diff --git a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/catalog/Catalog.java b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/catalog/Catalog.java
index 106f7b15afd79..d2a7db8217fb0 100644
--- a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/catalog/Catalog.java
+++ b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/catalog/Catalog.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.paimon.schema.Schema;
 import org.apache.paimon.schema.SchemaChange;
 import org.apache.paimon.table.Table;
+import org.apache.paimon.utils.BranchManager;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -270,7 +271,12 @@ default void invalidateTable(Identifier identifier) {}
      * @throws TableNotExistException if the table does not exist
      * @throws PartitionNotExistException if the partition does not exist
      */
-    void dropPartition(Identifier identifier, Map<String, String> partitions)
+    default void dropPartition(Identifier identifier, Map<String, String> partitions)
+            throws TableNotExistException, PartitionNotExistException {
+        dropPartition(identifier, partitions, BranchManager.DEFAULT_MAIN_BRANCH);
+    }
+
+    void dropPartition(Identifier identifier, Map<String, String> partitions, String branch)
             throws TableNotExistException, PartitionNotExistException;
 
     /**