diff --git a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/PruneColumnsWithoutReordering.java b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/PruneColumnsWithoutReordering.java
index fbd21f737450..b29bcdf16298 100644
--- a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/PruneColumnsWithoutReordering.java
+++ b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/PruneColumnsWithoutReordering.java
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ public Type map(Types.MapType map, Supplier<Type> keyResult, Supplier<Type> valu
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Type variant(Types.VariantType variant) {
+    return variant;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Type primitive(Type.PrimitiveType primitive) {
     Set<Class<? extends DataType>> expectedType = TYPES.get(primitive.typeId());
diff --git a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkFixupTypes.java b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkFixupTypes.java
index 6c4ec39b20f1..e6f5fd8ab596 100644
--- a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkFixupTypes.java
+++ b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/SparkFixupTypes.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ protected boolean fixupPrimitive(Type.PrimitiveType type, Type source) {
         }
         break;
       case BINARY:
-        if (source.typeId() == Type.TypeID.FIXED) {
+        if (source.typeId() == Type.TypeID.FIXED || source.typeId() == Type.TypeID.VARIANT) {
           return true;
         }
         break;
diff --git a/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/TestSparkFixupTypes.java b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/TestSparkFixupTypes.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9f1c418aa955
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spark/v3.5/spark/src/test/java/org/apache/iceberg/spark/TestSparkFixupTypes.java
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.iceberg.spark;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import org.apache.iceberg.Schema;
+import org.apache.iceberg.types.Types;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class TestSparkFixupTypes {
+
+  @Test
+  void fixupShouldCorrectlyFixUUID() {
+    Schema schema = new Schema(Types.NestedField.required(1, "field", Types.StringType.get()));
+    Schema referenceSchema =
+        new Schema(Types.NestedField.required(1, "field", Types.UUIDType.get()));
+
+    Schema fixedSchema = SparkFixupTypes.fixup(schema, referenceSchema);
+
+    assertThat(fixedSchema.findType("field")).isSameAs(Types.UUIDType.get());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void fixupShouldCorrectlyFixBinary() {
+    Schema schema = new Schema(Types.NestedField.required(1, "field", Types.BinaryType.get()));
+    Schema referenceSchema =
+        new Schema(Types.NestedField.required(1, "field", Types.FixedType.ofLength(16)));
+
+    Schema fixedSchema = SparkFixupTypes.fixup(schema, referenceSchema);
+
+    assertThat(fixedSchema.findType("field")).isEqualTo(Types.FixedType.ofLength(16));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void fixupShouldCorrectlyFixVariant() {
+    Schema schema = new Schema(Types.NestedField.required(1, "field", Types.BinaryType.get()));
+    Schema referenceSchema =
+        new Schema(Types.NestedField.required(1, "field", Types.VariantType.get()));
+
+    Schema fixedSchema = SparkFixupTypes.fixup(schema, referenceSchema);
+
+    assertThat(fixedSchema.findType("field")).isSameAs(Types.VariantType.get());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void fixupShouldCorrectlyFixTimestamp() {
+    Schema schema =
+        new Schema(Types.NestedField.required(1, "field", Types.TimestampType.withZone()));
+    Schema referenceSchema =
+        new Schema(Types.NestedField.required(1, "field", Types.TimestampType.withoutZone()));
+
+    Schema fixedSchema = SparkFixupTypes.fixup(schema, referenceSchema);
+
+    assertThat(fixedSchema.findType("field")).isSameAs(Types.TimestampType.withoutZone());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void fixupShouldHandleNestedStructs() {
+    Schema schema =
+        new Schema(
+            Types.NestedField.required(
+                1,
+                "struct",
+                Types.StructType.of(
+                    Types.NestedField.required(2, "field", Types.StringType.get()))));
+    Schema referenceSchema =
+        new Schema(
+            Types.NestedField.required(
+                1,
+                "struct",
+                Types.StructType.of(Types.NestedField.required(2, "field", Types.UUIDType.get()))));
+
+    Schema fixedSchema = SparkFixupTypes.fixup(schema, referenceSchema);
+
+    assertThat(fixedSchema.findType("struct"))
+        .isEqualTo(
+            Types.StructType.of(Types.NestedField.required(2, "field", Types.UUIDType.get())));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void fixupShouldHandleLists() {
+    Schema schema =
+        new Schema(
+            Types.NestedField.required(
+                1, "list", Types.ListType.ofRequired(2, Types.StringType.get())));
+    Schema referenceSchema =
+        new Schema(
+            Types.NestedField.required(
+                1, "list", Types.ListType.ofRequired(2, Types.UUIDType.get())));
+
+    Schema fixedSchema = SparkFixupTypes.fixup(schema, referenceSchema);
+
+    assertThat(fixedSchema.findType("list"))
+        .isEqualTo(Types.ListType.ofRequired(2, Types.UUIDType.get()));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void fixupShouldHandleMaps() {
+    Schema schema =
+        new Schema(
+            Types.NestedField.required(
+                1,
+                "map",
+                Types.MapType.ofRequired(2, 3, Types.StringType.get(), Types.StringType.get())));
+    Schema referenceSchema =
+        new Schema(
+            Types.NestedField.required(
+                1,
+                "map",
+                Types.MapType.ofRequired(2, 3, Types.UUIDType.get(), Types.UUIDType.get())));
+
+    Schema fixedSchema = SparkFixupTypes.fixup(schema, referenceSchema);
+
+    assertThat(fixedSchema.findType("map"))
+        .isEqualTo(Types.MapType.ofRequired(2, 3, Types.UUIDType.get(), Types.UUIDType.get()));
+  }
+}