-labs/transfer v1.26.28 h1:xNPSc08jqaRa3Rrtk1kYeiC8NolngWv1o/fqXrCsKzc=
+github.com/artie-labs/transfer v1.26.28/go.mod h1:+a/UhlQVRIpdz3muS1yhSvyX42RQL0LHOdovGZfEsDE=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.30.19/go.mod h1:5zCpMtNQVjRREroY7sYe8lOMRSxkhG6MZveU8YkpAk0=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.16.12/go.mod h1:C+Ym0ag2LIghJbXhfXZ0YEEp49rBWowxKzJLUoob0ts=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.30.3 h1:jUeBtG0Ih+ZIFH0F4UkmL9w3cSpaMv9tYYDbzILP8dY=
diff --git a/lib/debezium/converters/decimal.go b/lib/debezium/converters/decimal.go
index ce2bd0b8..22b5de1d 100644
--- a/lib/debezium/converters/decimal.go
+++ b/lib/debezium/converters/decimal.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"log/slog"
 
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/debezium"
+	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/debezium/converters"
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/typing"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/apd/v3"
 )
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ func encodeDecimalWithScale(decimal *apd.Decimal, scale int32) []byte {
 
 		decimal = decimalWithNewExponent(decimal, targetExponent)
 	}
-	bytes, _ := debezium.EncodeDecimal(decimal)
+	bytes, _ := converters.EncodeDecimal(decimal)
 	return bytes
 }
 
@@ -116,9 +117,9 @@ func (VariableNumericConverter) Convert(value any) (any, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf(`unable to use %q as a decimal: %w`, stringValue, err)
 	}
 
-	bytes, scale := debezium.EncodeDecimal(decimal)
+	bytes, scale := converters.EncodeDecimal(decimal)
 	return map[string]any{
-		"scale": int32(scale),
+		"scale": scale,
 		"value": bytes,
 	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/lib/debezium/converters/decimal_test.go b/lib/debezium/converters/decimal_test.go
index a82d605e..b16d7a79 100644
--- a/lib/debezium/converters/decimal_test.go
+++ b/lib/debezium/converters/decimal_test.go
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/debezium"
+	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/debezium/converters"
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/numbers"
 	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/ptr"
+	"github.com/artie-labs/transfer/lib/typing/decimal"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/apd/v3"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ func TestDecimalWithNewExponent(t *testing.T) {
 func TestEncodeDecimalWithScale(t *testing.T) {
 	mustEncodeAndDecodeDecimal := func(value string, scale int32) string {
 		bytes := encodeDecimalWithScale(numbers.MustParseDecimal(value), scale)
-		return debezium.DecodeDecimal(bytes, scale).String()
+		return converters.DecodeDecimal(bytes, scale).String()
 	}
 
 	// Whole numbers:
@@ -252,8 +254,9 @@ func TestVariableNumericConverter_Convert(t *testing.T) {
 		converted, err := converter.Convert("12.34")
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, map[string]any{"scale": int32(2), "value": []byte{0x4, 0xd2}}, converted)
-		actualValue, err := converter.ToField("").DecodeDebeziumVariableDecimal(converted)
+
+		actualValue, err := converters.NewVariableDecimal().Convert(converted)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, "12.34", actualValue.String())
+		assert.Equal(t, "12.34", actualValue.(*decimal.Decimal).String())
 	}
 }