diff --git a/kotlin-spark-api/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/spark/api/Encoding.kt b/kotlin-spark-api/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/spark/api/Encoding.kt
index 62e46676..072f4a2a 100644
--- a/kotlin-spark-api/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/spark/api/Encoding.kt
+++ b/kotlin-spark-api/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/spark/api/Encoding.kt
@@ -532,7 +532,9 @@ object KotlinTypeInference : Serializable {
                 ProductEncoder<Any>(
                     /* clsTag = */ ClassTag.apply(jClass),
                     /* fields = */ params.asScalaSeq(),
+                    //#if sparkMinor >= 3.5
                     /* outerPointerGetter = */ OuterScopes.getOuterScope(jClass).toOption(),
+                    //#endif
                 )
             }
 
@@ -558,7 +560,9 @@ object KotlinTypeInference : Serializable {
                 ProductEncoder<Any>(
                     /* clsTag = */ ClassTag.apply(jClass),
                     /* fields = */ params.asScalaSeq(),
+                    //#if sparkMinor >= 3.5
                     /* outerPointerGetter = */ OuterScopes.getOuterScope(jClass).toOption(),
+                    //#endif
                 )
             }