diff --git a/spark/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/sedona/sql/datasources/geopackage/transform/ValuesMapper.scala b/spark/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/sedona/sql/datasources/geopackage/transform/ValuesMapper.scala
index 70950d44988..95e50228697 100644
--- a/spark/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/sedona/sql/datasources/geopackage/transform/ValuesMapper.scala
+++ b/spark/common/src/main/scala/org/apache/sedona/sql/datasources/geopackage/transform/ValuesMapper.scala
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ object ValuesMapper {
         case (GeoPackageType.BOOLEAN, _) =>
           rs.getBoolean(column.name)
         case (GeoPackageType.DATE, _) =>
-          DataTypesTransformations.getDays(rs.getString(column.name))
+          parseNullable(rs.getString(column.name))(DataTypesTransformations.getDays)
         case (GeoPackageType.DATETIME, _) =>
-          DataTypesTransformations.epoch(rs.getString(column.name)) * 1000
+          parseNullable(rs.getString(column.name))(DataTypesTransformations.epoch(_) * 1000)
         case (GeoPackageType.POINT, _) =>
           GeometryReader.extractWKB(rs.getBytes(column.name))
         case (GeoPackageType.LINESTRING, _) =>
@@ -77,4 +77,12 @@ object ValuesMapper {
       }
     })
   }
+
+  /**
+   * A SQL NULL in a DATE or DATETIME column comes back from the driver as a null string. The
+   * parsers in [[DataTypesTransformations]] throw NullPointerException on null input, so map NULL
+   * straight through instead of parsing it.
+   */
+  private def parseNullable[T](value: String)(parse: String => T): Any =
+    if (value == null) null else parse(value)
 }
diff --git a/spark/common/src/test/resources/geopackage/test_null_datetime.gpkg b/spark/common/src/test/resources/geopackage/test_null_datetime.gpkg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9c4e134a39a
Binary files /dev/null and b/spark/common/src/test/resources/geopackage/test_null_datetime.gpkg differ
diff --git a/spark/spark-3.5/src/test/scala/org/apache/sedona/sql/GeoPackageReaderTest.scala b/spark/spark-3.5/src/test/scala/org/apache/sedona/sql/GeoPackageReaderTest.scala
index f37298661fe..059c4f34fdb 100644
--- a/spark/spark-3.5/src/test/scala/org/apache/sedona/sql/GeoPackageReaderTest.scala
+++ b/spark/spark-3.5/src/test/scala/org/apache/sedona/sql/GeoPackageReaderTest.scala
@@ -212,6 +212,37 @@ class GeoPackageReaderTest extends TestBaseScala with Matchers {
         metadataDf.select("last_change").collect()
       }
     }
+
+    it("should read NULL date and datetime values as null") {
+      // A NULL in a DATE or DATETIME column used to surface as a NullPointerException
+      // from DataTypesTransformations and abort the whole scan.
+      val df = sparkSession.read
+        .format("geopackage")
+        .option("tableName", "test_features")
+        .load(resourceFolder + "geopackage/test_null_datetime.gpkg")
+
+      df.schema.fields.find(_.name == "event_date").get.dataType shouldEqual DateType
+      df.schema.fields.find(_.name == "event_time").get.dataType shouldEqual TimestampType
+
+      val rows = df
+        .select("fid", "event_date", "event_time")
+        .collect()
+        .map { row =>
+          val date = Option(row.getAs[Date]("event_date")).map(_.toLocalDate.toString).orNull
+          val time = Option(row.getAs[Timestamp]("event_time")).map(_.toInstant.toString).orNull
+          (row.getInt(0), date, time)
+        }
+        .sortBy(_._1)
+
+      rows shouldEqual Array(
+        (1, "2024-01-15", "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"),
+        (2, null, null),
+        (3, "2024-03-01", null),
+        (4, null, "2024-03-01T00:00:00Z"))
+
+      df.filter("event_date IS NULL").count() shouldEqual 2
+      df.filter("event_time IS NULL").count() shouldEqual 2
+    }
   }
 
