diff --git a/examples/scratch/.ice-rest-catalog.yaml b/examples/scratch/.ice-rest-catalog.yaml
index 2f076b93..f5c73af9 100644
--- a/examples/scratch/.ice-rest-catalog.yaml
+++ b/examples/scratch/.ice-rest-catalog.yaml
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ s3.access-key-id: "miniouser"
 s3.secret-access-key: "miniopassword"
 ice.s3.region: minio
 ice.token: foo
+ice.maintenance.snapshot.expiration.days: 20
diff --git a/ice-rest-catalog/pom.xml b/ice-rest-catalog/pom.xml
index 64a08a47..a0a63f22 100644
--- a/ice-rest-catalog/pom.xml
+++ b/ice-rest-catalog/pom.xml
@@ -237,6 +237,12 @@
       <version>7.9.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.github.shyiko.skedule</groupId>
+      <artifactId>skedule</artifactId>
+      <version>0.4.0</version>
+      <classifier>kalvanized</classifier>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/ice-rest-catalog/src/main/java/com/altinity/ice/rest/catalog/Main.java b/ice-rest-catalog/src/main/java/com/altinity/ice/rest/catalog/Main.java
index 55afe574..c399d8fd 100644
--- a/ice-rest-catalog/src/main/java/com/altinity/ice/rest/catalog/Main.java
+++ b/ice-rest-catalog/src/main/java/com/altinity/ice/rest/catalog/Main.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import com.altinity.ice.rest.catalog.internal.config.Config;
 import com.altinity.ice.rest.catalog.internal.jetty.PlainErrorHandler;
 import com.altinity.ice.rest.catalog.internal.jetty.ServerConfig;
+import com.altinity.ice.rest.catalog.internal.maintenance.MaintenanceScheduler;
 import com.altinity.ice.rest.catalog.internal.rest.RESTCatalogAdapter;
 import com.altinity.ice.rest.catalog.internal.rest.RESTCatalogAuthorizationHandler;
 import com.altinity.ice.rest.catalog.internal.rest.RESTCatalogHandler;
@@ -66,6 +67,12 @@ public String[] getVersion() {
       description = "/path/to/config.yaml ($CWD/.ice-rest-catalog.yaml by default)")
   String configFile;
 
+  @CommandLine.Option(
+      names = "--maintenance-interval",
+      description =
+          "Maintenance interval in human-friendly format (e.g. 'every day', 'every monday 09:00'). Leave empty to disable maintenance.")
+  private String maintenanceInterval;
+
   private Main() {}
 
   private static Server createServer(int port, Catalog catalog, Map<String, String> config) {
@@ -276,6 +283,9 @@ public Integer call() throws Exception {
 
     Catalog catalog = CatalogUtil.buildIcebergCatalog("rest_backend", config, null);
 
+    // Initialize and start the maintenance scheduler
+    initializeMaintenanceScheduler(catalog, config);
+
     // TODO: replace with uds (jetty-unixdomain-server is all that is needed here but in ice you'll
     // need to implement custom org.apache.iceberg.rest.RESTClient)
     String adminPort = config.get(Config.OPTION_ADMIN_PORT);
@@ -297,6 +307,23 @@ public Integer call() throws Exception {
     return 0;
   }
 
+  private void initializeMaintenanceScheduler(Catalog catalog, Map<String, String> config) {
+    if (maintenanceInterval == null || maintenanceInterval.trim().isEmpty()) {
+      logger.info("Maintenance scheduler is disabled (no maintenance interval specified)");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      MaintenanceScheduler scheduler =
+          new MaintenanceScheduler(catalog, config, maintenanceInterval);
+      scheduler.startScheduledMaintenance();
+      logger.info("Maintenance scheduler initialized with interval: {}", maintenanceInterval);
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      logger.error("Failed to initialize maintenance scheduler", e);
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
     int exitCode = new CommandLine(new Main()).execute(args);
     System.exit(exitCode);
diff --git a/ice-rest-catalog/src/main/java/com/altinity/ice/rest/catalog/internal/config/Config.java b/ice-rest-catalog/src/main/java/com/altinity/ice/rest/catalog/internal/config/Config.java
index 83a953b0..26a7d54d 100644
--- a/ice-rest-catalog/src/main/java/com/altinity/ice/rest/catalog/internal/config/Config.java
+++ b/ice-rest-catalog/src/main/java/com/altinity/ice/rest/catalog/internal/config/Config.java
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ private Config() {}
   public static final String OPTION_ANONYMOUS_ACCESS = "ice.anonymous.access";
   public static final String OPTION_ANONYMOUS_ACCESS_CONFIG =
       "ice.anonymous.access.config"; // format: param=value&...
+  public static final String OPTION_SNAPSHOT_EXPIRATION_DAYS =
+      "ice.maintenance.snapshot.expiration.days";
 
