diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tool/Platform.scala b/core/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tool/Platform.scala
index 866e1fbbd..24cfbfeba 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tool/Platform.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tool/Platform.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2023-2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023-2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ abstract class Platform(var gpuDevice: Option[GpuDevice],
     val clusterProperties: Option[ClusterProperties]) extends Logging {
   val platformName: String
   val defaultGpuDevice: GpuDevice
+  val sparkVersionLabel: String = "Spark version"
 
   // It's not deal to use vars here but to minimize changes and
   // keep backwards compatibility we put them here for now and hopefully
@@ -139,6 +140,46 @@ abstract class Platform(var gpuDevice: Option[GpuDevice],
     SparkRuntime.SPARK, SparkRuntime.SPARK_RAPIDS
   )
 
+  // scalastyle:off line.size.limit
+  // Supported Spark version to RapidsShuffleManager version mapping.
+  // Reference: https://docs.nvidia.com/spark-rapids/user-guide/latest/additional-functionality/rapids-shuffle.html#rapids-shuffle-manager
+  // scalastyle:on line.size.limit
+  val supportedShuffleManagerVersionMap: Array[(String, String)] = Array(
+    "3.2.0" -> "320",
+    "3.2.1" -> "321",
+    "3.2.2" -> "322",
+    "3.2.3" -> "323",
+    "3.2.4" -> "324",
+    "3.3.0" -> "330",
+    "3.3.1" -> "331",
+    "3.3.2" -> "332",
+    "3.3.3" -> "333",
+    "3.3.4" -> "334",
+    "3.4.0" -> "340",
+    "3.4.1" -> "341",
+    "3.4.2" -> "342",
+    "3.4.3" -> "343",
+    "3.5.0" -> "350",
+    "3.5.1" -> "351"
+  )
+
+  /**
+   * Determine the appropriate RapidsShuffleManager version based on the
+   * provided spark version.
+   */
+  def getShuffleManagerVersion(sparkVersion: String): Option[String] = {
+    supportedShuffleManagerVersionMap.collectFirst {
+      case (supportedVersion, smVersion) if sparkVersion.contains(supportedVersion) => smVersion
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Identify the latest supported Spark and RapidsShuffleManager version for the platform.
+   */
+  lazy val latestSupportedShuffleManagerInfo: (String, String) = {
+    supportedShuffleManagerVersionMap.maxBy(_._1)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Checks if the given runtime is supported by the platform.
    */
@@ -522,6 +563,7 @@ abstract class Platform(var gpuDevice: Option[GpuDevice],
 abstract class DatabricksPlatform(gpuDevice: Option[GpuDevice],
     clusterProperties: Option[ClusterProperties]) extends Platform(gpuDevice, clusterProperties) {
   override val defaultGpuDevice: GpuDevice = T4Gpu
+  override val sparkVersionLabel: String = "Databricks runtime"
   override def isPlatformCSP: Boolean = true
 
   override val supportedRuntimes: Set[SparkRuntime.SparkRuntime] = Set(
@@ -538,6 +580,13 @@ abstract class DatabricksPlatform(gpuDevice: Option[GpuDevice],
     "spark.executor.memoryOverhead"
   )
 
+  // Supported Databricks version to RapidsShuffleManager version mapping.
+  override val supportedShuffleManagerVersionMap: Array[(String, String)] = Array(
+    "11.3" -> "330db",
+    "12.2" -> "332db",
+    "13.3" -> "341db"
+  )
+
   override def createClusterInfo(coresPerExecutor: Int,
       numExecsPerNode: Int,
       numExecs: Int,
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tool/tuning/AutoTuner.scala b/core/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tool/tuning/AutoTuner.scala
index 7471491e4..048e71ada 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tool/tuning/AutoTuner.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tool/tuning/AutoTuner.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ * Copyright (c) 2024-2025, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 import scala.util.matching.Regex
 
 import com.nvidia.spark.rapids.tool.{AppSummaryInfoBaseProvider, GpuDevice, Platform, PlatformFactory}
-import com.nvidia.spark.rapids.tool.planparser.DatabricksParseHelper
 import com.nvidia.spark.rapids.tool.profiling._
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FileSystem, FSDataInputStream, Path}
@@ -717,9 +716,9 @@ class AutoTuner(
   def calculateJobLevelRecommendations(): Unit = {
     // TODO - do we do anything with 200 shuffle partitions or maybe if its close
     // set the Spark config  spark.shuffle.sort.bypassMergeThreshold
-   getShuffleManagerClassName match  {
-      case Some(smClassName) => appendRecommendation("spark.shuffle.manager", smClassName)
-      case None => appendComment("Could not define the Spark Version")
+    getShuffleManagerClassName match {
+      case Right(smClassName) => appendRecommendation("spark.shuffle.manager", smClassName)
+      case Left(comment) => appendComment(comment)
     }
     appendComment(autoTunerConfigsProvider.classPathComments("rapids.shuffle.jars"))
     recommendFileCache()
@@ -752,30 +751,31 @@ class AutoTuner(
       }
   }
 
