diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_build.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_build.yml
index 503978fc5..2bf023357 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_build.yml
@@ -97,15 +97,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           rust-version: ${{env.RUST_VERSION}}
           jdk-version: ${{ matrix.java_version }}
-      - name: Clone Spark
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: "apache/spark"
-          path: "apache-spark"
-      - name: Install Spark
-        shell: bash
-        working-directory: ./apache-spark
-        run: build/mvn install -Phive -Phadoop-cloud -DskipTests
       - name: Java test steps
         uses: ./.github/actions/java-test
         with:
@@ -223,15 +214,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           rust-version: ${{env.RUST_VERSION}}
           jdk-version: ${{ matrix.java_version }}
-      - name: Clone Spark
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: "apache/spark"
-          path: "apache-spark"
-      - name: Install Spark
-        shell: bash
-        working-directory: ./apache-spark
-        run: build/mvn install -Phive -Phadoop-cloud -DskipTests
       - name: Java test steps
         uses: ./.github/actions/java-test
         with:
@@ -261,15 +243,6 @@ jobs:
           jdk-version: ${{ matrix.java_version }}
           jdk-architecture: aarch64
           protoc-architecture: aarch_64
-      - name: Clone Spark
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: "apache/spark"
-          path: "apache-spark"
-      - name: Install Spark
-        shell: bash
-        working-directory: ./apache-spark
-        run: build/mvn install -Phive -Phadoop-cloud -DskipTests
       - name: Java test steps
         uses: ./.github/actions/java-test
         with:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c322bae0..34d949e14 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ under the License.
         <!-- Use Scala 2.13 by default -->
         <scala.version>2.13.13</scala.version>
         <scala.binary.version>2.13</scala.binary.version>
-        <spark.version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</spark.version>
+        <spark.version>4.0.0-preview1</spark.version>
         <spark.version.short>4.0</spark.version.short>
         <parquet.version>1.13.1</parquet.version>
         <shims.majorVerSrc>spark-4.0</shims.majorVerSrc>