   // TODO: return Config, not Map
   // https://py.iceberg.apache.org/configuration/#setting-configuration-values
diff --git a/ice-rest-catalog/src/main/java/com/altinity/ice/rest/catalog/internal/maintenance/MaintenanceScheduler.java b/ice-rest-catalog/src/main/java/com/altinity/ice/rest/catalog/internal/maintenance/MaintenanceScheduler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3fc06b39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ice-rest-catalog/src/main/java/com/altinity/ice/rest/catalog/internal/maintenance/MaintenanceScheduler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+package com.altinity.ice.rest.catalog.internal.maintenance;
+
+import com.altinity.ice.rest.catalog.internal.config.Config;
+import com.github.shyiko.skedule.Schedule;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import org.apache.iceberg.Table;
+import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.Catalog;
+import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.Namespace;
+import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.SupportsNamespaces;
+import org.apache.iceberg.catalog.TableIdentifier;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class MaintenanceScheduler {
+  private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MaintenanceScheduler.class);
+  private static final int DEFAULT_EXPIRATION_DAYS = 30;
+
+  private final Catalog catalog;
+  private final AtomicBoolean isMaintenanceMode = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+  private final ScheduledExecutorService executor;
+  private final Schedule schedule;
+  private final Object taskLock = new Object();
+
+  private ScheduledFuture<?> currentTask;
+  private final Integer snapshotExpirationDays;
+
+  public MaintenanceScheduler(
+      Catalog catalog, Map<String, String> config, String maintenanceInterval) {
+    this.catalog = catalog;
+    this.executor = new ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor(1);
+    ((ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor) executor).setRemoveOnCancelPolicy(true);
+    this.schedule = Schedule.parse(maintenanceInterval);
+    if (config.containsKey(Config.OPTION_SNAPSHOT_EXPIRATION_DAYS)) {
+      this.snapshotExpirationDays =
+          Integer.parseInt(config.get(Config.OPTION_SNAPSHOT_EXPIRATION_DAYS));
+    } else {
+      this.snapshotExpirationDays = DEFAULT_EXPIRATION_DAYS;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void startScheduledMaintenance() {
+    scheduleNextMaintenance();
+  }
+
+  public void stopScheduledMaintenance() {
+    synchronized (taskLock) {
+      if (currentTask != null) {
+        currentTask.cancel(false);
+      }
+      executor.shutdown();
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void scheduleNextMaintenance() {
+    synchronized (taskLock) {
+      if (currentTask != null) {
+        currentTask.cancel(false);
+      }
+
+      ZonedDateTime now = ZonedDateTime.now();
+      ZonedDateTime next = schedule.next(now);
+
+      long delay = next.toEpochSecond() - now.toEpochSecond();
+      currentTask =
+          executor.schedule(
+              () -> {
+                performMaintenance();
+                scheduleNextMaintenance(); // Schedule next run
+              },
+              delay,
+              TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+
+      logger.info("Next maintenance scheduled for: {}", next);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void performMaintenance() {
+    if (isMaintenanceMode.get()) {
+      logger.info("Skipping maintenance task as system is already in maintenance mode");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      logger.info("Starting scheduled maintenance task");
+      setMaintenanceMode(true);
+
+      if (catalog != null) {
+        logger.info("Performing maintenance on catalog: {}", catalog.name());
+        List<Namespace> namespaces;
+        if (catalog instanceof SupportsNamespaces) {
+          SupportsNamespaces nsCatalog = (SupportsNamespaces) catalog;
+          namespaces = nsCatalog.listNamespaces();
+          for (Namespace ns : namespaces) {
+            logger.debug("Namespace: " + ns);
+          }
+        } else {
+          logger.error("Catalog does not support namespace operations.");
+          return;
+        }
+
+        for (Namespace namespace : namespaces) {
+          List<TableIdentifier> tables = catalog.listTables(namespace);
+          for (TableIdentifier tableIdent : tables) {
+            long olderThanMillis =
+                System.currentTimeMillis() - TimeUnit.DAYS.toMillis(snapshotExpirationDays);
+            Table table = catalog.loadTable(tableIdent);
+
+            // Check if table has any snapshots before performing maintenance
+            if (table.currentSnapshot() == null) {
+              logger.warn("Table {} has no snapshots, skipping maintenance", tableIdent);
+              continue;
+            }
+
+            table.rewriteManifests().rewriteIf(manifest -> true).commit();
+            table.expireSnapshots().expireOlderThan(olderThanMillis).commit();
+          }
+        }
+        logger.info("Maintenance operations completed for catalog: {}", catalog.name());
+      } else {
+        logger.warn("No catalog available for maintenance operations");
+      }
+
+      logger.info("Scheduled maintenance task completed successfully");
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      logger.error("Error during scheduled maintenance task", e);
+    } finally {
+      setMaintenanceMode(false);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void setMaintenanceMode(boolean enabled) {
+    isMaintenanceMode.set(enabled);
+    logger.info("Maintenance mode {}", enabled ? "enabled" : "disabled");
+  }
+}