diff --git a/docling/datamodel/pipeline_model_specializations.py b/docling/datamodel/pipeline_model_specializations.py
index 12ebcb46..7082da3b 100644
--- a/docling/datamodel/pipeline_model_specializations.py
+++ b/docling/datamodel/pipeline_model_specializations.py
@@ -154,3 +154,22 @@ qwen25_vl_3b_vlm_mlx_conversion_options = HuggingFaceVlmOptions(
     scale=2.0,
     temperature=0.0,
 )
+
+# Gemma-3
+gemma_3_12b_mlx_conversion_options = HuggingFaceVlmOptions(
+    repo_id="mlx-community/gemma-3-12b-it-bf16",
+    prompt="Convert this page to markdown. Do not miss any text and only output the bare MarkDown!",
+    response_format=ResponseFormat.MARKDOWN,
+    inference_framework=InferenceFramework.MLX,
+    scale=2.0,
+    temperature=0.0,
+)
+
+gemma_3_27b_mlx_conversion_options = HuggingFaceVlmOptions(
+    repo_id="mlx-community/gemma-3-27b-it-bf16",
+    prompt="Convert this page to markdown. Do not miss any text and only output the bare MarkDown!",
+    response_format=ResponseFormat.MARKDOWN,
+    inference_framework=InferenceFramework.MLX,
+    scale=2.0,
+    temperature=0.0,
+)
diff --git a/docs/examples/minimal_vlm_pipeline.py b/docs/examples/minimal_vlm_pipeline.py
index fa79fcc9..32aecc6d 100644
--- a/docs/examples/minimal_vlm_pipeline.py
+++ b/docs/examples/minimal_vlm_pipeline.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from docling.datamodel.pipeline_model_specializations import (
     HuggingFaceVlmOptions,
     InferenceFramework,
     ResponseFormat,
+    gemma_3_12b_mlx_conversion_options,
     granite_vision_vlm_conversion_options,
     granite_vision_vlm_ollama_conversion_options,
     phi_vlm_conversion_options,
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         # qwen25_vl_3b_vlm_mlx_conversion_options, \
         # pixtral_12b_vlm_mlx_conversion_options,
         # pixtral_12b_vlm_conversion_options,
+        gemma_3_12b_mlx_conversion_options,
     ]:
         pipeline_options.vlm_options = vlm_options
 
diff --git a/tests/test_backend_html.py b/tests/test_backend_html.py
index 18254a78..783137cc 100644
--- a/tests/test_backend_html.py
+++ b/tests/test_backend_html.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from io import BytesIO
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
+from docling_core.types.doc.document import SectionHeaderItem
 
 from docling.backend.html_backend import HTMLDocumentBackend
 from docling.datamodel.base_models import InputFormat
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ from docling.datamodel.document import (
     ConversionResult,
     DoclingDocument,
     InputDocument,
-    SectionHeaderItem,
+    # SectionHeaderItem,
 )
 from docling.document_converter import DocumentConverter
 
diff --git a/tests/test_backend_msword.py b/tests/test_backend_msword.py
index c50e0718..782e04ee 100644
--- a/tests/test_backend_msword.py
+++ b/tests/test_backend_msword.py
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from docling_core.types.doc.document import SectionHeaderItem
+
 from docling.backend.msword_backend import MsWordDocumentBackend
 from docling.datamodel.base_models import InputFormat
 from docling.datamodel.document import (
     ConversionResult,
     DoclingDocument,
     InputDocument,
-    SectionHeaderItem,
+    # SectionHeaderItem,
 )
 from docling.document_converter import DocumentConverter