diff --git a/crates/aws/Cargo.toml b/crates/aws/Cargo.toml
index 992a32c93e..e653d2b242 100644
--- a/crates/aws/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/aws/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltalake-aws"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 authors.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 readme.workspace = true
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ repository.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-deltalake-core = { version = "0.20.0", path = "../core" }
+deltalake-core = { version = "0.21.0", path = "../core" }
 aws-smithy-runtime-api = { version="1.7" }
 aws-smithy-runtime = { version="1.7", optional = true}
 aws-credential-types = { version="1.2", features = ["hardcoded-credentials"]}
diff --git a/crates/aws/src/logstore/default_logstore.rs b/crates/aws/src/logstore/default_logstore.rs
index a5688141c2..f343b88f5a 100644
--- a/crates/aws/src/logstore/default_logstore.rs
+++ b/crates/aws/src/logstore/default_logstore.rs
@@ -3,11 +3,8 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use bytes::Bytes;
+use deltalake_core::logstore::*;
 use deltalake_core::{
-    logstore::{
-        abort_commit_entry, get_latest_version, read_commit_entry, write_commit_entry,
-        CommitOrBytes, LogStore, LogStoreConfig,
-    },
     operations::transaction::TransactionError,
     storage::{ObjectStoreRef, StorageOptions},
     DeltaResult,
@@ -103,6 +100,10 @@ impl LogStore for S3LogStore {
         get_latest_version(self, current_version).await
     }
 
+    async fn get_earliest_version(&self, current_version: i64) -> DeltaResult<i64> {
+        get_earliest_version(self, current_version).await
+    }
+
     fn object_store(&self) -> Arc<dyn ObjectStore> {
         self.storage.clone()
     }
diff --git a/crates/aws/src/logstore/dynamodb_logstore.rs b/crates/aws/src/logstore/dynamodb_logstore.rs
index 202df1709e..fccb8c9060 100644
--- a/crates/aws/src/logstore/dynamodb_logstore.rs
+++ b/crates/aws/src/logstore/dynamodb_logstore.rs
@@ -296,6 +296,10 @@ impl LogStore for S3DynamoDbLogStore {
         }
     }
 
+    async fn get_earliest_version(&self, current_version: i64) -> DeltaResult<i64> {
+        get_earliest_version(self, current_version).await
+    }
+
     fn object_store(&self) -> ObjectStoreRef {
         self.storage.clone()
     }
diff --git a/crates/azure/Cargo.toml b/crates/azure/Cargo.toml
index 87a744d608..c9976fae9e 100644
--- a/crates/azure/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/azure/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltalake-azure"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 authors.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 readme.workspace = true
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ repository.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-deltalake-core = { version = "0.20.0", path = "../core" }
+deltalake-core = { version = "0.21.0", path = "../core" }
 lazy_static = "1"
 
 # workspace depenndecies
diff --git a/crates/catalog-glue/Cargo.toml b/crates/catalog-glue/Cargo.toml
index 549b3a11c8..c80ec9ce0b 100644
--- a/crates/catalog-glue/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/catalog-glue/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltalake-catalog-glue"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 authors.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 readme.workspace = true
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 aws-config = "1"
 aws-sdk-glue = "1"
-deltalake-core = { version = "0.20.0", path = "../core" }
+deltalake-core = { version = "0.21.0", path = "../core" }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/core/Cargo.toml b/crates/core/Cargo.toml
index 6329ce9316..d150b5b0d6 100644
--- a/crates/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltalake-core"
-version = "0.20.1"
+version = "0.21.0"
 authors.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 readme.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/core/src/logstore/default_logstore.rs b/crates/core/src/logstore/default_logstore.rs
index 79a1c76653..c31280ef5d 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/logstore/default_logstore.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/logstore/default_logstore.rs
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ impl LogStore for DefaultLogStore {
         super::get_latest_version(self, current_version).await
     }
 
