diff --git a/cmd/internal/planetscale_edge_mysql.go b/cmd/internal/planetscale_edge_mysql.go
index b08d649..b721656 100644
--- a/cmd/internal/planetscale_edge_mysql.go
+++ b/cmd/internal/planetscale_edge_mysql.go
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 type VitessTablet struct {
@@ -111,10 +112,14 @@ func (p planetScaleEdgeMySQLAccess) PingContext(ctx context.Context, psc PlanetS
 }
 
 const (
-	gCTableNameExpression string = `^_vt_(HOLD|PURGE|EVAC|DROP)_([0-f]{32})_([0-9]{14})$`
+	gCTableNameExpression    string = `^_vt_(HOLD|PURGE|EVAC|DROP)_([0-f]{32})_([0-9]{14})$`
+	vreplTableNameExpression string = `\b_(\w+|\d+)_\d+_vrepl\b`
 )
 
-var gcTableNameRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(gCTableNameExpression)
+var (
+	gcTableNameRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(gCTableNameExpression)
+	vreplRegex        = regexp.MustCompile(vreplTableNameExpression)
+)
 
 func (p planetScaleEdgeMySQLAccess) GetTableNames(ctx context.Context, psc PlanetScaleSource) ([]string, error) {
 	var tables []string
@@ -131,7 +136,7 @@ func (p planetScaleEdgeMySQLAccess) GetTableNames(ctx context.Context, psc Plane
 		}
 
 		// skip any that are Vitess's GC tables.
-		if !gcTableNameRegexp.MatchString(name) {
+		if !filterTable(name) {
 			tables = append(tables, name)
 		}
 	}
@@ -143,6 +148,10 @@ func (p planetScaleEdgeMySQLAccess) GetTableNames(ctx context.Context, psc Plane
 	return tables, err
 }
 
+func filterTable(name string) bool {
+	return gcTableNameRegexp.MatchString(name) || vreplRegex.MatchString(name)
+}
+
 func (p planetScaleEdgeMySQLAccess) GetTableSchema(ctx context.Context, psc PlanetScaleSource, tableName string) (map[string]PropertyType, error) {
 	properties := map[string]PropertyType{}
 
diff --git a/cmd/internal/planetscale_edge_mysql_test.go b/cmd/internal/planetscale_edge_mysql_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdd1af4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/internal/planetscale_edge_mysql_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package internal
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestFilterNames_CanFilterInternalVitessTables(t *testing.T) {
+	var tests = []struct {
+		name      string
+		tableName string
+		filtered  bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "filters_vrepl_tables",
+			tableName: "_750a3e1f_e6f3_5249_82af_82f5d325ecab_20240528153135_vrepl",
+			filtered:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "filters_vt_DROP_tables",
+			tableName: "_vt_DROP_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410",
+			filtered:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "filters_vt_HOLD_tables",
+			tableName: "_vt_HOLD_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410",
+			filtered:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "filters_vt_EVAC_tables",
+			tableName: "_vt_EVAC_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410",
+			filtered:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "filters_vt_PURGE_tables",
+			tableName: "_vt_PURGE_6ace8bcef73211ea87e9f875a4d24e90_20200915120410",
+			filtered:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "does_not_filter_regular_table",
+			tableName: "customers",
+			filtered:  false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			filteredResult := filterTable(tt.tableName)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.filtered, filteredResult)
+		})
+	}
+}