diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index eb12f2f1f6ab7..0035f1d95a90d 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -621,8 +621,9 @@ object KubernetesIntegrationTests {
  * Overrides to work around sbt's dependency resolution being different from Maven's.
  */
 object DependencyOverrides {
+  lazy val guavaVersion = sys.props.get("guava.version").getOrElse("14.0.1")
   lazy val settings = Seq(
-    dependencyOverrides += "com.google.guava" % "guava" % "14.0.1",
+    dependencyOverrides += "com.google.guava" % "guava" % guavaVersion,
     dependencyOverrides += "xerces" % "xercesImpl" % "2.12.0",
     dependencyOverrides += "jline" % "jline" % "2.14.6",
     dependencyOverrides += "org.apache.avro" % "avro" % "1.8.2")