diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c8330c9..41b735a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'zulu'
-          java-version: '21'
+          java-version: '11'
           cache: 'sbt'
       - name: 👌 Run "pre-push" tasks (compile and style-check)
         run: sbt prep
diff --git a/src/main/g8/default.properties b/src/main/g8/default.properties
index ea4cc27..44ea901 100644
--- a/src/main/g8/default.properties
+++ b/src/main/g8/default.properties
@@ -11,5 +11,8 @@ scalafmt_version = maven(org.scalameta, scalafmt-core_2.13, stable)
 scalatest_version = maven(org.scalatest, scalatest_2.13, stable)
 scalamock_version = maven(org.scalamock, scalamock_2.13, stable)
 nscala-time_version = maven(com.github.nscala-time, nscala-time_2.13, stable)
+spark_version = maven(org.apache.spark, spark-core_2.13, stable)
+spark_sql_version = maven(org.apache.spark, spark-sql_2.13, stable)
+spark_streaming_version = maven(org.apache.spark, spark-streaming_2.13, stable)
 pprint_version = maven(com.lihaoyi, pprint_2.13, stable)
 verbatim = install-hooks.sh pre-push
diff --git a/src/main/g8/project/Dependencies.scala b/src/main/g8/project/Dependencies.scala
index 7f6b922..239ff62 100644
--- a/src/main/g8/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/src/main/g8/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import sbt._
 
 object Dependencies {
   private val prod = Seq(
-    "com.github.nscala-time" %% "nscala-time" % "$nscala-time_version$",
-    "com.lihaoyi"            %% "pprint"      % "$pprint_version$"
+    "com.github.nscala-time" %% "nscala-time"          % "$nscala-time_version$",
+    "com.lihaoyi"            %% "pprint"               % "$pprint_version$",
+    "org.apache.spark"       %% "spark-core"           % "$spark_version$" % Provided,
+    "org.apache.spark"       %% "spark-sql"            % "$spark_version$" % Provided,
+    "org.apache.spark"       %% "spark-streaming"      % "$spark_version$" % Provided
   )
-
   private val test = Seq(
     "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "$scalatest_version$",
     "org.scalamock" %% "scalamock" % "$scalamock_version$"
diff --git a/src/main/g8/src/test/$package$/$name__Camel$Test.scala b/src/main/g8/src/test/$package$/$name__Camel$Test.scala
index c0853f4..f0f79aa 100644
--- a/src/main/g8/src/test/$package$/$name__Camel$Test.scala
+++ b/src/main/g8/src/test/$package$/$name__Camel$Test.scala
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 package $package$
 
-import org.scalatest.wordspec.AnyWordSpec
-import org.scalatest.matchers.should._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.Row
 
-final class $name;format="Camel"$Test extends AnyWordSpec with Matchers {
+final class $name;format="Camel"$Test extends SparkTestHelper {
   "$name;format="Camel"$" should {
     "greet" in {
       val $name;format="camel"$ = new $name;format="Camel"$
@@ -11,7 +10,8 @@ final class $name;format="Camel"$Test extends AnyWordSpec with Matchers {
       val nameToGreet = "Codely"
       val greeting    = $name;format="camel"$.greet(nameToGreet)
 
-      greeting shouldBe "Hello " + nameToGreet
+      import testSQLImplicits._
+      Seq(greeting).toDF("greeting").collect() shouldBe Array(Row("Hello Codely"))
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/g8/src/test/$package$/SparkTestHelper.scala b/src/main/g8/src/test/$package$/SparkTestHelper.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5423c56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/g8/src/test/$package$/SparkTestHelper.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+package $package$
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils
+import org.apache.spark.sql.{SQLContext, SQLImplicits, SparkSession}
+import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, SparkContext}
+import org.scalatest.{BeforeAndAfterAll, BeforeAndAfterEach}
+import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
+import org.scalatest.wordspec.AnyWordSpec
+
+import java.io.File
+import java.nio.file.Files
+import scala.reflect.io.Directory
+
+trait SparkTestHelper
+  extends AnyWordSpec
+    with BeforeAndAfterEach
+    with BeforeAndAfterAll
+    with Matchers {
+
+  private val sparkSession = SparkSession
+    .builder()
+    .master("local[*]")
+    .appName("test-spark-session")
+    .config(sparkConfiguration)
+    //.enableHiveSupport() uncomment this if you want to use Hive
+    .getOrCreate()
+
+  protected var tempDir: String = _
+
+  protected implicit def spark: SparkSession = sparkSession
+
+  protected def sc: SparkContext = sparkSession.sparkContext
+
+  protected def sparkConfiguration: SparkConf =
+    new SparkConf()
+    /* Uncomment this if you want to use Delta Lake
+
+      .set("spark.sql.extensions", "io.delta.sql.DeltaSparkSessionExtension")
+      .set(
+        "spark.sql.catalog.spark_catalog",
+        "org.apache.spark.sql.delta.catalog.DeltaCatalog"
+      )
+    */
+
+  override protected def beforeAll(): Unit = {
+    super.beforeAll()
+    clearTemporaryDirectories()
+  }
+
+  override protected def beforeEach(): Unit = {
+    super.beforeEach()
+    tempDir = Files.createTempDirectory(this.getClass.toString).toString
+  }
+
+  override protected def afterAll(): Unit = {
+    super.afterAll()
+    sparkSession.stop()
+    SparkSession.clearActiveSession()
+    SparkSession.clearDefaultSession()
+    clearTemporaryDirectories()
+  }
+
+  override protected def afterEach(): Unit = {
+    super.afterEach()
+    new Directory(new File(tempDir)).deleteRecursively()
+    spark.sharedState.cacheManager.clearCache()
+    spark.sessionState.catalog.reset()
+  }
+
+  protected object testSQLImplicits extends SQLImplicits {
+    protected override def _sqlContext: SQLContext = sparkSession.sqlContext
+  }
+
+  private def clearTemporaryDirectories(): Unit = {
+    val warehousePath = new File("spark-warehouse").getAbsolutePath
+    FileUtils.deleteDirectory(new File(warehousePath))
+
+    val metastoreDbPath = new File("metastore_db").getAbsolutePath
+    FileUtils.deleteDirectory(new File(metastoreDbPath))
+  }
+}