-  def getShuffleManagerClassName() : Option[String] = {
-    appInfoProvider.getSparkVersion.map { sparkVersion =>
-      val shuffleManagerVersion = sparkVersion.filterNot("().".toSet)
-      val dbVersion = getPropertyValue(
-        DatabricksParseHelper.PROP_TAG_CLUSTER_SPARK_VERSION_KEY).getOrElse("")
-      val finalShuffleVersion : String = if (dbVersion.nonEmpty) {
-        dbVersion match {
-          case ver if ver.contains("10.4") => "321db"
-          case ver if ver.contains("11.3") => "330db"
-          case _ => "332db"
-        }
-      } else if (sparkVersion.contains("amzn")) {
-        sparkVersion match {
-          case ver if ver.contains("3.5.2") => "352"
-          case ver if ver.contains("3.5.1") => "351"
-          case ver if ver.contains("3.5.0") => "350"
-          case ver if ver.contains("3.4.1") => "341"
-          case ver if ver.contains("3.4.0") => "340"
-          case _ => "332"
+  /**
+   * Resolves the RapidsShuffleManager class name based on the Spark version.
+   * If a valid class name is not found, an error message is returned.
+   *
+   * Example:
+   * sparkVersion: "3.2.0-amzn-1"
+   * return: Right("com.nvidia.spark.rapids.spark320.RapidsShuffleManager")
+   *
+   * sparkVersion: "3.1.2"
+   * return: Left("Cannot recommend RAPIDS Shuffle Manager for unsupported '3.1.2' version.")
+   *
+   * @return Either an error message (Left) or the RapidsShuffleManager class name (Right)
+   */
+  def getShuffleManagerClassName: Either[String, String] = {
+    appInfoProvider.getSparkVersion match {
+      case Some(sparkVersion) =>
+        platform.getShuffleManagerVersion(sparkVersion) match {
+          case Some(smVersion) =>
+            Right(autoTunerConfigsProvider.buildShuffleManagerClassName(smVersion))
+          case None =>
+            Left(autoTunerConfigsProvider.shuffleManagerCommentForUnsupportedVersion(
+              sparkVersion, platform))
         }
-      } else {
-        shuffleManagerVersion
-      }
-      "com.nvidia.spark.rapids.spark" + finalShuffleVersion + ".RapidsShuffleManager"
+      case None =>
+        Left(autoTunerConfigsProvider.shuffleManagerCommentForMissingVersion)
     }
   }
 
@@ -1344,6 +1344,9 @@ trait AutoTunerConfigsProvider extends Logging {
   // the plugin jar is in the form of rapids-4-spark_scala_binary-(version)-*.jar
   val pluginJarRegEx: Regex = "rapids-4-spark_\\d\\.\\d+-(\\d{2}\\.\\d{2}\\.\\d+).*\\.jar".r
 
+  private val shuffleManagerDocUrl = "https://docs.nvidia.com/spark-rapids/user-guide/latest/" +
+    "additional-functionality/rapids-shuffle.html#rapids-shuffle-manager"
+
   /**
    * Abstract method to create an instance of the AutoTuner.
    */
@@ -1460,6 +1463,27 @@ trait AutoTunerConfigsProvider extends Logging {
       case _ => true
     }
   }
+
+  def buildShuffleManagerClassName(smVersion: String): String = {
+    s"com.nvidia.spark.rapids.spark$smVersion.RapidsShuffleManager"
+  }
+
+  def shuffleManagerCommentForUnsupportedVersion(
+      sparkVersion: String, platform: Platform): String = {
+    val (latestSparkVersion, latestSmVersion)  = platform.latestSupportedShuffleManagerInfo
+    // scalastyle:off line.size.limit
+    s"""
+       |Cannot recommend RAPIDS Shuffle Manager for unsupported ${platform.sparkVersionLabel}: '$sparkVersion'.
+       |To enable RAPIDS Shuffle Manager, use a supported ${platform.sparkVersionLabel} (e.g., '$latestSparkVersion')
+       |and set: '--conf spark.shuffle.manager=com.nvidia.spark.rapids.spark$latestSmVersion.RapidsShuffleManager'.
+       |See supported versions: $shuffleManagerDocUrl.
+       |""".stripMargin.trim.replaceAll("\n", "\n  ")
+    // scalastyle:on line.size.limit
+  }
+
+  def shuffleManagerCommentForMissingVersion: String = {
+    "Could not recommend RapidsShuffleManager as Spark version cannot be determined."
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tool/tuning/ProfilingAutoTunerSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tool/tuning/ProfilingAutoTunerSuite.scala
index bf3f6c61b..8b1007a9c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tool/tuning/ProfilingAutoTunerSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tool/tuning/ProfilingAutoTunerSuite.scala
@@ -2183,33 +2183,139 @@ We recommend using nodes/workers with more memory. Need at least 7796MB memory."
     assert(expectedResults == autoTunerOutput)
   }
 
