diff --git a/pramen/core/src/test/resources/test/config/incremental_pipeline.conf b/pramen/core/src/test/resources/test/config/incremental_pipeline.conf
index 8474a4f34..18d856f7e 100644
--- a/pramen/core/src/test/resources/test/config/incremental_pipeline.conf
+++ b/pramen/core/src/test/resources/test/config/incremental_pipeline.conf
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pramen.sources.1 = [
 
     has.information.date.column = ${has.information.date.column}
     information.date.column = "info_date"
-    information.date.type = "string"
+    information.date.type = "date"
     information.date.format = "yyyy-MM-dd"
 
     offset.column {
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ pramen.sources.1 = [
 
     format = "csv"
 
+    schema = ${csv.schema}
+
     option {
       header = true
       inferSchema = ${infer.schema}
diff --git a/pramen/core/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/integration/IncrementalPipelineLongFixture.scala b/pramen/core/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/integration/IncrementalPipelineLongFixture.scala
index 63b3dbd26..244805765 100644
--- a/pramen/core/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/integration/IncrementalPipelineLongFixture.scala
+++ b/pramen/core/src/test/scala/za/co/absa/pramen/core/integration/IncrementalPipelineLongFixture.scala
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ class IncrementalPipelineLongFixture extends AnyWordSpec
 
   val csv1WithInfoDateStr = s"id,name,info_date\n0,Old,${infoDate.minusDays(1)}\n1,John,$infoDate\n2,Jack,$infoDate\n3,Jill,$infoDate\n99,New,${infoDate.plusDays(1)}\n"
   val csv2WithInfoDateStr = s"id,name,info_date\n1,John,${infoDate.minusDays(1)}\n4,Mary,$infoDate\n5,Jane,$infoDate\n6,Kate,$infoDate\n999,New2,${infoDate.plusDays(1)}\n"
+  val csvWithInfoDateSchema = "id int,name string,info_date date"
 
   val expectedWithInfoDate1: String =
     """{"id":1,"name":"John"}
@@ -641,7 +642,7 @@ class IncrementalPipelineLongFixture extends AnyWordSpec
       val path1 = new Path(tempDir, new Path("landing", "landing_file1.csv"))
       fsUtils.writeFile(path1, "id,name\n1,John\n2,Jack\n3,Jill\n")
 
-      val conf = getConfig(tempDir, metastoreFormat, inferSchema = false)
+      val conf = getConfig(tempDir, metastoreFormat, inferSchema = false, csvSchema = "id string,name string")
 
       val exitCode1 = AppRunner.runPipeline(conf)
       assert(exitCode1 == 2)
@@ -690,9 +691,10 @@ class IncrementalPipelineLongFixture extends AnyWordSpec
 
       val path1 = new Path(tempDir, new Path("landing", "landing_file1.csv"))
       val path2 = new Path(tempDir, new Path("landing", "landing_file2.csv"))
+      println(csv1WithInfoDateStr)
       fsUtils.writeFile(path1, csv1WithInfoDateStr)
 
-      val conf = getConfig(tempDir, metastoreFormat, hasInfoDate = true)
+      val conf = getConfig(tempDir, metastoreFormat, hasInfoDate = true, inferSchema = false, csvSchema = csvWithInfoDateSchema)
 
       val exitCode1 = AppRunner.runPipeline(conf)
       assert(exitCode1 == 0)
@@ -737,7 +739,7 @@ class IncrementalPipelineLongFixture extends AnyWordSpec
       val path2 = new Path(tempDir, new Path("landing", "landing_file2.csv"))
       fsUtils.writeFile(path1, csv1WithInfoDateStr)
 
-      val conf = getConfig(tempDir, metastoreFormat, hasInfoDate = true, isTransformerIncremental = false)
+      val conf = getConfig(tempDir, metastoreFormat, hasInfoDate = true, isTransformerIncremental = false, inferSchema = false, csvSchema = csvWithInfoDateSchema)
 
       val exitCode1 = AppRunner.runPipeline(conf)
       assert(exitCode1 == 0)
@@ -782,7 +784,7 @@ class IncrementalPipelineLongFixture extends AnyWordSpec
       val path2 = new Path(tempDir, new Path("landing", "landing_file2.csv"))
       fsUtils.writeFile(path1, csv1WithInfoDateStr)
 
