diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 88ef67c515b3a..08323f649b468 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -965,6 +965,7 @@
               <spark.test.home>${session.executionRootDirectory}</spark.test.home>
               <spark.testing>1</spark.testing>
               <spark.ui.enabled>false</spark.ui.enabled>
+              <spark.driver.allowMultipleContexts>true</spark.driver.allowMultipleContexts>
             </systemProperties>
           </configuration>
           <executions>