diff --git a/pyiceberg/manifest.py b/pyiceberg/manifest.py
index 2b54fff509..53e7a2e1e3 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/manifest.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/manifest.py
@@ -306,6 +306,13 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
             required=False,
             doc="ID representing sort order for this file",
         ),
+        NestedField(
+            field_id=143,
+            name="referenced_data_file",
+            field_type=StringType(),
+            required=False,
+            doc="Fully qualified location (URI with FS scheme) of a data file that all deletes reference",
+        ),
     ),
     3: StructType(
         NestedField(
diff --git a/tests/avro/test_file.py b/tests/avro/test_file.py
index 7bd0422439..66d9e3bad7 100644
--- a/tests/avro/test_file.py
+++ b/tests/avro/test_file.py
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def test_write_manifest_entry_with_iceberg_read_with_fastavro_v2() -> None:
             fa_entry = next(it)
 
         v2_entry = todict(entry)
-        for field in ("first_row_id", "referenced_data_file", "content_offset", "content_size_in_bytes"):
+        for field in ("first_row_id", "content_offset", "content_size_in_bytes"):
             del v2_entry["data_file"][field]
 
         assert v2_entry == fa_entry
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_rest_manifest.py b/tests/integration/test_rest_manifest.py
index 5ca9f22a8c..21832116b5 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_rest_manifest.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_rest_manifest.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def test_write_sample_manifest(table_test_all_types: Table, compression: AvroCom
     wrapped_entry_v2 = copy(entry)
     wrapped_entry_v2.data_file = wrapped_data_file_v2_debug
     wrapped_entry_v2_dict = todict(wrapped_entry_v2, [field.name for field in test_spec.fields])
-    for field in ("first_row_id", "referenced_data_file", "content_offset", "content_size_in_bytes"):
+    for field in ("first_row_id", "content_offset", "content_size_in_bytes"):
         del wrapped_entry_v2_dict["data_file"][field]
 
     with TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir: