diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/build.gradle b/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/build.gradle
index b656f8cf90f0..77b1b6142983 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/build.gradle
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/build.gradle
@@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("com.google.guava:guava:33.3.0-jre")
 
     testFixturesApi testFixtures(project(':airbyte-cdk:bulk:core:bulk-cdk-core-base'))
+    testFixturesApi project(':airbyte-cdk:bulk:toolkits:bulk-cdk-toolkit-load-db')
 
     testImplementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-test:1.8.1")
+    testFixturesImplementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-test:1.8.1")
     testImplementation("io.mockk:mockk:1.13.12")
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:2.0.20"
     testFixturesImplementation "uk.org.webcompere:system-stubs-jupiter:2.1.7"
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/testFixtures/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/component/CoreTableOperationsSuite.kt b/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/testFixtures/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/component/CoreTableOperationsSuite.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5703bb460c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/bulk/core/load/src/testFixtures/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/component/CoreTableOperationsSuite.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Airbyte, Inc., all rights reserved.
+ */
+
+package io.airbyte.cdk.load.component
+
+import io.airbyte.cdk.load.CoreTableOperationsClient
+import io.airbyte.cdk.load.command.Append
+import io.airbyte.cdk.load.command.DestinationStream
+import io.airbyte.cdk.load.command.NamespaceMapper
+import io.airbyte.cdk.load.data.ObjectType
+import io.airbyte.cdk.load.orchestration.db.ColumnNameMapping
+import io.airbyte.cdk.load.orchestration.db.TableName
+import java.util.UUID
+import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.assertDoesNotThrow
+
+interface CoreTableOperationsSuite {
+    val client: CoreTableOperationsClient
+
+    fun `connect to database`() = runTest {
+        assertDoesNotThrow {  client.ping() }
+    }
+
+    fun `create and drop namespaces`() = runTest {
+        val testNamespace = "namespace-test-${UUID.randomUUID()}"
+
+        require(!client.namespaceExists(testNamespace)) { "test namespace: $testNamespace already exists. Please validate it's deleted before running again." }
+
+        client.createNamespace(testNamespace)
+
+        assert(client.namespaceExists(testNamespace))
+
+        client.dropNamespace(testNamespace)
+
+        assert(!client.namespaceExists(testNamespace))
+    }
+
+    fun `create and drop tables`() = runTest {
+        val uniquePostFix = UUID.randomUUID()
+        val testTable = TableName(
+            "table-test-namespace-$uniquePostFix",
+            "table-test-table-$uniquePostFix",
+        )
+
+        require(!client.tableExists(testTable)) { "test table: ${testTable.namespace}.${testTable.name} already exists. Please validate it's deleted before running again." }
+
+        client.createTable(
+            stream = DestinationStream(
+                unmappedNamespace = testTable.namespace,
+                unmappedName = testTable.name,
+                importType = Append,
+                generationId = 1,
+                minimumGenerationId = 0,
+                syncId = 1,
+                includeFiles = false,
+                schema = ObjectType(linkedMapOf()),
+                namespaceMapper = NamespaceMapper(),
+            ),
+            tableName = testTable,
+            columnNameMapping = ColumnNameMapping(mapOf()),
+            replace = false,
+        )
+
+        assert(client.tableExists(testTable))
+
+        client.dropTable(testTable)
+
+        assert(!client.tableExists(testTable))
+    }
+
+    fun `count table rows`() {}
+
+    fun `overwrite tables`() {}
+
+    fun `copy tables`() {}
+
+    fun `upsert tables`() {}
+
+    fun `get generation id`() {}
+}
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/bulk/toolkits/load-db/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/CoreTableOperationsClient.kt b/airbyte-cdk/bulk/toolkits/load-db/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/CoreTableOperationsClient.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..911e61626a3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/bulk/toolkits/load-db/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/cdk/load/CoreTableOperationsClient.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package io.airbyte.cdk.load
+
+import io.airbyte.cdk.load.client.AirbyteClient
+import io.airbyte.cdk.load.orchestration.db.TableName
+import io.airbyte.cdk.load.orchestration.db.direct_load_table.DirectLoadTableNativeOperations
+import io.airbyte.cdk.load.orchestration.db.direct_load_table.DirectLoadTableSqlOperations
+
+interface CoreTableOperationsClient :
+    AirbyteClient,
+    DirectLoadTableSqlOperations,
+    DirectLoadTableNativeOperations {
+
+    suspend fun ping() = Unit
+
+    suspend fun namespaceExists(namespace: String) = false
+
+    suspend fun dropNamespace(namespace: String) = Unit
+
+    suspend fun tableExists(table: TableName) = false
+
+}
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-clickhouse/build.gradle b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-clickhouse/build.gradle
index 5437a67a20e9..41fbe61139d2 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-clickhouse/build.gradle
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-clickhouse/build.gradle
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ application {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation 'com.clickhouse:client-v2:0.9.0'
+    implementation project(':airbyte-cdk:bulk:toolkits:bulk-cdk-toolkit-load-db')
 