+    async fn get_earliest_version(&self, current_version: i64) -> DeltaResult<i64> {
+        super::get_earliest_version(self, current_version).await
+    }
+
     fn object_store(&self) -> Arc<dyn ObjectStore> {
         self.storage.clone()
     }
diff --git a/crates/core/src/logstore/mod.rs b/crates/core/src/logstore/mod.rs
index dd82274157..a81811faeb 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/logstore/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/logstore/mod.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 //! Delta log store.
+use std::cmp::min;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Cursor};
 use std::sync::OnceLock;
 use std::{cmp::max, collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
 
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use dashmap::DashMap;
-use futures::StreamExt;
+use futures::{StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use object_store::{path::Path, Error as ObjectStoreError, ObjectStore};
 use regex::Regex;
@@ -213,6 +214,9 @@ pub trait LogStore: Sync + Send {
     /// Find latest version currently stored in the delta log.
     async fn get_latest_version(&self, start_version: i64) -> DeltaResult<i64>;
 
+    /// Find earliest version currently stored in the delta log.
+    async fn get_earliest_version(&self, start_version: i64) -> DeltaResult<i64>;
+
     /// Get underlying object store.
     fn object_store(&self) -> Arc<dyn ObjectStore>;
 
@@ -441,6 +445,52 @@ pub async fn get_latest_version(
     Ok(version)
 }
 
+/// Default implementation for retrieving the earliest version
+pub async fn get_earliest_version(
+    log_store: &dyn LogStore,
+    current_version: i64,
+) -> DeltaResult<i64> {
+    let version_start = match get_last_checkpoint(log_store).await {
+        Ok(last_check_point) => last_check_point.version,
+        Err(ProtocolError::CheckpointNotFound) => {
+            // no checkpoint so start from current_version
+            current_version
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            return Err(DeltaTableError::from(e));
+        }
+    };
+
+    // list files to find min version
+    let version = async {
+        let mut min_version: i64 = version_start;
+        let prefix = Some(log_store.log_path());
+        let offset_path = commit_uri_from_version(version_start);
+        let object_store = log_store.object_store();
+
+        // Manually filter until we can provide direction in https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/6274
+        let mut files = object_store
+            .list(prefix)
+            .try_filter(move |f| futures::future::ready(f.location < offset_path))
+            .boxed();
+
+        while let Some(obj_meta) = files.next().await {
+            let obj_meta = obj_meta?;
+            if let Some(log_version) = extract_version_from_filename(obj_meta.location.as_ref()) {
+                min_version = min(min_version, log_version);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if min_version < 0 {
+            return Err(DeltaTableError::not_a_table(log_store.root_uri()));
+        }
+
+        Ok::<i64, DeltaTableError>(min_version)
+    }
+    .await?;
+    Ok(version)
+}
+
 /// Read delta log for a specific version
 pub async fn read_commit_entry(
     storage: &dyn ObjectStore,
diff --git a/crates/core/src/table/mod.rs b/crates/core/src/table/mod.rs
index 65d84985c7..9b73745a20 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/table/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/table/mod.rs
@@ -311,6 +311,11 @@ impl DeltaTable {
         self.log_store.get_latest_version(self.version()).await
     }
 
+    /// returns the earliest available version of the table
+    pub async fn get_earliest_version(&self) -> Result<i64, DeltaTableError> {
+        self.log_store.get_earliest_version(self.version()).await
+    }
+
     /// Currently loaded version of the table
     pub fn version(&self) -> i64 {
         self.state.as_ref().map(|s| s.version()).unwrap_or(-1)
diff --git a/crates/deltalake/Cargo.toml b/crates/deltalake/Cargo.toml
index 373245bbe8..1477d90c29 100644
--- a/crates/deltalake/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/deltalake/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltalake"
-version = "0.20.1"
+version = "0.21.0"
 authors.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 readme.workspace = true
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ rust-version.workspace = true
 features = ["azure", "datafusion", "gcs", "hdfs", "json", "python", "s3", "unity-experimental"]
 