-      val conf = getConfig(tempDir, metastoreFormat, hasInfoDate = true)
+      val conf = getConfig(tempDir, metastoreFormat, hasInfoDate = true, inferSchema = false, csvSchema = csvWithInfoDateSchema)
 
       val exitCode1 = AppRunner.runPipeline(conf)
       assert(exitCode1 == 0)
@@ -800,7 +802,7 @@ class IncrementalPipelineLongFixture extends AnyWordSpec
       fsUtils.deleteFile(path1)
       fsUtils.writeFile(path2, csv2WithInfoDateStr)
 
-      val conf2 = getConfig(tempDir, metastoreFormat, isRerun = true, hasInfoDate = true)
+      val conf2 = getConfig(tempDir, metastoreFormat, isRerun = true, hasInfoDate = true, inferSchema = false, csvSchema = csvWithInfoDateSchema)
       val exitCode2 = AppRunner.runPipeline(conf2)
       assert(exitCode2 == 0)
 
@@ -834,7 +836,7 @@ class IncrementalPipelineLongFixture extends AnyWordSpec
       fsUtils.writeFile(path1, csv1Str)
       fsUtils.writeFile(path2, csv2Str)
 
-      val conf1 = getConfig(tempDir, metastoreFormat, hasInfoDate = true)
+      val conf1 = getConfig(tempDir, metastoreFormat, hasInfoDate = true, inferSchema = false, csvSchema = csvWithInfoDateSchema)
 
       val exitCode1 = AppRunner.runPipeline(conf1)
       assert(exitCode1 == 0)
@@ -849,7 +851,7 @@ class IncrementalPipelineLongFixture extends AnyWordSpec
       compareText(actualTable1Before, expectedWithInfoDate1)
       compareText(actualTable2Before, expectedWithInfoDate1)
 
-      val conf2 = getConfig(tempDir, metastoreFormat, hasInfoDate = true, isHistoricalRun = true, historyRunMode = "fill_gaps", useInfoDate = infoDate.plusDays(1))
+      val conf2 = getConfig(tempDir, metastoreFormat, hasInfoDate = true, isHistoricalRun = true, historyRunMode = "fill_gaps", useInfoDate = infoDate.plusDays(1), inferSchema = false, csvSchema = csvWithInfoDateSchema)
       val exitCode2 = AppRunner.runPipeline(conf2)
       assert(exitCode2 == 0)
 
@@ -971,7 +973,7 @@ class IncrementalPipelineLongFixture extends AnyWordSpec
 
       fsUtils.writeFile(path1, csv1Str)
 
-      val conf1 = getConfig(tempDir, metastoreFormat, hasInfoDate = true)
+      val conf1 = getConfig(tempDir, metastoreFormat, hasInfoDate = true, inferSchema = false, csvSchema = "id int,name string,info_date date")
 
       val exitCode1 = AppRunner.runPipeline(conf1)
       assert(exitCode1 == 0)
@@ -1018,6 +1020,7 @@ class IncrementalPipelineLongFixture extends AnyWordSpec
                 isHistoricalRun: Boolean = false,
                 historyRunMode: String = "force",
                 inferSchema: Boolean = true,
+                csvSchema: String = "id int,name string",
                 hasInfoDate: Boolean = false,
                 useInfoDate: LocalDate = infoDate,
                 resource: String = "/test/config/incremental_pipeline.conf"): Config = {
@@ -1043,6 +1046,7 @@ class IncrementalPipelineLongFixture extends AnyWordSpec
            |$historicalConfigStr
            |has.information.date.column = $hasInfoDate
            |metastore.format = $metastoreFormat
+           |csv.schema = "$csvSchema"
            |
            |pramen.bookkeeping.jdbc {
            |  driver = "$driver"