diff --git a/spark_expectations/core/expectations.py b/spark_expectations/core/expectations.py
index cc877fd..8c2ce26 100644
--- a/spark_expectations/core/expectations.py
+++ b/spark_expectations/core/expectations.py
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 import functools
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Dict, Optional, Any, Union
+import packaging.version as package_version
+from pyspark import version as spark_version
 from pyspark import StorageLevel
 from pyspark.sql import DataFrame, SparkSession
-
-try:
-    from pyspark.sql import connect
-except ImportError:
-    # Spark/Databricks connect is available only in Databricks runtime 14 and above
-    pass
 from spark_expectations import _log
 from spark_expectations.config.user_config import Constants as user_config
 from spark_expectations.core.context import SparkExpectationsContext
@@ -28,6 +24,17 @@
 from spark_expectations.utils.regulate_flow import SparkExpectationsRegulateFlow
 
 
+min_spark_version_for_connect = "3.4.0"
+installed_spark_version = spark_version.__version__
+is_spark_connect_supported = False
+if package_version.parse(installed_spark_version) >= package_version.parse(
+    min_spark_version_for_connect
+):
+    from pyspark.sql import connect
+
+    is_spark_connect_supported = True
+
+
 @dataclass
 class SparkExpectations:
     """
@@ -52,8 +59,11 @@ class SparkExpectations:
 
     def __post_init__(self) -> None:
         # Databricks runtime 14 and above could pass either instance of a Dataframe depending on how data was read
-        if isinstance(self.rules_df, DataFrame) or isinstance(
-            self.rules_df, connect.dataframe.DataFrame
+        if (
+            is_spark_connect_supported is True
+            and isinstance(self.rules_df, (DataFrame, connect.dataframe.DataFrame))
+        ) or (
+            is_spark_connect_supported is False and isinstance(self.rules_df, DataFrame)
         ):
             try:
                 self.spark: Optional[SparkSession] = self.rules_df.sparkSession
@@ -362,8 +372,12 @@ def wrapper(*args: tuple, **kwargs: dict) -> DataFrame:
                         self._context.get_run_id,
                     )
 
-                    if isinstance(_df, DataFrame) or isinstance(
-                        _df, connect.dataframe.DataFrame
+                    if (
+                        is_spark_connect_supported is True
+                        and isinstance(_df, (DataFrame, connect.dataframe.DataFrame))
+                    ) or (
+                        is_spark_connect_supported is False
+                        and isinstance(_df, DataFrame)
                     ):
                         _log.info("The function dataframe is created")
                         self._context.set_table_name(table_name)