 [dependencies]
-deltalake-core = { version = "0.20.0", path = "../core" }
-deltalake-aws = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../aws", default-features = false, optional = true }
-deltalake-azure = { version = "0.3.0", path = "../azure", optional = true }
-deltalake-gcp = { version = "0.4.0", path = "../gcp", optional = true }
-deltalake-hdfs = { version = "0.4.0", path = "../hdfs", optional = true }
-deltalake-catalog-glue = { version = "0.4.0", path = "../catalog-glue", optional = true }
+deltalake-core = { version = "0.21.0", path = "../core" }
+deltalake-aws = { version = "0.4.0", path = "../aws", default-features = false, optional = true }
+deltalake-azure = { version = "0.4.0", path = "../azure", optional = true }
+deltalake-gcp = { version = "0.5.0", path = "../gcp", optional = true }
+deltalake-hdfs = { version = "0.5.0", path = "../hdfs", optional = true }
+deltalake-catalog-glue = { version = "0.5.0", path = "../catalog-glue", optional = true }
 
 [features]
 # All of these features are just reflected into the core crate until that
diff --git a/crates/gcp/Cargo.toml b/crates/gcp/Cargo.toml
index 380aa84852..51020fb630 100644
--- a/crates/gcp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/gcp/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltalake-gcp"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 authors.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 readme.workspace = true
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ repository.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-deltalake-core = { version = "0.20.0", path = "../core" }
+deltalake-core = { version = "0.21.0", path = "../core" }
 lazy_static = "1"
 
 # workspace depenndecies
diff --git a/crates/hdfs/Cargo.toml b/crates/hdfs/Cargo.toml
index f601f55c6d..2d654d0bc1 100644
--- a/crates/hdfs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/hdfs/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltalake-hdfs"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 authors.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 readme.workspace = true
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ repository.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-deltalake-core = { version = "0.20.0", path = "../core" }
+deltalake-core = { version = "0.21.0", path = "../core" }
 hdfs-native-object-store = "0.11"
 
 # workspace dependecies
diff --git a/crates/mount/Cargo.toml b/crates/mount/Cargo.toml
index a770200b98..97372895ab 100644
--- a/crates/mount/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/mount/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltalake-mount"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 authors.workspace = true
 keywords.workspace = true
 readme.workspace = true
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ repository.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-deltalake-core = { version = "0.20.0", path = "../core", features = [
+deltalake-core = { version = "0.21.0", path = "../core", features = [
     "datafusion",
 ] }
 lazy_static = "1"
diff --git a/crates/test/Cargo.toml b/crates/test/Cargo.toml
index 3638e6fefa..9087755fb1 100644
--- a/crates/test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/test/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltalake-test"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.4.0"
 edition = "2021"
 publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 bytes = { workspace = true }
 chrono = { workspace = true, default-features = false, features = ["clock"] }
-deltalake-core = { version = "0.20.0", path = "../core" }
+deltalake-core = { version = "0.21.0", path = "../core" }
 dotenvy = "0"
 fs_extra = "1.3.0"
 futures = { version = "0.3" }
diff --git a/python/deltalake/_internal.pyi b/python/deltalake/_internal.pyi
index 02a3765e02..8329dddad9 100644
--- a/python/deltalake/_internal.pyi
+++ b/python/deltalake/_internal.pyi
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ class RawDeltaTable:
     def has_files(self) -> bool: ...
     def get_add_file_sizes(self) -> Dict[str, int]: ...
     def get_latest_version(self) -> int: ...
+    def get_earliest_version(self) -> int: ...
     def get_num_index_cols(self) -> int: ...
     def get_stats_columns(self) -> Optional[List[str]]: ...
     def metadata(self) -> RawDeltaTableMetaData: ...
diff --git a/python/src/lib.rs b/python/src/lib.rs
index 77db334283..473f5ceea9 100644
--- a/python/src/lib.rs
+++ b/python/src/lib.rs
@@ -245,6 +245,14 @@ impl RawDeltaTable {
         })
     }
 
+    pub fn get_earliest_version(&mut self, py: Python) -> PyResult<i64> {
+        py.allow_threads(|| {
+            Ok(rt()
+                .block_on(self._table.get_earliest_version())
+                .map_err(PythonError::from)?)
+        })
+    }
+
     pub fn get_num_index_cols(&mut self) -> PyResult<i32> {
         Ok(self
             ._table