diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JdbcUtils.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JdbcUtils.scala
index 3c6649b26ecd2..178dc6176e7c8 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JdbcUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/jdbc/JdbcUtils.scala
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.jdbc
 
-import java.sql.{Connection, Driver, DriverManager, JDBCType, PreparedStatement, ResultSet, ResultSetMetaData, SQLException}
+import java.sql.{Connection, Driver, DriverManager, JDBCType, PreparedStatement, ResultSet, ResultSetMetaData, SQLException, SQLFeatureNotSupportedException}
 import java.util.Locale
 
 import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.encoders.RowEncoder
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.SpecificInternalRow
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.parser.CatalystSqlParser
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.{CaseInsensitiveMap, DateTimeUtils, GenericArrayData}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog.TableChange
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.jdbc.connection.ConnectionProvider
 import org.apache.spark.sql.jdbc.{JdbcDialect, JdbcDialects, JdbcType}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
@@ -94,13 +95,7 @@ object JdbcUtils extends Logging {
    * Drops a table from the JDBC database.
    */
   def dropTable(conn: Connection, table: String, options: JDBCOptions): Unit = {
-    val statement = conn.createStatement
-    try {
-      statement.setQueryTimeout(options.queryTimeout)
-      statement.executeUpdate(s"DROP TABLE $table")
-    } finally {
-      statement.close()
-    }
+    executeStatement(conn, options, s"DROP TABLE $table")
   }
 
   /**
@@ -184,7 +179,7 @@ object JdbcUtils extends Logging {
     }
   }
 
-  private def getJdbcType(dt: DataType, dialect: JdbcDialect): JdbcType = {
+  def getJdbcType(dt: DataType, dialect: JdbcDialect): JdbcType = {
     dialect.getJDBCType(dt).orElse(getCommonJDBCType(dt)).getOrElse(
       throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"Can't get JDBC type for ${dt.catalogString}"))
   }
@@ -882,13 +877,7 @@ object JdbcUtils extends Logging {
     // table_options or partition_options.
     // E.g., "CREATE TABLE t (name string) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8"
     val sql = s"CREATE TABLE $tableName ($strSchema) $createTableOptions"
-    val statement = conn.createStatement
-    try {
-      statement.setQueryTimeout(options.queryTimeout)
-      statement.executeUpdate(sql)
-    } finally {
-      statement.close()
-    }
+    executeStatement(conn, options, sql)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -900,10 +889,51 @@ object JdbcUtils extends Logging {
       newTable: String,
       options: JDBCOptions): Unit = {
     val dialect = JdbcDialects.get(options.url)
+    executeStatement(conn, options, dialect.renameTable(oldTable, newTable))
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Update a table from the JDBC database.
+   */
+  def alterTable(
+      conn: Connection,
+      tableName: String,
+      changes: Seq[TableChange],
+      options: JDBCOptions): Unit = {
+    val dialect = JdbcDialects.get(options.url)
+    if (changes.length == 1) {
+      executeStatement(conn, options, dialect.alterTable(tableName, changes)(0))
+    } else {
+      val metadata = conn.getMetaData
+      if (!metadata.supportsTransactions) {
+        throw new SQLFeatureNotSupportedException("The target JDBC server does not support " +
+          "transaction and can only support ALTER TABLE with a single action.")
+      } else {
+        conn.setAutoCommit(false)
+        val statement = conn.createStatement
+        try {
+          statement.setQueryTimeout(options.queryTimeout)
+          for (sql <- dialect.alterTable(tableName, changes)) {
+            statement.executeUpdate(sql)
+          }
+          conn.commit()
+        } catch {
+          case e: Exception =>
+            if (conn != null) conn.rollback()
+            throw e
+        } finally {
+          statement.close()
+          conn.setAutoCommit(true)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def executeStatement(conn: Connection, options: JDBCOptions, sql: String): Unit = {
     val statement = conn.createStatement
     try {
       statement.setQueryTimeout(options.queryTimeout)
-      statement.executeUpdate(dialect.renameTable(oldTable, newTable))
+      statement.executeUpdate(sql)
     } finally {
       statement.close()
     }
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/jdbc/JDBCTableCatalog.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/jdbc/JDBCTableCatalog.scala
index 5d64cf4ca896e..0138014a8e21e 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/jdbc/JDBCTableCatalog.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/jdbc/JDBCTableCatalog.scala
@@ -129,11 +129,12 @@ class JDBCTableCatalog extends TableCatalog with Logging {
     JDBCTable(ident, schema, writeOptions)
   }
 
