diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieConversionUtils.scala b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieConversionUtils.scala
index 62a315b85a06b..23efce8298426 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieConversionUtils.scala
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-spark-client/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieConversionUtils.scala
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ package org.apache.hudi
 import org.apache.hudi.common.config.TypedProperties
 
 import java.{util => ju}
-import scala.collection.JavaConverters
-import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters.dictionaryAsScalaMapConverter
+import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 
 object HoodieConversionUtils {
 
@@ -49,9 +48,7 @@ object HoodieConversionUtils {
   }
 
   def fromProperties(props: TypedProperties): Map[String, String] = {
-    props.asScala.map {
-      case (k, v) => (k.toString, v.toString)
-    }.toMap
+    props.asScala.toMap
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieSparkSqlWriter.scala b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieSparkSqlWriter.scala
index 7f28e190e9501..b8dbb18287e7d 100644
--- a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieSparkSqlWriter.scala
+++ b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/hudi/HoodieSparkSqlWriter.scala
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ object HoodieSparkSqlWriter {
                          latestTableSchemaOpt: Option[Schema],
                          internalSchemaOpt: Option[InternalSchema],
                          props: TypedProperties): Schema = {
-    deduceWriterSchema(sourceSchema, latestTableSchemaOpt, internalSchemaOpt, props.toMap)
+    deduceWriterSchema(sourceSchema, latestTableSchemaOpt, internalSchemaOpt, HoodieConversionUtils.fromProperties(props))
   }
 
   def cleanup(): Unit = {
diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/S3EventsHoodieIncrSource.java b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/S3EventsHoodieIncrSource.java
index 61ed02da106f0..3af87d49489fb 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/S3EventsHoodieIncrSource.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/S3EventsHoodieIncrSource.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 import org.apache.hudi.utilities.sources.helpers.QueryInfo;
 import org.apache.hudi.utilities.sources.helpers.QueryRunner;
 
-import org.apache.parquet.Strings;
 import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaSparkContext;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.Dataset;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.Encoders;
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ public S3EventsHoodieIncrSource(
 
     // This is to ensure backward compatibility where we were using the
     // config SOURCE_FILE_FORMAT for file format in previous versions.
-    this.fileFormat = Strings.isNullOrEmpty(getStringWithAltKeys(props, DATAFILE_FORMAT, EMPTY_STRING))
+    this.fileFormat = StringUtils.isNullOrEmpty(getStringWithAltKeys(props, DATAFILE_FORMAT, EMPTY_STRING))
         ? getStringWithAltKeys(props, SOURCE_FILE_FORMAT, true)
         : getStringWithAltKeys(props, DATAFILE_FORMAT, EMPTY_STRING);
 
diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/streamer/BaseErrorTableWriter.java b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/streamer/BaseErrorTableWriter.java
index e22942763a83e..77a858315185e 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/streamer/BaseErrorTableWriter.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/streamer/BaseErrorTableWriter.java
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaRDD;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
 /**
  * The class which handles error events while processing write records. All the
  * records which have a processing/write failure are triggered as error events to
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@
  *
  * The writer can use the configs defined in HoodieErrorTableConfig to manage the error table.
  */
-public abstract class BaseErrorTableWriter<T extends ErrorEvent> {
+public abstract class BaseErrorTableWriter<T extends ErrorEvent> implements Serializable {
 
   // The column name passed to Spark for option `columnNameOfCorruptRecord`. The record
   // is set to this column in case of an error
diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/schema/TestSchemaRegistryProvider.java b/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/schema/TestSchemaRegistryProvider.java
index 80f40033a3eb0..abbe983cbce6f 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/schema/TestSchemaRegistryProvider.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/schema/TestSchemaRegistryProvider.java
@@ -46,11 +46,18 @@ class TestSchemaRegistryProvider {
   private static final String REGISTRY_RESPONSE = "{\"schema\":\"{\\\"type\\\": \\\"record\\\", \\\"namespace\\\": \\\"example\\\", "
       + "\\\"name\\\": \\\"FullName\\\",\\\"fields\\\": [{ \\\"name\\\": \\\"first\\\", \\\"type\\\": "
       + "\\\"string\\\" }]}\"}";
+  private static final String RAW_SCHEMA = "{\"type\": \"record\", \"namespace\": \"example\", "
+      + "\"name\": \"FullName\",\"fields\": [{ \"name\": \"first\", \"type\": "
+      + "\"string\" }]}";
   private static final String CONVERTED_SCHEMA = "{\"type\": \"record\", \"namespace\": \"com.example.hoodie\", "
       + "\"name\": \"FullName\",\"fields\": [{ \"name\": \"first\", \"type\": "
       + "\"string\" }]}";
 
   private static Schema getExpectedSchema() {
+    return new Schema.Parser().parse(RAW_SCHEMA);
+  }
+
+  private static Schema getExpectedConvertedSchema() {
     return new Schema.Parser().parse(CONVERTED_SCHEMA);
   }
 
@@ -60,7 +67,6 @@ private static TypedProperties getProps() {
         put("hoodie.deltastreamer.schemaprovider.registry.baseUrl", "http://" + BASIC_AUTH + "@localhost");
         put("hoodie.deltastreamer.schemaprovider.registry.urlSuffix", "-value");
         put("hoodie.deltastreamer.schemaprovider.registry.url", "http://foo:bar@localhost");
-        put("hoodie.deltastreamer.schemaprovider.registry.schemaconverter", DummySchemaConverter.class.getName());
         put("hoodie.deltastreamer.source.kafka.topic", "foo");
       }
     };
@@ -97,10 +103,11 @@ public void testGetTargetSchemaShouldRequestSchemaWithCreds() throws IOException
   public void testGetSourceSchemaShouldRequestSchemaWithoutCreds() throws IOException {
     TypedProperties props = getProps();
     props.put("hoodie.deltastreamer.schemaprovider.registry.url", "http://localhost");
+    props.put("hoodie.deltastreamer.schemaprovider.registry.schemaconverter", DummySchemaConverter.class.getName());
     SchemaRegistryProvider spyUnderTest = getUnderTest(props);
     Schema actual = spyUnderTest.getSourceSchema();
     assertNotNull(actual);
-    assertEquals(getExpectedSchema(), actual);
+    assertEquals(getExpectedConvertedSchema(), actual);
     verify(spyUnderTest, times(0)).setAuthorizationHeader(Mockito.any(), Mockito.any());
   }
 
@@ -108,10 +115,11 @@ public void testGetSourceSchemaShouldRequestSchemaWithoutCreds() throws IOExcept
   public void testGetTargetSchemaShouldRequestSchemaWithoutCreds() throws IOException {
     TypedProperties props = getProps();
     props.put("hoodie.deltastreamer.schemaprovider.registry.url", "http://localhost");
+    props.put("hoodie.deltastreamer.schemaprovider.registry.schemaconverter", DummySchemaConverter.class.getName());
     SchemaRegistryProvider spyUnderTest = getUnderTest(props);
     Schema actual = spyUnderTest.getTargetSchema();
     assertNotNull(actual);
-    assertEquals(getExpectedSchema(), actual);
+    assertEquals(getExpectedConvertedSchema(), actual);
     verify(spyUnderTest, times(0)).setAuthorizationHeader(Mockito.any(), Mockito.any());
   }