diff --git a/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/parsers/model_to_component_factory.py b/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/parsers/model_to_component_factory.py
index f92de49bf..c5928a74c 100644
--- a/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/parsers/model_to_component_factory.py
+++ b/airbyte_cdk/sources/declarative/parsers/model_to_component_factory.py
@@ -3445,11 +3445,14 @@ def create_async_retriever(
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> AsyncRetriever:
         def _get_download_retriever() -> SimpleRetriever:
+            # We create a record selector for the download retriever
+            # with no schema normalization and no transformations, neither record filter
+            # as all this occurs in the record_selector of the AsyncRetriever
             record_selector = RecordSelector(
                 extractor=download_extractor,
                 name=name,
                 record_filter=None,
-                transformations=transformations,
+                transformations=[],
                 schema_normalization=TypeTransformer(TransformConfig.NoTransform),
                 config=config,
                 parameters={},
diff --git a/unit_tests/sources/declarative/parsers/test_model_to_component_factory.py b/unit_tests/sources/declarative/parsers/test_model_to_component_factory.py
index 9231ae26b..216f502a8 100644
--- a/unit_tests/sources/declarative/parsers/test_model_to_component_factory.py
+++ b/unit_tests/sources/declarative/parsers/test_model_to_component_factory.py
@@ -3828,13 +3828,29 @@ def test_create_async_retriever():
         },
     }
 
+    transformations = [
+        AddFields(
+            fields=[
+                AddedFieldDefinition(
+                    path=["field1"],
+                    value=InterpolatedString(
+                        string="static_value", default="static_value", parameters={}
+                    ),
+                    value_type=None,
+                    parameters={},
+                )
+            ],
+            parameters={},
+        )
+    ]
+
     component = factory.create_component(
         model_type=AsyncRetrieverModel,
         component_definition=definition,
         name="test_stream",
         primary_key="id",
         stream_slicer=None,
-        transformations=[],
+        transformations=transformations,
         config=config,
     )
 
@@ -3864,6 +3880,16 @@ def test_create_async_retriever():
     assert isinstance(extractor, DpathExtractor)
     assert extractor.field_path == ["data"]
 
+    # Validate the transformations are just passed to the async retriever record_selector but not the download retriever record_selector
+    assert selector.transformations == transformations
+    download_retriever_record_selector: RecordSelector = (
+        job_repository.download_retriever.record_selector
+    )  # type: ignore
+    assert download_retriever_record_selector.transformations != transformations
+    assert not download_retriever_record_selector.transformations
+    assert download_retriever_record_selector.record_filter is None
+    assert download_retriever_record_selector.schema_normalization._config.name == "NoTransform"
+
 
 def test_api_budget():
     manifest = {
diff --git a/unit_tests/sources/declarative/resolvers/test_config_components_resolver.py b/unit_tests/sources/declarative/resolvers/test_config_components_resolver.py
index 2861b2e80..4e02f3da9 100644
--- a/unit_tests/sources/declarative/resolvers/test_config_components_resolver.py
+++ b/unit_tests/sources/declarative/resolvers/test_config_components_resolver.py
@@ -203,6 +203,8 @@ def test_dynamic_streams_read_with_config_components_resolver(
             ]
 
         assert len(actual_catalog.streams) == len(expected_stream_names)
-        assert [stream.name for stream in actual_catalog.streams] == expected_stream_names
+        # Use set comparison to avoid relying on deterministic ordering
+        assert set(stream.name for stream in actual_catalog.streams) == set(expected_stream_names)
         assert len(records) == len(expected_stream_names)
-        assert [record.stream for record in records] == expected_stream_names
+        # Use set comparison to avoid relying on deterministic ordering
+        assert set(record.stream for record in records) == set(expected_stream_names)