AFAICT, the latest tested (compatibility tests) version for now is 3.4.1 [1] We may try to add 3.5.x version there. I believe that ValidateRunners tests are run only against default Spark 3.2.2 version.
— Alexey [1] https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/2aaf09c0eb6928390d861ba228447338b8ca92d3/runners/spark/3/build.gradle#L36 > On 3 Nov 2023, at 05:06, Sri Ganesh Venkataraman > <sriganesh.venkatara...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Does Apache Beam version (2.41.0) or latest (2.51.0) support Spark 3.5 > environment for spark runner ? > > Apache Beam - Spark Runner Documentation states - > The Spark runner currently supports Spark’s 3.2.x branch > > Thanks > Sri Ganesh V