diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/entrypoint.sh b/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/entrypoint.sh
index 47d58b53d077e..462c849932880 100755
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/entrypoint.sh
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ case "$1" in
     shift 1
     CMD=(
       "$SPARK_HOME/bin/spark-submit"
-      --master local
+      --master 'local[*]'
       --deploy-mode client
       "$@"
     )