diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/UtilHelpers.java b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/UtilHelpers.java
index 5d1fd19267911..f389695f7bb4d 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/UtilHelpers.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/UtilHelpers.java
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ private static SparkConf buildSparkConf(String appName, String defaultMaster, Ma
     sparkConf.set("spark.hadoop.mapred.output.compression.codec", "true");
     sparkConf.set("spark.hadoop.mapred.output.compression.codec", "org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.GzipCodec");
     sparkConf.set("spark.hadoop.mapred.output.compression.type", "BLOCK");
+    sparkConf.set("spark.driver.allowMultipleContexts", "true");
 
     additionalConfigs.forEach(sparkConf::set);
     return SparkRDDWriteClient.registerClasses(sparkConf);