diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
index b1cbb797b464..a0032756dfc8 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
@@ -3773,17 +3773,6 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession with AdaptiveSpark
       }
     }
   }
-
-  test("SPARK-33591: null as a partition value") {
-    val t = "part_table"
-    withTable(t) {
-      sql(s"CREATE TABLE $t (col1 INT, p1 STRING) USING PARQUET PARTITIONED BY (p1)")
-      sql(s"INSERT INTO TABLE $t PARTITION (p1 = null) SELECT 0")
-      checkAnswer(sql(s"SELECT * FROM $t"), Row(0, null))
-      sql(s"ALTER TABLE $t DROP PARTITION (p1 = null)")
-      checkAnswer(sql(s"SELECT * FROM $t"), Nil)
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 case class Foo(bar: Option[String])
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/DDLSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/DDLSuite.scala
index cb25777530ff..64c25663bb57 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/DDLSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/command/DDLSuite.scala
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.analysis.{FunctionRegistry, NoSuchDatabaseE
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog._
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.catalog.CatalogTypes.TablePartitionSpec
 import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.catalog.SupportsNamespaces.PROP_OWNER
+import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.PartitioningUtils
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.SQLConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.StaticSQLConf.CATALOG_IMPLEMENTATION
 import org.apache.spark.sql.test.{SharedSparkSession, SQLTestUtils}
@@ -1733,9 +1734,8 @@ abstract class DDLSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils {
 
     // null partition values
     createTablePartition(catalog, Map("a" -> null, "b" -> null), tableIdent)
-    val nullPartValue = if (isUsingHiveMetastore) "__HIVE_DEFAULT_PARTITION__" else null
     assert(catalog.listPartitions(tableIdent).map(_.spec).toSet ==
-      Set(Map("a" -> nullPartValue, "b" -> nullPartValue)))
+      Set(Map("a" -> "__HIVE_DEFAULT_PARTITION__", "b" -> "__HIVE_DEFAULT_PARTITION__")))
     sql("ALTER TABLE tab1 DROP PARTITION (a = null, b = null)")
     assert(catalog.listPartitions(tableIdent).isEmpty)
   }
@@ -3140,6 +3140,35 @@ abstract class DDLSuite extends QueryTest with SQLTestUtils {
       assert(errMsg.contains(expectedError))
     }
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-33591, SPARK-34203: insert and drop partitions with null values") {
+    def checkPartitions(t: String, expected: Map[String, String]*): Unit = {
+      val partitions = sql(s"SHOW PARTITIONS $t")
+        .collect()
+        .toSet
+        .map((row: Row) => row.getString(0))
+        .map(PartitioningUtils.parsePathFragment)
+      assert(partitions === expected.toSet)
+    }
+    val defaultUsing = "USING " + (if (isUsingHiveMetastore) "hive" else "parquet")
+    def insertAndDropNullPart(t: String, insertCmd: String): Unit = {
+      sql(s"CREATE TABLE $t (col1 INT, p1 STRING) $defaultUsing PARTITIONED BY (p1)")
+      sql(insertCmd)
+      checkPartitions(t, Map("p1" -> ExternalCatalogUtils.DEFAULT_PARTITION_NAME))
+      sql(s"ALTER TABLE $t DROP PARTITION (p1 = null)")
+      checkPartitions(t)
+    }
+
+    withTable("tbl") {
+      insertAndDropNullPart("tbl", "INSERT INTO TABLE tbl PARTITION (p1 = null) SELECT 0")
+    }
+
+    withSQLConf("hive.exec.dynamic.partition.mode" -> "nonstrict") {
+      withTable("tbl") {
+        insertAndDropNullPart("tbl", "INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE tbl VALUES (0, null)")
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 object FakeLocalFsFileSystem {