     testImplementation("io.mockk:mockk:1.14.2")
     testImplementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-test:1.10.2")
@@ -42,4 +43,5 @@ dependencies {
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.testcontainers/clickhouse
     integrationTestImplementation 'org.testcontainers:clickhouse:1.21.1'
     integrationTestImplementation 'com.clickhouse:client-v2:0.9.0'
+    integrationTestImplementation testFixtures(project(':airbyte-cdk:bulk:core:bulk-cdk-core-load'))
 }
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-clickhouse/metadata.yaml b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-clickhouse/metadata.yaml
index ddb7094552d4..04bf028ab5b9 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-clickhouse/metadata.yaml
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-clickhouse/metadata.yaml
@@ -39,5 +39,8 @@ data:
   connectorTestSuitesOptions:
     - suite: unitTests
     - suite: integrationTests
+      testSecrets:
+        - name: test_instance
+          fileName: test-instance.json
   supportsRefreshes: true
 metadataSpecVersion: "1.0"
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-clickhouse/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/clickhouse/client/ClickhouseAirbyteClient.kt b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-clickhouse/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/clickhouse/client/ClickhouseAirbyteClient.kt
index 89116ab7bab8..575f03fb891f 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-clickhouse/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/clickhouse/client/ClickhouseAirbyteClient.kt
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-clickhouse/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/clickhouse/client/ClickhouseAirbyteClient.kt
@@ -13,15 +13,13 @@ import com.clickhouse.data.ClickHouseColumn
 import com.clickhouse.data.ClickHouseDataType
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings
 import io.airbyte.cdk.ConfigErrorException
-import io.airbyte.cdk.load.client.AirbyteClient
+import io.airbyte.cdk.load.CoreTableOperationsClient
 import io.airbyte.cdk.load.command.Dedupe
 import io.airbyte.cdk.load.command.DestinationStream
 import io.airbyte.cdk.load.message.Meta.Companion.COLUMN_NAMES
 import io.airbyte.cdk.load.orchestration.db.ColumnNameMapping
 import io.airbyte.cdk.load.orchestration.db.TableName
 import io.airbyte.cdk.load.orchestration.db.TempTableNameGenerator
-import io.airbyte.cdk.load.orchestration.db.direct_load_table.DirectLoadTableNativeOperations
-import io.airbyte.cdk.load.orchestration.db.direct_load_table.DirectLoadTableSqlOperations
 import io.airbyte.integrations.destination.clickhouse.client.ClickhouseSqlGenerator.Companion.DATETIME_WITH_PRECISION
 import io.airbyte.integrations.destination.clickhouse.client.ClickhouseSqlGenerator.Companion.DECIMAL_WITH_PRECISION_AND_SCALE
 import io.airbyte.integrations.destination.clickhouse.config.ClickhouseFinalTableNameGenerator
@@ -46,7 +44,7 @@ class ClickhouseAirbyteClient(
     private val nameGenerator: ClickhouseFinalTableNameGenerator,
     private val tempTableNameGenerator: TempTableNameGenerator,
     private val clickhouseConfiguration: ClickhouseConfiguration,
-) : AirbyteClient, DirectLoadTableSqlOperations, DirectLoadTableNativeOperations {
+) : CoreTableOperationsClient {
 
     override suspend fun createNamespace(namespace: String) {
         val statement = sqlGenerator.createNamespace(namespace)
@@ -349,4 +347,8 @@ class ClickhouseAirbyteClient(
             this.name
         }
     }
+
+    override suspend fun ping() {
+        execute("SELECT 1")
+    }
 }
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-clickhouse/src/test-integration/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/clickhouse/component/ClickhouseTableOperationsTest.kt b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-clickhouse/src/test-integration/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/clickhouse/component/ClickhouseTableOperationsTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..14a831624b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-clickhouse/src/test-integration/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/clickhouse/component/ClickhouseTableOperationsTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package io.airbyte.integrations.destination.clickhouse.component
+
+import io.airbyte.cdk.load.component.CoreTableOperationsSuite
+import io.airbyte.integrations.destination.clickhouse.client.ClickhouseAirbyteClient
+import io.micronaut.test.extensions.junit5.annotation.MicronautTest
+import jakarta.inject.Inject
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+@MicronautTest
+class ClickhouseTableOperationsTest: CoreTableOperationsSuite {
+    @Inject
+    override lateinit var client: ClickhouseAirbyteClient
+
+    @Test
+    override fun `connect to database`() {
+        super.`connect to database`()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    override fun `create and drop tables`() {
+        super.`create and drop tables`()
+    }
+
+    override fun `create and drop namespaces`() {
+        super.`create and drop namespaces`()
+    }
+
+    override fun `count table rows`() {
+        super.`count table rows`()
+    }
+
+    override fun `overwrite tables`() {
+        super.`overwrite tables`()
+    }
+
+    override fun `copy tables`() {
+        super.`copy tables`()
+    }
+
+    override fun `upsert tables`() {
+        super.`upsert tables`()
+    }
+
+    override fun `get generation id`() {
+        super.`get generation id`()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-clickhouse/src/test-integration/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/clickhouse/component/config/TestConfigBeanOverrides.kt b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-clickhouse/src/test-integration/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/clickhouse/component/config/TestConfigBeanOverrides.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3be8b0bba0e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-clickhouse/src/test-integration/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/clickhouse/component/config/TestConfigBeanOverrides.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package io.airbyte.integrations.destination.clickhouse.component.config
+
+import io.airbyte.cdk.util.Jsons
+import io.airbyte.integrations.destination.clickhouse.spec.ClickhouseConfiguration
+import io.airbyte.integrations.destination.clickhouse.spec.ClickhouseConfigurationFactory
+import io.airbyte.integrations.destination.clickhouse.spec.ClickhouseSpecificationOss
+import io.micronaut.context.annotation.Factory
+import io.micronaut.context.annotation.Primary
+import jakarta.inject.Singleton
+import java.nio.file.Files
+import kotlin.io.path.Path
+
+@Factory
+class TestConfigBeanOverrides {
+    @Singleton
+    @Primary
+    fun config(): ClickhouseConfiguration {
+        val configPath = Path("secrets/test-instance.json")
+        val configStr = Files.readString(configPath)
+        val spec = Jsons.readValue(configStr, ClickhouseSpecificationOss::class.java)
+
+        return ClickhouseConfigurationFactory().makeWithoutExceptionHandling(spec)
+    }
+}