diff --git a/lib/debezium/decimal.go b/lib/debezium/decimal.go
index e30a05ebb..b7d966899 100644
--- a/lib/debezium/decimal.go
+++ b/lib/debezium/decimal.go
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ func EncodeDecimal(value string, scale uint16) ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to use %q as a floating-point number", value)
 	}
 
+	return encodeBigInt(bigIntValue), nil
+}
+
+// encodeBigInt encodes a [big.Int] into a byte slice using two's complement.
+func encodeBigInt(bigIntValue *big.Int) []byte {
 	data := bigIntValue.Bytes() // [Bytes] returns the absolute value of the number.
 	if bigIntValue.Sign() < 0 {
 		// Convert to two's complement if the number is negative
@@ -55,11 +60,11 @@ func EncodeDecimal(value string, scale uint16) ([]byte, error) {
 			data = append([]byte{0x00}, data...)
 		}
 	}
-	return data, nil
+	return data
 }
 
-// DecodeDecimal is used to decode `org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Decimal`.
-func DecodeDecimal(data []byte, precision *int, scale int) *decimal.Decimal {
+// decodeBigInt decodes a [big.Int] from a byte slice that has been encoded using two's complement.
+func decodeBigInt(data []byte) *big.Int {
 	bigInt := new(big.Int)
 
 	// If the data represents a negative number, the sign bit will be set.
@@ -77,8 +82,13 @@ func DecodeDecimal(data []byte, precision *int, scale int) *decimal.Decimal {
 		bigInt.SetBytes(data)
 	}
 
+	return bigInt
+}
+
+// DecodeDecimal is used to decode `org.apache.kafka.connect.data.Decimal`.
+func DecodeDecimal(data []byte, precision *int, scale int) *decimal.Decimal {
 	// Convert the big integer to a big float
-	bigFloat := new(big.Float).SetInt(bigInt)
+	bigFloat := new(big.Float).SetInt(decodeBigInt(data))
 
 	// Compute divisor as 10^scale with big.Int's Exp, then convert to big.Float
 	scaleInt := big.NewInt(int64(scale))
diff --git a/lib/debezium/decimal_test.go b/lib/debezium/decimal_test.go
index d7e1a2268..80b6c4588 100644
--- a/lib/debezium/decimal_test.go
+++ b/lib/debezium/decimal_test.go
@@ -2,11 +2,42 @@ package debezium
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"math/big"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
+func TestEncodeBigInt(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{}, encodeBigInt(big.NewInt(0)))
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{0x01}, encodeBigInt(big.NewInt(1)))
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{0xff}, encodeBigInt(big.NewInt(-1)))
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{0x11}, encodeBigInt(big.NewInt(17)))
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{0x7f}, encodeBigInt(big.NewInt(127)))
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{0x81}, encodeBigInt(big.NewInt(-127)))
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{0x00, 0x80}, encodeBigInt(big.NewInt(128)))
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{0xff, 0x80}, encodeBigInt(big.NewInt(-128)))
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{0x00, 0xff}, encodeBigInt(big.NewInt(255)))
+	assert.Equal(t, []byte{0x01, 0x00}, encodeBigInt(big.NewInt(256)))
+}
+
+func TestDecodeBigInt(t *testing.T) {
+	assert.Equal(t, big.NewInt(0), decodeBigInt([]byte{}))
+	assert.Equal(t, big.NewInt(127), decodeBigInt([]byte{0x7f}))
+	assert.Equal(t, big.NewInt(-127), decodeBigInt([]byte{0x81}))
+	assert.Equal(t, big.NewInt(128), decodeBigInt([]byte{0x00, 0x80}))
+	assert.Equal(t, big.NewInt(-128), decodeBigInt([]byte{0xff, 0x80}))
+
+	for i := range 100_000 {
+		bigInt := big.NewInt(int64(i))
+
+		assert.Equal(t, bigInt, decodeBigInt(encodeBigInt(bigInt)))
+
+		negBigInt := bigInt.Neg(bigInt)
+		assert.Equal(t, negBigInt, decodeBigInt(encodeBigInt(negBigInt)))
+	}
+}
+
 func encodeAndDecodeDecimal(value string, scale uint16) (string, error) {
 	bytes, err := EncodeDecimal(value, scale)
 	if err != nil {