diff --git a/dev/Dockerfile b/dev/Dockerfile
index 1cc70beda5..baa3e09747 100644
--- a/dev/Dockerfile
+++ b/dev/Dockerfile
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ RUN mkdir -p ${HADOOP_HOME} && mkdir -p ${SPARK_HOME} && mkdir -p /home/iceberg/
 WORKDIR ${SPARK_HOME}
 
 # Remember to also update `tests/conftest`'s spark setting
-ENV SPARK_VERSION=3.5.3
-ENV ICEBERG_SPARK_RUNTIME_VERSION=3.5_2.12
-ENV ICEBERG_VERSION=1.6.0
+ENV SPARK_VERSION=3.5.4
+ENV ICEBERG_SPARK_RUNTIME_VERSION=3.5_4.12
+ENV ICEBERG_VERSION=1.8.0
 ENV PYICEBERG_VERSION=0.8.1
 
 RUN curl --retry 5 -s -C - https://dlcdn.apache.org/spark/spark-${SPARK_VERSION}/spark-${SPARK_VERSION}-bin-hadoop3.tgz -o spark-${SPARK_VERSION}-bin-hadoop3.tgz \
@@ -47,11 +47,10 @@ RUN curl --retry 5 -s -C - https://dlcdn.apache.org/spark/spark-${SPARK_VERSION}
  && rm -rf spark-${SPARK_VERSION}-bin-hadoop3.tgz
 
 # Download iceberg spark runtime
-RUN curl --retry 5 -s https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/iceberg/iceberg-spark-runtime-${ICEBERG_SPARK_RUNTIME_VERSION}/${ICEBERG_VERSION}/iceberg-spark-runtime-${ICEBERG_SPARK_RUNTIME_VERSION}-${ICEBERG_VERSION}.jar -Lo iceberg-spark-runtime-${ICEBERG_SPARK_RUNTIME_VERSION}-${ICEBERG_VERSION}.jar \
- && mv iceberg-spark-runtime-${ICEBERG_SPARK_RUNTIME_VERSION}-${ICEBERG_VERSION}.jar /opt/spark/jars
+RUN curl --retry 5 -s https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/iceberg/iceberg-spark-runtime-3.5_2.12/1.8.0-SNAPSHOT/iceberg-spark-runtime-3.5_2.12-1.8.0-20250115.001733-68.jar -Lo /opt/spark/jars/iceberg-spark-runtime-${ICEBERG_SPARK_RUNTIME_VERSION}-${ICEBERG_VERSION}.jar
 
 # Download AWS bundle
-RUN curl --retry 5 -s https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/iceberg/iceberg-aws-bundle/${ICEBERG_VERSION}/iceberg-aws-bundle-${ICEBERG_VERSION}.jar -Lo /opt/spark/jars/iceberg-aws-bundle-${ICEBERG_VERSION}.jar
+RUN curl --retry 5 -s https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/iceberg/iceberg-aws-bundle/1.8.0-SNAPSHOT/iceberg-aws-bundle-1.8.0-20250115.002654-137.jar -Lo /opt/spark/jars/iceberg-aws-bundle-${ICEBERG_VERSION}.jar
 
 COPY spark-defaults.conf /opt/spark/conf
 ENV PATH="/opt/spark/sbin:/opt/spark/bin:${PATH}"
diff --git a/dev/provision.py b/dev/provision.py
index b358da6593..47c950f6f8 100644
--- a/dev/provision.py
+++ b/dev/provision.py
@@ -401,3 +401,43 @@
     )
     spark.sql(f"ALTER TABLE {catalog_name}.default.test_empty_scan_ordered_str WRITE ORDERED BY id")
     spark.sql(f"INSERT INTO {catalog_name}.default.test_empty_scan_ordered_str VALUES 'a', 'c'")
+
+
+    spark.sql(
+        f"""
+      CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE {catalog_name}.default.test_deletion_vectors (
+        dt     date,
+        number integer,
+        letter string
+      )
+      USING iceberg
+      TBLPROPERTIES (
+        'write.delete.mode'='merge-on-read',
+        'write.update.mode'='merge-on-read',
+        'write.merge.mode'='merge-on-read',
+        'format-version'='3'
+      );
+    """
+    )
+
+
+    spark.sql(
+        f"""
+    INSERT INTO {catalog_name}.default.test_deletion_vectors
+    VALUES
+        (CAST('2023-03-01' AS date), 1, 'a'),
+        (CAST('2023-03-02' AS date), 2, 'b'),
+        (CAST('2023-03-03' AS date), 3, 'c'),
+        (CAST('2023-03-04' AS date), 4, 'd'),
+        (CAST('2023-03-05' AS date), 5, 'e'),
+        (CAST('2023-03-06' AS date), 6, 'f'),
+        (CAST('2023-03-07' AS date), 7, 'g'),
+        (CAST('2023-03-08' AS date), 8, 'h'),
+        (CAST('2023-03-09' AS date), 9, 'i'),
+        (CAST('2023-03-10' AS date), 10, 'j'),
+        (CAST('2023-03-11' AS date), 11, 'k'),
+        (CAST('2023-03-12' AS date), 12, 'l');
+    """
+    )
+
+    spark.sql(f"DELETE FROM {catalog_name}.default.test_deletion_vectors WHERE number = 9")