Updated ADBC driver for Apache Spark¶

July 20, 2026 ADBC Drivers Contributors

Today the ADBC Drivers Contributors released an updated driver for Apache Spark, version 0.1.0, available immediately via dbc . To update, just dbc install spark to get the latest version — no --pre flag needed, as this is the driver’s first release out of alpha/beta.

Version 0.1.0 implements GetTableSchema and adds an option to set the catalog on initial connect, along with other bug fixes.

For more details, see the full changelog. To learn more about how to use the driver, check out the documentation and quickstarts .

Bug reports and feature requests are welcome through GitHub Issues in the adbc-drivers/spark repository . You can also start a Discussion on GitHub or join the Columnar Community Slack .