diff --git a/src/main/java/io/debezium/connector/vitess/VitessConnector.java b/src/main/java/io/debezium/connector/vitess/VitessConnector.java
index 8043aedb..8d03ad3a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/debezium/connector/vitess/VitessConnector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/debezium/connector/vitess/VitessConnector.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import org.apache.kafka.common.config.ConfigDef;
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@
 import io.debezium.connector.vitess.connection.VitessReplicationConnection;
 import io.debezium.relational.RelationalDatabaseConnectorConfig;
 import io.debezium.relational.TableId;
-import io.debezium.util.Strings;
+import io.debezium.relational.Tables;
 import io.grpc.StatusRuntimeException;
 
 /** Vitess Connector entry point */
@@ -273,17 +272,15 @@ protected void validateConnection(Map<String, ConfigValue> configValues, Configu
         }
     }
 
-    public static List<String> getIncludedTables(String keyspace, String tableIncludeList, List<String> allTables) {
+    public static List<String> getIncludedTables(VitessConnectorConfig connectorConfig, List<String> allTables) {
         // table.include.list are list of patterns, filter all the tables in the keyspace through those patterns
         // to get the list of table names.
-        final List<Pattern> patterns = Strings.listOfRegex(tableIncludeList, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
         List<String> includedTables = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (String ksTable : allTables) {
-            for (Pattern pattern : patterns) {
-                if (pattern.asPredicate().test(String.format("%s.%s", keyspace, ksTable))) {
-                    includedTables.add(ksTable);
-                    break;
-                }
+        String keyspace = connectorConfig.getKeyspace();
+        Tables.TableFilter filter = new Filters(connectorConfig).tableFilter();
+        for (String table : allTables) {
+            if (filter.isIncluded(new TableId("", keyspace, table))) {
+                includedTables.add(table);
             }
         }
         return includedTables;
@@ -330,8 +327,7 @@ public List<TableId> getMatchingCollections(Configuration configuration) {
         VitessConnectorConfig vitessConnectorConfig = new VitessConnectorConfig(configuration);
         String keyspace = vitessConnectorConfig.getKeyspace();
         List<String> allTables = vitessMetadata.getTables();
-        List<String> includedTables = getIncludedTables(keyspace,
-                vitessConnectorConfig.tableIncludeList(), allTables);
+        List<String> includedTables = getIncludedTables(vitessConnectorConfig, allTables);
         return includedTables.stream()
                 .map(table -> new TableId(keyspace, null, table))
                 .collect(Collectors.toList());
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/debezium/connector/vitess/connection/VitessReplicationConnection.java b/src/main/java/io/debezium/connector/vitess/connection/VitessReplicationConnection.java
index 9bffb4d9..81369899 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/debezium/connector/vitess/connection/VitessReplicationConnection.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/debezium/connector/vitess/connection/VitessReplicationConnection.java
@@ -295,8 +295,7 @@ private void setError(String msg) {
         if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(config.tableIncludeList())) {
             final String keyspace = config.getKeyspace();
             final List<String> allTables = new VitessMetadata(config).getTables();
-            List<String> includedTables = VitessConnector.getIncludedTables(config.getKeyspace(),
-                    config.tableIncludeList(), allTables);
+            List<String> includedTables = VitessConnector.getIncludedTables(config, allTables);
             for (String table : includedTables) {
                 String sql = "select * from `" + table + "`";
                 // See rule in: https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/blob/release-14.0/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/vstreamer/planbuilder.go#L316
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/debezium/connector/vitess/VitessConnectorTest.java b/src/test/java/io/debezium/connector/vitess/VitessConnectorTest.java
index 4d5b3b6b..6ede5971 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/debezium/connector/vitess/VitessConnectorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/debezium/connector/vitess/VitessConnectorTest.java
@@ -1646,11 +1646,29 @@ public void testTableIncludeList() {
         String keyspace = "ks";
         List<String> allTables = Arrays.asList("t1", "t22", "t3");
         String tableIncludeList = new String("ks.t1,ks.t2.*");
-        List<String> includedTables = VitessConnector.getIncludedTables(keyspace, tableIncludeList, allTables);
+        Configuration config = Configuration.from(Map.of(
+                VitessConnectorConfig.TABLE_INCLUDE_LIST.name(), tableIncludeList,
+                VitessConnectorConfig.KEYSPACE.name(), keyspace));
+        VitessConnectorConfig connectorConfig = new VitessConnectorConfig(config);
+        List<String> includedTables = VitessConnector.getIncludedTables(connectorConfig, allTables);
         List<String> expectedTables = Arrays.asList("t1", "t22");
         assertEquals(expectedTables, includedTables);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testTableIncludeListShouldExcludeTablesWithSuffix() {
+        String keyspace = "ks";
+        List<String> allTables = Arrays.asList("t1", "t2", "t22", "t13");
+        String tableIncludeList = new String("ks.t1,ks.t2");
+        Configuration config = Configuration.from(Map.of(
+                VitessConnectorConfig.TABLE_INCLUDE_LIST.name(), tableIncludeList,
+                VitessConnectorConfig.KEYSPACE.name(), keyspace));
+        VitessConnectorConfig connectorConfig = new VitessConnectorConfig(config);
+        List<String> includedTables = VitessConnector.getIncludedTables(connectorConfig, allTables);
+        List<String> expectedTables = Arrays.asList("t1", "t2");
+        assertEquals(expectedTables, includedTables);
+    }
+
     private boolean isEmptyOffsets(Map<String, ?> offsets) {
         return offsets == null || offsets.isEmpty();
     }