   describe("GeoPackage Raster Data Test") {
diff --git a/spark/spark-4.0/src/test/scala/org/apache/sedona/sql/GeoPackageReaderTest.scala b/spark/spark-4.0/src/test/scala/org/apache/sedona/sql/GeoPackageReaderTest.scala
index f37298661fe..059c4f34fdb 100644
--- a/spark/spark-4.0/src/test/scala/org/apache/sedona/sql/GeoPackageReaderTest.scala
+++ b/spark/spark-4.0/src/test/scala/org/apache/sedona/sql/GeoPackageReaderTest.scala
@@ -212,6 +212,37 @@ class GeoPackageReaderTest extends TestBaseScala with Matchers {
         metadataDf.select("last_change").collect()
       }
     }
+
+    it("should read NULL date and datetime values as null") {
+      // A NULL in a DATE or DATETIME column used to surface as a NullPointerException
+      // from DataTypesTransformations and abort the whole scan.
+      val df = sparkSession.read
+        .format("geopackage")
+        .option("tableName", "test_features")
+        .load(resourceFolder + "geopackage/test_null_datetime.gpkg")
+
+      df.schema.fields.find(_.name == "event_date").get.dataType shouldEqual DateType
+      df.schema.fields.find(_.name == "event_time").get.dataType shouldEqual TimestampType
+
+      val rows = df
+        .select("fid", "event_date", "event_time")
+        .collect()
+        .map { row =>
+          val date = Option(row.getAs[Date]("event_date")).map(_.toLocalDate.toString).orNull
+          val time = Option(row.getAs[Timestamp]("event_time")).map(_.toInstant.toString).orNull
+          (row.getInt(0), date, time)
+        }
+        .sortBy(_._1)
+
+      rows shouldEqual Array(
+        (1, "2024-01-15", "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"),
+        (2, null, null),
+        (3, "2024-03-01", null),
+        (4, null, "2024-03-01T00:00:00Z"))
+
+      df.filter("event_date IS NULL").count() shouldEqual 2
+      df.filter("event_time IS NULL").count() shouldEqual 2
+    }
   }
 
   describe("GeoPackage Raster Data Test") {
diff --git a/spark/spark-4.1/src/test/scala/org/apache/sedona/sql/GeoPackageReaderTest.scala b/spark/spark-4.1/src/test/scala/org/apache/sedona/sql/GeoPackageReaderTest.scala
index f37298661fe..059c4f34fdb 100644
--- a/spark/spark-4.1/src/test/scala/org/apache/sedona/sql/GeoPackageReaderTest.scala
+++ b/spark/spark-4.1/src/test/scala/org/apache/sedona/sql/GeoPackageReaderTest.scala
@@ -212,6 +212,37 @@ class GeoPackageReaderTest extends TestBaseScala with Matchers {
         metadataDf.select("last_change").collect()
       }
     }
+
+    it("should read NULL date and datetime values as null") {
+      // A NULL in a DATE or DATETIME column used to surface as a NullPointerException
+      // from DataTypesTransformations and abort the whole scan.
+      val df = sparkSession.read
+        .format("geopackage")
+        .option("tableName", "test_features")
+        .load(resourceFolder + "geopackage/test_null_datetime.gpkg")
+
+      df.schema.fields.find(_.name == "event_date").get.dataType shouldEqual DateType
+      df.schema.fields.find(_.name == "event_time").get.dataType shouldEqual TimestampType
+
+      val rows = df
+        .select("fid", "event_date", "event_time")
+        .collect()
+        .map { row =>
+          val date = Option(row.getAs[Date]("event_date")).map(_.toLocalDate.toString).orNull
+          val time = Option(row.getAs[Timestamp]("event_time")).map(_.toInstant.toString).orNull
+          (row.getInt(0), date, time)
+        }
+        .sortBy(_._1)
+
+      rows shouldEqual Array(
+        (1, "2024-01-15", "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"),
+        (2, null, null),
+        (3, "2024-03-01", null),
+        (4, null, "2024-03-01T00:00:00Z"))
+
+      df.filter("event_date IS NULL").count() shouldEqual 2
+      df.filter("event_time IS NULL").count() shouldEqual 2
+    }
   }
 
   describe("GeoPackage Raster Data Test") {