diff --git a/tests/benchmark/sparkapps.sh b/tests/benchmark/sparkapps.sh
index be363fc5..7a36011c 100755
--- a/tests/benchmark/sparkapps.sh
+++ b/tests/benchmark/sparkapps.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ spec:
     spark.kubernetes.driver.request.memory: "100Mi"
     spark.kubernetes.driver.master: "local[1]"
     spark.kubernetes.authenticate.driver.serviceAccountName: "spark"
-    spark.kubernetes.container.image: "apache/spark:4.0.0"
+    spark.kubernetes.container.image: "apache/spark:4.0.0-java21-scala"
   runtimeVersions:
     sparkVersion: "4.0.0"
 ---