diff --git a/narwhals/_spark_like/expr.py b/narwhals/_spark_like/expr.py
index 746cfa6b0e..e2ddd28ebf 100644
--- a/narwhals/_spark_like/expr.py
+++ b/narwhals/_spark_like/expr.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 from narwhals._spark_like.utils import maybe_evaluate
 from narwhals.typing import CompliantExpr
 from narwhals.utils import Implementation
-from narwhals.utils import get_module_version_as_tuple
 from narwhals.utils import parse_version
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -21,8 +20,6 @@
     from narwhals._spark_like.namespace import SparkLikeNamespace
     from narwhals.utils import Version
 
-PYSPARK_VERSION: tuple[int, ...] = get_module_version_as_tuple("pyspark")
-
 
 class SparkLikeExpr(CompliantExpr["Column"]):
     _implementation = Implementation.PYSPARK
@@ -226,9 +223,10 @@ def mean(self) -> Self:
 
     def median(self) -> Self:
         def _median(_input: Column) -> Column:
+            import pyspark  # ignore-banned-import
             from pyspark.sql import functions as F  # noqa: N812
 
-            if PYSPARK_VERSION < (3, 4):
+            if parse_version(pyspark.__version__) < (3, 4):
                 # Use percentile_approx with default accuracy parameter (10000)
                 return F.percentile_approx(_input.cast("double"), 0.5)
 
diff --git a/narwhals/utils.py b/narwhals/utils.py
index 8d4899f2a5..be9f072331 100644
--- a/narwhals/utils.py
+++ b/narwhals/utils.py
@@ -1058,10 +1058,3 @@ def generate_repr(header: str, native_repr: str) -> str:
         "| Use `.to_native` to see native output |\n└"
         f"{'─' * 39}┘"
     )
-
-
-def get_module_version_as_tuple(module_name: str) -> tuple[int, ...]:
-    try:
-        return parse_version(__import__(module_name).__version__)
-    except ImportError:
-        return (0, 0, 0)
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 25707ca867..34f1bfa1ef 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from narwhals.typing import IntoDataFrame
 from narwhals.typing import IntoFrame
 from narwhals.utils import Implementation
-from narwhals.utils import get_module_version_as_tuple
+from narwhals.utils import parse_version
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
     from typing import TypeAlias  # pragma: no cover
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@
     from typing_extensions import TypeAlias  # pragma: no cover
 
 
+def get_module_version_as_tuple(module_name: str) -> tuple[int, ...]:
+    try:
+        return parse_version(__import__(module_name).__version__)
+    except ImportError:
+        return (0, 0, 0)
+
+
 IBIS_VERSION: tuple[int, ...] = get_module_version_as_tuple("ibis")
 NUMPY_VERSION: tuple[int, ...] = get_module_version_as_tuple("numpy")
 PANDAS_VERSION: tuple[int, ...] = get_module_version_as_tuple("pandas")
diff --git a/tests/utils_test.py b/tests/utils_test.py
index a026aa4954..26bd2ecf92 100644
--- a/tests/utils_test.py
+++ b/tests/utils_test.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 from pandas.testing import assert_series_equal
 
 import narwhals.stable.v1 as nw
-from narwhals.utils import get_module_version_as_tuple
 from tests.utils import PANDAS_VERSION
+from tests.utils import get_module_version_as_tuple
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from narwhals.series import Series