-  test("test shuffle manager version for databricks") {
+  /**
+   * Helper method to verify that the recommended shuffle manager version matches the
+   * expected version.
+   */
+  private def verifyRecommendedShuffleManagerVersion(
+      autoTuner: AutoTuner,
+      expectedSmVersion: String): Unit = {
+    autoTuner.getShuffleManagerClassName match {
+      case Right(smClassName) =>
+        assert(smClassName == ProfilingAutoTunerConfigsProvider
+          .buildShuffleManagerClassName(expectedSmVersion))
+      case Left(comment) =>
+        fail(s"Expected valid RapidsShuffleManager but got comment: $comment")
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("test shuffle manager version for supported databricks version") {
+    val databricksVersion = "11.3.x-gpu-ml-scala2.12"
     val databricksWorkerInfo = buildGpuWorkerInfoAsString(None)
     val infoProvider = getMockInfoProvider(0, Seq(0), Seq(0.0),
       mutable.Map("spark.rapids.sql.enabled" -> "true",
         "spark.plugins" -> "com.nvidia.spark.AnotherPlugin, com.nvidia.spark.SQLPlugin",
-        DatabricksParseHelper.PROP_TAG_CLUSTER_SPARK_VERSION_KEY -> "11.3.x-gpu-ml-scala2.12"),
-      Some("3.3.0"), Seq())
+        DatabricksParseHelper.PROP_TAG_CLUSTER_SPARK_VERSION_KEY -> databricksVersion),
+      Some(databricksVersion), Seq())
     // Do not set the platform as DB to see if it can work correctly irrespective
     val autoTuner = ProfilingAutoTunerConfigsProvider
       .buildAutoTunerFromProps(databricksWorkerInfo,
-        infoProvider, PlatformFactory.createInstance())
-    val smVersion = autoTuner.getShuffleManagerClassName()
+        infoProvider, PlatformFactory.createInstance(PlatformNames.DATABRICKS_AWS))
     // Assert shuffle manager string for DB 11.3 tag
-    assert(smVersion.get == "com.nvidia.spark.rapids.spark330db.RapidsShuffleManager")
+    verifyRecommendedShuffleManagerVersion(autoTuner, expectedSmVersion="330db")
   }
 