-  // TODO (SPARK-32402): Implement ALTER TABLE in JDBC Table Catalog
   override def alterTable(ident: Identifier, changes: TableChange*): Table = {
-    // scalastyle:off throwerror
-    throw new NotImplementedError()
-    // scalastyle:on throwerror
+    checkNamespace(ident.namespace())
+    withConnection { conn =>
+      JdbcUtils.alterTable(conn, getTableName(ident), changes, options)
+      loadTable(ident)
+    }
   }
 
   private def checkNamespace(namespace: Array[String]): Unit = {
diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JdbcDialects.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JdbcDialects.scala
index b0f9aba859d3a..cea5a20917532 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JdbcDialects.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JdbcDialects.scala
@@ -17,11 +17,16 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.jdbc
 
-import java.sql.{Connection, Date, Timestamp}
+import java.sql.{Connection, Date, SQLFeatureNotSupportedException, Timestamp}
+
+import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuilder
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils
 
 import org.apache.spark.annotation.{DeveloperApi, Since}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog.TableChange
+import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog.TableChange._
+import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.jdbc.JdbcUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 
 /**
@@ -184,8 +189,6 @@ abstract class JdbcDialect extends Serializable {
   /**
    * Rename an existing table.
    *
-   * TODO (SPARK-32382): Override this method in the dialects that don't support such syntax.
-   *
    * @param oldTable The existing table.
    * @param newTable New name of the table.
    * @return The SQL statement to use for renaming the table.
@@ -193,6 +196,44 @@ abstract class JdbcDialect extends Serializable {
   def renameTable(oldTable: String, newTable: String): String = {
     s"ALTER TABLE $oldTable RENAME TO $newTable"
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Alter an existing table.
+   * TODO (SPARK-32523): Override this method in the dialects that have different syntax.
+   *
+   * @param tableName The name of the table to be altered.
+   * @param changes Changes to apply to the table.
+   * @return The SQL statements to use for altering the table.
+   */
+  def alterTable(tableName: String, changes: Seq[TableChange]): Array[String] = {
+    val updateClause = ArrayBuilder.make[String]
+    for (change <- changes) {
+      change match {
+        case add: AddColumn if add.fieldNames.length == 1 =>
+          val dataType = JdbcUtils.getJdbcType(add.dataType(), this).databaseTypeDefinition
+          val name = add.fieldNames
+          updateClause += s"ALTER TABLE $tableName ADD COLUMN ${name(0)} $dataType"
+        case rename: RenameColumn if rename.fieldNames.length == 1 =>
+          val name = rename.fieldNames
+          updateClause += s"ALTER TABLE $tableName RENAME COLUMN ${name(0)} TO ${rename.newName}"
+        case delete: DeleteColumn if delete.fieldNames.length == 1 =>
+          val name = delete.fieldNames
+          updateClause += s"ALTER TABLE $tableName DROP COLUMN ${name(0)}"
+        case updateColumnType: UpdateColumnType if updateColumnType.fieldNames.length == 1 =>
+          val name = updateColumnType.fieldNames
+          val dataType = JdbcUtils.getJdbcType(updateColumnType.newDataType(), this)
+            .databaseTypeDefinition
+          updateClause += s"ALTER TABLE $tableName ALTER COLUMN ${name(0)} $dataType"
+        case updateNull: UpdateColumnNullability if updateNull.fieldNames.length == 1 =>
+          val name = updateNull.fieldNames
+          val nullable = if (updateNull.nullable()) "NULL" else "NOT NULL"
+          updateClause += s"ALTER TABLE $tableName ALTER COLUMN ${name(0)} SET $nullable"
+        case _ =>
+          throw new SQLFeatureNotSupportedException(s"Unsupported TableChange $change")
