diff --git a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/serde/arrays.scala b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/serde/arrays.scala
index 47a6e91421..a41db5f280 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/serde/arrays.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/comet/serde/arrays.scala
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ object CometArrayRepeat extends CometExpressionSerde[ArrayRepeat] {
 
 object CometArrayCompact extends CometExpressionSerde[Expression] {
 
-  override def getSupportLevel(expr: Expression): SupportLevel = Incompatible(None)
+  override def getSupportLevel(expr: Expression): SupportLevel = Compatible()
 
   override def convert(
       expr: Expression,
diff --git a/spark/src/main/spark-4.0/org/apache/comet/shims/CometExprShim.scala b/spark/src/main/spark-4.0/org/apache/comet/shims/CometExprShim.scala
index 2c5cebd166..bf8406c428 100644
--- a/spark/src/main/spark-4.0/org/apache/comet/shims/CometExprShim.scala
+++ b/spark/src/main/spark-4.0/org/apache/comet/shims/CometExprShim.scala
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ trait CometExprShim extends CommonStringExprs {
 //        val optExpr = scalarFunctionExprToProto("width_bucket", childExprs: _*)
 //        optExprWithInfo(optExpr, wb, wb.children: _*)
 
+      // KnownNotContainsNull is a TaggingExpression added in Spark 4.0 that only
+      // changes schema metadata (containsNull = false). It has no runtime effect,
+      // so we pass through to the child expression.
+      case k: KnownNotContainsNull =>
+        exprToProtoInternal(k.child, inputs, binding)
+
       case _ => None
     }
   }
diff --git a/spark/src/test/resources/sql-tests/expressions/array/array_compact.sql b/spark/src/test/resources/sql-tests/expressions/array/array_compact.sql
index 9b834a4dbd..83cd730978 100644
--- a/spark/src/test/resources/sql-tests/expressions/array/array_compact.sql
+++ b/spark/src/test/resources/sql-tests/expressions/array/array_compact.sql
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 -- specific language governing permissions and limitations
 -- under the License.
 
--- ConfigMatrix: parquet.enable.dictionary=false,true
 
 statement
 CREATE TABLE test_array_compact(arr array<int>) USING parquet
@@ -23,9 +22,28 @@ CREATE TABLE test_array_compact(arr array<int>) USING parquet
 statement
 INSERT INTO test_array_compact VALUES (array(1, NULL, 2, NULL, 3)), (array()), (NULL), (array(NULL, NULL)), (array(1, 2, 3))
 
-query spark_answer_only
+-- column argument
+query
 SELECT array_compact(arr) FROM test_array_compact
 
 -- literal arguments
-query spark_answer_only
+query
 SELECT array_compact(array(1, NULL, 2, NULL, 3))
+
+-- string element type
+statement
+CREATE TABLE test_array_compact_str(arr array<string>) USING parquet
+
+statement
+INSERT INTO test_array_compact_str VALUES (array('a', NULL, 'b', NULL, 'c')), (array()), (NULL), (array(NULL, NULL)), (array('', NULL, '', NULL))
+
+query
+SELECT array_compact(arr) FROM test_array_compact_str
+
+-- double element type
+query
+SELECT array_compact(array(1.0, NULL, 2.0, NULL, 3.0))
+
+-- nested array type (removes null arrays from outer, preserves null elements in inner)
+query
+SELECT array_compact(array(array(1, NULL, 3), NULL, array(NULL, 2, 3)))