diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/bootstrap/HoodieBootstrapSchemaProvider.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/bootstrap/HoodieBootstrapSchemaProvider.java
index c8e552b1a8dd6..ce4c42ba16654 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/bootstrap/HoodieBootstrapSchemaProvider.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/bootstrap/HoodieBootstrapSchemaProvider.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public HoodieBootstrapSchemaProvider(HoodieWriteConfig writeConfig) {
   public final Schema getBootstrapSchema(HoodieEngineContext context, List<Pair<String, List<HoodieFileStatus>>> partitions) {
     if (writeConfig.getSchema() != null) {
       // Use schema specified by user if set
-      Schema userSchema = Schema.parse(writeConfig.getSchema());
+      Schema userSchema = new Schema.Parser().parse(writeConfig.getSchema());
       if (!HoodieAvroUtils.getNullSchema().equals(userSchema)) {
         return userSchema;
       }