+      }
+    }
+    updateClause.result()
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/jdbc/JDBCTableCatalogSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/jdbc/JDBCTableCatalogSuite.scala
index 0eb96b7813e6e..b308934ba03c0 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/jdbc/JDBCTableCatalogSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/v2/jdbc/JDBCTableCatalogSuite.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import java.util.Properties
 import org.apache.spark.SparkConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{QueryTest, Row}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.test.SharedSparkSession
-import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{IntegerType, StringType, StructType}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
 import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 
 class JDBCTableCatalogSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession {
@@ -106,4 +106,71 @@ class JDBCTableCatalogSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession {
         Seq(Row("test", "people"), Row("test", "new_table")))
     }
   }
+
+  test("alter table ... add column") {
+    withTable("h2.test.alt_table") {
+      sql("CREATE TABLE h2.test.alt_table (ID INTEGER) USING _")
+      sql("ALTER TABLE h2.test.alt_table ADD COLUMNS (C1 INTEGER, C2 STRING)")
+      var t = spark.table("h2.test.alt_table")
+      var expectedSchema = new StructType()
+        .add("ID", IntegerType)
+        .add("C1", IntegerType)
+        .add("C2", StringType)
+      assert(t.schema === expectedSchema)
+      sql("ALTER TABLE h2.test.alt_table ADD COLUMNS (C3 DOUBLE)")
+      t = spark.table("h2.test.alt_table")
+      expectedSchema = expectedSchema.add("C3", DoubleType)
+      assert(t.schema === expectedSchema)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("alter table ... rename column") {
+    withTable("h2.test.alt_table") {
+      sql("CREATE TABLE h2.test.alt_table (ID INTEGER) USING _")
+      sql("ALTER TABLE h2.test.alt_table RENAME COLUMN ID TO C")
+      val t = spark.table("h2.test.alt_table")
+      val expectedSchema = new StructType().add("C", IntegerType)
+      assert(t.schema === expectedSchema)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("alter table ... drop column") {
+    withTable("h2.test.alt_table") {
+      sql("CREATE TABLE h2.test.alt_table (C1 INTEGER, C2 INTEGER) USING _")
+      sql("ALTER TABLE h2.test.alt_table DROP COLUMN C1")
+      val t = spark.table("h2.test.alt_table")
+      val expectedSchema = new StructType().add("C2", IntegerType)
+      assert(t.schema === expectedSchema)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("alter table ... update column type") {
+    withTable("h2.test.alt_table") {
+      sql("CREATE TABLE h2.test.alt_table (ID INTEGER) USING _")
+      sql("ALTER TABLE h2.test.alt_table ALTER COLUMN id TYPE DOUBLE")
+      val t = spark.table("h2.test.alt_table")
+      val expectedSchema = new StructType().add("ID", DoubleType)
+      assert(t.schema === expectedSchema)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("alter table ... update column nullability") {
+    withTable("h2.test.alt_table") {
+      sql("CREATE TABLE h2.test.alt_table (ID INTEGER NOT NULL) USING _")
+      sql("ALTER TABLE h2.test.alt_table ALTER COLUMN ID DROP NOT NULL")
+      val t = spark.table("h2.test.alt_table")
+      val expectedSchema = new StructType().add("ID", IntegerType, nullable = true)
+      assert(t.schema === expectedSchema)
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("alter table ... update column comment not supported") {
+    withTable("h2.test.alt_table") {
+      sql("CREATE TABLE h2.test.alt_table (ID INTEGER) USING _")
+      val thrown = intercept[java.sql.SQLFeatureNotSupportedException] {
+        sql("ALTER TABLE h2.test.alt_table ALTER COLUMN ID COMMENT 'test'")
+      }
+      assert(thrown.getMessage.contains("Unsupported TableChange"))
+    }
+  }
 }