diff --git a/src/connector/src/parser/protobuf/parser.rs b/src/connector/src/parser/protobuf/parser.rs
index f0cb474eb48df..b09cc24ea59e1 100644
--- a/src/connector/src/parser/protobuf/parser.rs
+++ b/src/connector/src/parser/protobuf/parser.rs
@@ -524,9 +524,9 @@ fn protobuf_type_mapping(
     Ok(t)
 }
 
-/// A port from the implementation of confluent's Variant Zig-zag deserialization.
-/// See `ReadVariant` in <https://github.com/apache/kafka/blob/trunk/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/ByteUtils.java>
-fn decode_variant_zigzag(buffer: &[u8]) -> ConnectorResult<(i32, usize)> {
+/// A port from the implementation of confluent's Varint Zig-zag deserialization.
+/// See `ReadVarint` in <https://github.com/apache/kafka/blob/trunk/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/ByteUtils.java>
+fn decode_varint_zigzag(buffer: &[u8]) -> ConnectorResult<(i32, usize)> {
     // We expect the decoded number to be 4 bytes.
     let mut value = 0u32;
     let mut shift = 0;
@@ -534,14 +534,14 @@ fn decode_variant_zigzag(buffer: &[u8]) -> ConnectorResult<(i32, usize)> {
 
     for &byte in buffer {
         len += 1;
-        // The Variant encoding is limited to 5 bytes.
+        // The Varint encoding is limited to 5 bytes.
         if len > 5 {
             break;
         }
         // The byte is cast to u32 to avoid shifting overflow.
         let byte_ext = byte as u32;
-        // In Variant encoding, the lowest 7 bits are used to represent number,
-        // while the highest zero bit indicates the end of the number with Variant encoding.
+        // In Varint encoding, the lowest 7 bits are used to represent number,
+        // while the highest zero bit indicates the end of the number with Varint encoding.
         value |= (byte_ext & 0x7F) << shift;
         if byte_ext & 0x80 == 0 {
             return Ok((((value >> 1) as i32) ^ -((value & 1) as i32), len));
@@ -567,9 +567,9 @@ pub(crate) fn resolve_pb_header(payload: &[u8]) -> ConnectorResult<&[u8]> {
     match remained.first() {
         Some(0) => Ok(&remained[1..]),
         Some(_) => {
-            let (index_len, mut offset) = decode_variant_zigzag(remained)?;
+            let (index_len, mut offset) = decode_varint_zigzag(remained)?;
             for _ in 0..index_len {
-                offset += decode_variant_zigzag(&remained[offset..])?.1;
+                offset += decode_varint_zigzag(&remained[offset..])?.1;
             }
             Ok(&remained[offset..])
         }
@@ -1142,46 +1142,52 @@ mod test {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn test_decode_variant_zigzag() {
+    fn test_decode_varint_zigzag() {
         // 1. Positive number
         let buffer = vec![0x02];
-        let (value, len) = decode_variant_zigzag(&buffer).unwrap();
+        let (value, len) = decode_varint_zigzag(&buffer).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(value, 1);
         assert_eq!(len, 1);
 
         // 2. Negative number
         let buffer = vec![0x01];
-        let (value, len) = decode_variant_zigzag(&buffer).unwrap();
+        let (value, len) = decode_varint_zigzag(&buffer).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(value, -1);
         assert_eq!(len, 1);
 
         // 3. Larger positive number
         let buffer = vec![0x9E, 0x03];
-        let (value, len) = decode_variant_zigzag(&buffer).unwrap();
+        let (value, len) = decode_varint_zigzag(&buffer).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(value, 207);
         assert_eq!(len, 2);
 
         // 4. Larger negative number
         let buffer = vec![0xBF, 0x07];
-        let (value, len) = decode_variant_zigzag(&buffer).unwrap();
+        let (value, len) = decode_varint_zigzag(&buffer).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(value, -480);
         assert_eq!(len, 2);
 
         // 5. Maximum positive number
         let buffer = vec![0xFE, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x0F];
-        let (value, len) = decode_variant_zigzag(&buffer).unwrap();
+        let (value, len) = decode_varint_zigzag(&buffer).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(value, i32::MAX);
         assert_eq!(len, 5);
 
         // 6. Maximum negative number
         let buffer = vec![0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x0F];
-        let (value, len) = decode_variant_zigzag(&buffer).unwrap();
+        let (value, len) = decode_varint_zigzag(&buffer).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(value, i32::MIN);
         assert_eq!(len, 5);
 
-        // 7. Invalid input (more than 5 bytes)
+        // 7. More than 32 bits
+        let buffer = vec![0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0x7F];
+        let (value, len) = decode_varint_zigzag(&buffer).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(value, i32::MIN);
+        assert_eq!(len, 5);
+
+        // 8. Invalid input (more than 5 bytes)
         let buffer = vec![0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF];
-        let result = decode_variant_zigzag(&buffer);
+        let result = decode_varint_zigzag(&buffer);
         assert!(result.is_err());
     }
 }