diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0a653a14..7957928f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
 
 [1]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@google-cloud/bigtable?activeTab=versions
 
+## [5.1.2](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-bigtable/compare/v5.1.1...v5.1.2) (2024-07-22)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Throw away excess data in order to avoid delivering duplicate data ([#1453](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-bigtable/issues/1453)) ([069239d](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-bigtable/commit/069239dce83498293e86851d37ad5943b5d919da))
+
 ## [5.1.1](https://github.com/googleapis/nodejs-bigtable/compare/v5.1.0...v5.1.1) (2024-07-11)
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 970375a2b..c0b1a07e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@google-cloud/bigtable",
-  "version": "5.1.1",
+  "version": "5.1.2",
   "description": "Cloud Bigtable Client Library for Node.js",
   "keywords": [
     "bigtable",
diff --git a/samples/package.json b/samples/package.json
index a4e8f6f9a..7c98ce55a 100644
--- a/samples/package.json
+++ b/samples/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "node": ">=14.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@google-cloud/bigtable": "^5.1.1",
+    "@google-cloud/bigtable": "^5.1.2",
     "uuid": "^9.0.0",
     "yargs": "^16.0.0"
   },
diff --git a/src/table.ts b/src/table.ts
index d484ff649..e7c286c0f 100644
--- a/src/table.ts
+++ b/src/table.ts
@@ -763,6 +763,19 @@ Please use the format 'prezzy' or '${instance.name}/tables/prezzy'.`);
           callback();
           return;
         }
+        if (TableUtils.lessThanOrEqualTo(row.id, lastRowKey)) {
+          /*
+          Sometimes duplicate rows reach this point. To avoid delivering
+          duplicate rows to the user, rows are thrown away if they don't exceed
+          the last row key. We can expect each row to reach this point and rows
+          are delivered in order so if the last row key equals or exceeds the
+          row id then we know data for this row has already reached this point
+          and been delivered to the user. In this case we want to throw the row
+          away and we do not want to deliver this row to the user again.
+           */
+          callback();
+          return;
+        }
         lastRowKey = row.id;
         rowsRead++;
         callback(null, row);
diff --git a/test/table.ts b/test/table.ts
index 3a33d88d5..f0833ef77 100644
--- a/test/table.ts
+++ b/test/table.ts
@@ -934,8 +934,13 @@ describe('Bigtable/Table', () => {
       ];
 
       beforeEach(() => {
-        sinon.stub(table, 'row').callsFake(() => {
-          return {} as Row;
+        sinon.stub(table, 'row').callsFake((...args: unknown[]) => {
+          return {
+            id: args[0] as string,
+            table: table,
+            bigtable: table.bigtable,
+            data: {},
+          } as Row;
         });
         FakeChunkTransformer.prototype._transform = function (
           chunks: Array<{}>,