-  test("test shuffle manager version for non-databricks") {
-    val databricksWorkerInfo = buildGpuWorkerInfoAsString(None)
+  test("test shuffle manager version for supported spark version") {
+    val sparkVersion = "3.3.0"
+    val workerInfo = buildGpuWorkerInfoAsString(None)
     val infoProvider = getMockInfoProvider(0, Seq(0), Seq(0.0),
       mutable.Map("spark.rapids.sql.enabled" -> "true",
         "spark.plugins" -> "com.nvidia.spark.AnotherPlugin, com.nvidia.spark.SQLPlugin"),
-      Some("3.3.0"), Seq())
+      Some(sparkVersion), Seq())
+    val autoTuner = ProfilingAutoTunerConfigsProvider
+      .buildAutoTunerFromProps(workerInfo,
+        infoProvider, PlatformFactory.createInstance())
+    // Assert shuffle manager string for supported Spark v3.3.0
+    verifyRecommendedShuffleManagerVersion(autoTuner, expectedSmVersion="330")
+  }
+
+  test("test shuffle manager version for supported custom spark version") {
+    val customSparkVersion = "3.3.0-custom"
+    val workerInfo = buildGpuWorkerInfoAsString(None)
+    val infoProvider = getMockInfoProvider(0, Seq(0), Seq(0.0),
+      mutable.Map("spark.rapids.sql.enabled" -> "true",
+        "spark.plugins" -> "com.nvidia.spark.AnotherPlugin, com.nvidia.spark.SQLPlugin"),
+      Some(customSparkVersion), Seq())
+    val autoTuner = ProfilingAutoTunerConfigsProvider
+      .buildAutoTunerFromProps(workerInfo,
+        infoProvider, PlatformFactory.createInstance())
+    // Assert shuffle manager string for supported custom Spark v3.3.0
+    verifyRecommendedShuffleManagerVersion(autoTuner, expectedSmVersion="330")
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Helper method to verify that the shuffle manager version is not recommended
+   * for the unsupported Spark version.
+   */
+  private def verifyUnsupportedSparkVersionForShuffleManager(
+      autoTuner: AutoTuner,
+      sparkVersion: String): Unit = {
+    autoTuner.getShuffleManagerClassName match {
+      case Right(smClassName) =>
+        fail(s"Expected error comment but got valid RapidsShuffleManager: $smClassName")
+      case Left(comment) =>
+        assert(comment == ProfilingAutoTunerConfigsProvider
+          .shuffleManagerCommentForUnsupportedVersion(sparkVersion, autoTuner.platform))
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("test shuffle manager version for unsupported databricks version") {
+    val databricksVersion = "9.1.x-gpu-ml-scala2.12"
+    val databricksWorkerInfo = buildGpuWorkerInfoAsString(None)
+    val infoProvider = getMockInfoProvider(0, Seq(0), Seq(0.0),
+      mutable.Map("spark.rapids.sql.enabled" -> "true",
+        "spark.plugins" -> "com.nvidia.spark.AnotherPlugin, com.nvidia.spark.SQLPlugin",
+        DatabricksParseHelper.PROP_TAG_CLUSTER_SPARK_VERSION_KEY -> databricksVersion),
+      Some(databricksVersion), Seq())
+    // Do not set the platform as DB to see if it can work correctly irrespective
     val autoTuner = ProfilingAutoTunerConfigsProvider
       .buildAutoTunerFromProps(databricksWorkerInfo,
+        infoProvider, PlatformFactory.createInstance(PlatformNames.DATABRICKS_AWS))
+    verifyUnsupportedSparkVersionForShuffleManager(autoTuner, databricksVersion)
+  }
+
+  test("test shuffle manager version for unsupported spark version") {
+    val sparkVersion = "3.1.2"
+    val workerInfo = buildGpuWorkerInfoAsString(None)
+    val infoProvider = getMockInfoProvider(0, Seq(0), Seq(0.0),
+      mutable.Map("spark.rapids.sql.enabled" -> "true",
+        "spark.plugins" -> "com.nvidia.spark.AnotherPlugin, com.nvidia.spark.SQLPlugin"),
+      Some(sparkVersion), Seq())
+    val autoTuner = ProfilingAutoTunerConfigsProvider
+      .buildAutoTunerFromProps(workerInfo,
         infoProvider, PlatformFactory.createInstance())
-    val smVersion = autoTuner.getShuffleManagerClassName()
-    assert(smVersion.get == "com.nvidia.spark.rapids.spark330.RapidsShuffleManager")
+    verifyUnsupportedSparkVersionForShuffleManager(autoTuner, sparkVersion)
+  }
+
+  test("test shuffle manager version for unsupported custom spark version") {
+    val customSparkVersion = "3.1.2-custom"
+    val workerInfo = buildGpuWorkerInfoAsString(None)
+    val infoProvider = getMockInfoProvider(0, Seq(0), Seq(0.0),
+      mutable.Map("spark.rapids.sql.enabled" -> "true",
+        "spark.plugins" -> "com.nvidia.spark.AnotherPlugin, com.nvidia.spark.SQLPlugin"),
+      Some(customSparkVersion), Seq())
+    val autoTuner = ProfilingAutoTunerConfigsProvider
+      .buildAutoTunerFromProps(workerInfo,
+        infoProvider, PlatformFactory.createInstance())
+    verifyUnsupportedSparkVersionForShuffleManager(autoTuner, customSparkVersion)
+  }
+
+  test("test shuffle manager version for missing spark version") {
+    val workerInfo = buildGpuWorkerInfoAsString(None)
+    val infoProvider = getMockInfoProvider(0, Seq(0), Seq(0.0),
+      mutable.Map("spark.rapids.sql.enabled" -> "true",
+        "spark.plugins" -> "com.nvidia.spark.AnotherPlugin, com.nvidia.spark.SQLPlugin"),
+      None, Seq())
+    val autoTuner = ProfilingAutoTunerConfigsProvider
+      .buildAutoTunerFromProps(workerInfo,
+        infoProvider, PlatformFactory.createInstance())
+    // Verify that the shuffle manager is not recommended for missing Spark version
+    autoTuner.getShuffleManagerClassName match {
+      case Right(smClassName) =>
+        fail(s"Expected error comment but got valid RapidsShuffleManager: $smClassName")
+      case Left(comment) =>
+        assert(comment == ProfilingAutoTunerConfigsProvider.shuffleManagerCommentForMissingVersion)
+    }
   }
 
   test("Test spilling occurred in shuffle stages") {