diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/LocalSparkContext.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/LocalSparkContext.scala
index 599ea8955491f..74b4f19f1b069 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/LocalSparkContext.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/LocalSparkContext.scala
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ trait LocalSparkContext extends BeforeAndAfterEach with BeforeAndAfterAll { self
   override def beforeAll(): Unit = {
     super.beforeAll()
     InternalLoggerFactory.setDefaultFactory(Slf4JLoggerFactory.INSTANCE)
+    System.setProperty("javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory",
+      "com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl")
   }
 
   override def afterEach(): Unit = {
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkFunSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkFunSuite.scala
index 02e67c0af1258..d61d30efb0aa5 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkFunSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/SparkFunSuite.scala
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ abstract class SparkFunSuite
     if (enableAutoThreadAudit) {
       doThreadPreAudit()
     }
+    System.setProperty("javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory",
+      "com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl")
     super.beforeAll()
   }
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala
index c5a72efcb786b..24d54f021a6d3 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkSubmitSuite.scala
@@ -671,6 +671,8 @@ class SparkSubmitSuite
 
   // SPARK-7287
   test("includes jars passed in through --packages") {
+    System.setProperty("javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory",
+      "com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl")
     val unusedJar = TestUtils.createJarWithClasses(Seq.empty)
     val main = MavenCoordinate("my.great.lib", "mylib", "0.1")
     val dep = MavenCoordinate("my.great.dep", "mylib", "0.1")
@@ -682,6 +684,8 @@ class SparkSubmitSuite
         "--packages", Seq(main, dep).mkString(","),
         "--repositories", repo,
         "--conf", "spark.ui.enabled=false",
+        "--conf", "spark.driver.extraJavaOptions=-Djavax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory=" +
+          "com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl",
         "--conf", "spark.master.rest.enabled=false",
         "--conf", s"spark.jars.ivySettings=${emptyIvySettings.getAbsolutePath()}",
         unusedJar.toString,
@@ -691,6 +695,8 @@ class SparkSubmitSuite
   }
 
   test("includes jars passed through spark.jars.packages and spark.jars.repositories") {
+    System.setProperty("javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory",
+      "com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl")
     val unusedJar = TestUtils.createJarWithClasses(Seq.empty)
     val main = MavenCoordinate("my.great.lib", "mylib", "0.1")
     val dep = MavenCoordinate("my.great.dep", "mylib", "0.1")
@@ -702,6 +708,8 @@ class SparkSubmitSuite
         "--conf", "spark.jars.packages=my.great.lib:mylib:0.1,my.great.dep:mylib:0.1",
         "--conf", s"spark.jars.repositories=$repo",
         "--conf", "spark.ui.enabled=false",
+        "--conf", "spark.driver.extraJavaOptions=-Djavax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory=" +
+          "com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl",
         "--conf", "spark.master.rest.enabled=false",
         "--conf", s"spark.jars.ivySettings=${emptyIvySettings.getAbsolutePath()}",
         unusedJar.toString,
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/PlannerSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/PlannerSuite.scala
index 57328942cc620..ba05c088f3b8a 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/PlannerSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/PlannerSuite.scala
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class PlannerSuite extends SharedSparkSession with AdaptiveSparkPlanHelper {
         val planned = sql(
           """
             |SELECT l.a, l.b
-            |FROM testData2 l JOIN (SELECT * FROM testLimit LIMIT 1) r ON (l.a = r.key)
+            |FROM testData2 l JOIN (SELECT * FROM testLimit LIMIT 2) r ON (l.a = r.key)
           """.stripMargin).queryExecution.sparkPlan
 
         val broadcastHashJoins = planned.collect { case join: BroadcastHashJoinExec => join }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/SharedSparkSession.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/SharedSparkSession.scala
index ed2e309fa075a..f2a8df392715a 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/SharedSparkSession.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/test/SharedSparkSession.scala
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ trait SharedSparkSession extends SQLTestUtils with SharedSparkSessionBase {
 
   protected override def beforeAll(): Unit = {
     doThreadPreAudit()
+    System.setProperty("javax.xml.parsers.SAXParserFactory",
+      "com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserFactoryImpl")
+
     super.beforeAll()
   }