diff --git a/kedro-docker/kedro_docker/template/Dockerfile.spark b/kedro-docker/kedro_docker/template/Dockerfile.spark
index f0911e8c8..e67266e3b 100644
--- a/kedro-docker/kedro_docker/template/Dockerfile.spark
+++ b/kedro-docker/kedro_docker/template/Dockerfile.spark
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ RUN pip install uv
 COPY requirements.txt /tmp/requirements.txt
 RUN uv pip install --system --no-cache-dir -r /tmp/requirements.txt && rm -f /tmp/requirements.txt
 
+ARG PYSPARK_VERSION=3.5.1
+ARG PYARROW_VERSION=16.1.0
+RUN uv pip install --system "pyspark==${PYSPARK_VERSION}" "pyarrow==${PYARROW_VERSION}"
+
 # add kedro user
 ARG KEDRO_UID=999
 ARG KEDRO_GID=0