diff --git a/crates/catalog/glue/src/schema.rs b/crates/catalog/glue/src/schema.rs
index 864320dae4..4f5c1f664a 100644
--- a/crates/catalog/glue/src/schema.rs
+++ b/crates/catalog/glue/src/schema.rs
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ impl SchemaVisitor for GlueSchemaBuilder {
             PrimitiveType::Decimal { precision, scale } => {
                 format!("decimal({precision},{scale})")
             }
+            PrimitiveType::Variant => {
+                return Err(Error::new(
+                    ErrorKind::FeatureUnsupported,
+                    "Conversion from Variant to Glue type is not supported",
+                ));
+            }
         };
 
         Ok(glue_type)
diff --git a/crates/catalog/hms/src/schema.rs b/crates/catalog/hms/src/schema.rs
index c23b48719d..f48d163b30 100644
--- a/crates/catalog/hms/src/schema.rs
+++ b/crates/catalog/hms/src/schema.rs
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ impl SchemaVisitor for HiveSchemaBuilder {
             PrimitiveType::Decimal { precision, scale } => {
                 format!("decimal({precision},{scale})")
             }
+            PrimitiveType::Variant => {
+                return Err(Error::new(
+                    ErrorKind::FeatureUnsupported,
+                    "Conversion from Variant to Hive type is not supported",
+                ));
+            }
         };
 
         Ok(hive_type)
diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/schema.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/schema.rs
index 9b504421ae..68fc288ce1 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/schema.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/schema.rs
@@ -690,6 +690,10 @@ impl SchemaVisitor for ToArrowSchemaConverter {
             crate::spec::PrimitiveType::Binary => {
                 Ok(ArrowSchemaOrFieldOrType::Type(DataType::LargeBinary))
             }
+            crate::spec::PrimitiveType::Variant => Err(crate::Error::new(
+                crate::ErrorKind::FeatureUnsupported,
+                "Arrow schema conversion for Variant is not yet implemented",
+            )),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -1131,6 +1135,7 @@ pub fn datum_to_arrow_type_with_ree(datum: &Datum) -> DataType {
         PrimitiveType::Uuid => make_ree(DataType::Binary),
         PrimitiveType::Fixed(_) => make_ree(DataType::Binary),
         PrimitiveType::Binary => make_ree(DataType::Binary),
+        PrimitiveType::Variant => make_ree(DataType::Binary),
         PrimitiveType::Decimal { precision, scale } => {
             make_ree(DataType::Decimal128(*precision as u8, *scale as i8))
         }
diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/value.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/value.rs
index d07233c420..e349af2392 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/value.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/arrow/value.rs
@@ -424,6 +424,10 @@ impl SchemaWithPartnerVisitor<ArrayRef> for ArrowArrayToIcebergStructConverter {
                     ))
                 }
             }
+            PrimitiveType::Variant => Err(Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::FeatureUnsupported,
+                "Arrow value extraction for Variant is not yet implemented",
+            )),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/avro/schema.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/avro/schema.rs
index fdbc680977..dbe70a482f 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/avro/schema.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/avro/schema.rs
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ impl SchemaVisitor for SchemaToAvroSchema {
             PrimitiveType::Uuid => AvroSchema::Uuid,
             PrimitiveType::Fixed(len) => avro_fixed_schema((*len) as usize)?,
             PrimitiveType::Binary => AvroSchema::Bytes,
+            PrimitiveType::Variant => AvroSchema::Bytes,
             PrimitiveType::Decimal { precision, scale } => {
                 avro_decimal_schema(*precision as usize, *scale as usize)?
             }
diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/spec/datatypes.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/spec/datatypes.rs
index ad4aea758f..ecf8ceb0a9 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/spec/datatypes.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/spec/datatypes.rs
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ pub enum PrimitiveType {
     Fixed(u64),
     /// Arbitrary-length byte array.
     Binary,
+    /// Semi-structured data type (Iceberg spec v3). Stored in Parquet as `LogicalType::Variant`.
+    Variant,
 }
 
 impl PrimitiveType {
@@ -382,6 +384,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for PrimitiveType {
             PrimitiveType::Uuid => write!(f, "uuid"),
             PrimitiveType::Fixed(size) => write!(f, "fixed({size})"),
             PrimitiveType::Binary => write!(f, "binary"),
+            PrimitiveType::Variant => write!(f, "variant"),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -884,7 +887,8 @@ mod tests {
             {"id": 13, "name": "uuid_field", "required": true, "type": "uuid"},
             {"id": 14, "name": "fixed_field", "required": true, "type": "fixed[10]"},
             {"id": 15, "name": "binary_field", "required": true, "type": "binary"},
-            {"id": 16, "name": "string_field", "required": true, "type": "string"}
+            {"id": 16, "name": "string_field", "required": true, "type": "string"},
+            {"id": 17, "name": "variant_field", "required": false, "type": "variant"}
         ]
     }
     "#;
@@ -964,6 +968,12 @@ mod tests {
                         Type::Primitive(PrimitiveType::String),
                     )
                     .into(),
+                    NestedField::optional(
+                        17,
+                        "variant_field",
+                        Type::Primitive(PrimitiveType::Variant),
+                    )
+                    .into(),
                 ],
                 id_lookup: OnceLock::default(),
                 name_lookup: OnceLock::default(),
@@ -1320,4 +1330,25 @@ mod tests {
                 .contains("expected type 'struct'")
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn variant_type_display() {
+        assert_eq!(PrimitiveType::Variant.to_string(), "variant");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn variant_type_serde() {
+        let json = r#"{"id": 1, "name": "v", "required": false, "type": "variant"}"#;
+        let field: NestedField = serde_json::from_str(json).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(*field.field_type, Type::Primitive(PrimitiveType::Variant));
+        let serialized = serde_json::to_string(&field).unwrap();
+        assert!(serialized.contains("\"variant\""));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn variant_type_not_compatible_with_literals() {
+        assert!(!PrimitiveType::Variant.compatible(&PrimitiveLiteral::Boolean(true)));
+        assert!(!PrimitiveType::Variant.compatible(&PrimitiveLiteral::Int(0)));
+        assert!(!PrimitiveType::Variant.compatible(&PrimitiveLiteral::Binary(vec![])));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/iceberg/src/spec/values/datum.rs b/crates/iceberg/src/spec/values/datum.rs
index 68ea6b3d46..46a783a770 100644
--- a/crates/iceberg/src/spec/values/datum.rs
+++ b/crates/iceberg/src/spec/values/datum.rs
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ impl Datum {
             }
             PrimitiveType::Fixed(_) => PrimitiveLiteral::Binary(Vec::from(bytes)),
             PrimitiveType::Binary => PrimitiveLiteral::Binary(Vec::from(bytes)),
+            PrimitiveType::Variant => PrimitiveLiteral::Binary(Vec::from(bytes)),
             PrimitiveType::Decimal { .. } => {
                 PrimitiveLiteral::Int128(i128_from_be_bytes(bytes).ok_or_else(|| {
                     Error::new(