diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/contrib/spark_offline_store/spark.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/contrib/spark_offline_store/spark.py
index b1b1c04c7d..aaad495dfd 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/contrib/spark_offline_store/spark.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/contrib/spark_offline_store/spark.py
@@ -338,6 +338,10 @@ def to_spark_df(self) -> pyspark.sql.DataFrame:
 
     def _to_df_internal(self, timeout: Optional[int] = None) -> pd.DataFrame:
         """Return dataset as Pandas DataFrame synchronously"""
+        spark_session = get_spark_session_or_start_new_with_repoconfig(
+            self._config.offline_store
+        )
+        spark_session.conf.set("spark.sql.execution.arrow.pyspark.enabled", "true")
         return self.to_spark_df().toPandas()
 
     def _to_arrow_internal(self, timeout: Optional[int] = None) -> pyarrow.Table:
@@ -457,7 +461,7 @@ def get_spark_session_or_start_new_with_repoconfig(
 
 
 def _get_entity_df_event_timestamp_range(
-    entity_df: Union[pd.DataFrame, str],
+    entity_df: Union[pd.DataFrame, str, pyspark.sql.DataFrame],
     entity_df_event_timestamp_col: str,
     spark_session: SparkSession,
 ) -> Tuple[datetime, datetime]:
@@ -496,7 +500,8 @@ def _get_entity_df_event_timestamp_range(
 
 
 def _get_entity_schema(
-    spark_session: SparkSession, entity_df: Union[pandas.DataFrame, str]
+    spark_session: SparkSession,
+    entity_df: Union[pandas.DataFrame, str, pyspark.sql.DataFrame],
 ) -> Dict[str, np.dtype]:
     if isinstance(entity_df, pd.DataFrame):
         return dict(zip(entity_df.columns, entity_df.dtypes))
@@ -518,7 +523,7 @@ def _get_entity_schema(
 def _upload_entity_df(
     spark_session: SparkSession,
     table_name: str,
-    entity_df: Union[pandas.DataFrame, str],
+    entity_df: Union[pandas.DataFrame, str, pyspark.sql.DataFrame],
     event_timestamp_col: str,
 ) -> None:
     if isinstance(entity_df, pd.DataFrame):