diff --git a/rust/lance-encoding/src/compression.rs b/rust/lance-encoding/src/compression.rs
index 24c2c71d654..af1bd41766f 100644
--- a/rust/lance-encoding/src/compression.rs
+++ b/rust/lance-encoding/src/compression.rs
@@ -1728,6 +1728,33 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    #[cfg(any(feature = "lz4", feature = "zstd"))]
+    fn test_general_compression_not_selected_for_v2_1_even_if_requested() {
+        let mut params = CompressionParams::new();
+        params.columns.insert(
+            "dict_values".to_string(),
+            CompressionFieldParams {
+                compression: Some(if cfg!(feature = "lz4") { "lz4" } else { "zstd" }.to_string()),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        );
+
+        let strategy =
+            DefaultCompressionStrategy::with_params(params).with_version(LanceFileVersion::V2_1);
+        let field = create_test_field("dict_values", DataType::FixedSizeBinary(3));
+        let data = create_fixed_width_block(24, 1024);
+
+        let (_compressor, encoding) = strategy
+            .create_block_compressor(&field, &data)
+            .expect("block compressor selection should succeed");
+
+        assert!(
+            !matches!(encoding.compression.as_ref(), Some(Compression::General(_))),
+            "general compression should not be selected for V2.1"
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_rle_block_used_for_version_v2_2() {
         let field = create_test_field("test_repdef", DataType::UInt16);
diff --git a/rust/lance-encoding/src/encoder.rs b/rust/lance-encoding/src/encoder.rs
index 203b3b99642..0286a80737d 100644
--- a/rust/lance-encoding/src/encoder.rs
+++ b/rust/lance-encoding/src/encoder.rs
@@ -790,6 +790,7 @@ pub async fn encode_batch(
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::compression_config::{CompressionFieldParams, CompressionParams};
+    use arrow_schema::{DataType as ArrowDataType, Field as ArrowField, Fields as ArrowFields};
 
     #[test]
     fn test_configured_encoding_strategy() {
@@ -829,4 +830,38 @@ mod tests {
             .to_string()
             .contains("only supported in Lance file version 2.1"));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_fixed_size_list_struct_requires_v2_2() {
+        let list_item = ArrowField::new(
+            "item",
+            ArrowDataType::Struct(ArrowFields::from(vec![ArrowField::new(
+                "x",
+                ArrowDataType::Int32,
+                true,
+            )])),
+            true,
+        );
+        let arrow_field = ArrowField::new(
+            "list_struct",
+            ArrowDataType::FixedSizeList(Arc::new(list_item), 2),
+            true,
+        );
+        let field = Field::try_from(&arrow_field).unwrap();
+
+        let strategy = StructuralEncodingStrategy::with_version(LanceFileVersion::V2_1);
+        let mut column_index = ColumnIndexSequence::default();
+        let options = EncodingOptions::default();
+
+        let result = strategy.create_field_encoder(&strategy, &field, &mut column_index, &options);
+        assert!(
+            result.is_err(),
+            "FixedSizeList<Struct> should be rejected for file version 2.1"
+        );
+        let err = result.err().unwrap();
+
+        assert!(err
+            .to_string()
+            .contains("FixedSizeList<Struct> is only supported in Lance file format 2.2+"));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/rust/lance/src/dataset/blob.rs b/rust/lance/src/dataset/blob.rs
index b50247925f1..a482972850c 100644
--- a/rust/lance/src/dataset/blob.rs
+++ b/rust/lance/src/dataset/blob.rs
@@ -1191,6 +1191,42 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(second.as_ref(), b"world");
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_blob_v2_requires_v2_2() {
+        let test_dir = TempStrDir::default();
+
+        let mut blob_builder = BlobArrayBuilder::new(1);
+        blob_builder.push_bytes(b"hello").unwrap();
+        let blob_array: arrow_array::ArrayRef = blob_builder.finish().unwrap();
+
+        let id_array: arrow_array::ArrayRef = Arc::new(UInt32Array::from(vec![0]));
+        let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![
+            Field::new("id", DataType::UInt32, false),
+            blob_field("blob", true),
+        ]));
+        let batch = RecordBatch::try_new(schema.clone(), vec![id_array, blob_array]).unwrap();
+        let reader = RecordBatchIterator::new(vec![batch].into_iter().map(Ok), schema);
+
+        let result = Dataset::write(
+            reader,
+            &test_dir,
+            Some(WriteParams {
+                data_storage_version: Some(LanceFileVersion::V2_1),
+                ..Default::default()
+            }),
+        )
+        .await;
+
+        assert!(
+            result.is_err(),
+            "Blob v2 should be rejected for file version 2.1"
+        );
+        assert!(result
+            .unwrap_err()
+            .to_string()
+            .contains("Blob v2 requires file version >= 2.2"));
+    }
+
     async fn preprocess_kind_with_schema_metadata(metadata_value: &str, data_len: usize) -> u8 {
         let (object_store, base_path) = ObjectStore::from_uri_and_params(
             Arc::new(ObjectStoreRegistry::default()),