diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProvider.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProvider.scala
index 55f648a4a05c8..faa7033a147d9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProvider.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/FsHistoryProvider.scala
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ private[history] class FsHistoryProvider(conf: SparkConf, clock: Clock)
       AppStatusStore.CURRENT_VERSION, logDir.toString())
 
     try {
-      open(dbPath, metadata)
+      open(dbPath, metadata, conf)
     } catch {
       // If there's an error, remove the listing database and any existing UI database
       // from the store directory, since it's extremely likely that they'll all contain
@@ -156,12 +156,12 @@ private[history] class FsHistoryProvider(conf: SparkConf, clock: Clock)
       case _: UnsupportedStoreVersionException | _: MetadataMismatchException =>
         logInfo("Detected incompatible DB versions, deleting...")
         path.listFiles().foreach(Utils.deleteRecursively)
-        open(dbPath, metadata)
+        open(dbPath, metadata, conf)
       case dbExc @ (_: NativeDB.DBException | _: RocksDBException) =>
         // Get rid of the corrupted data and re-create it.
         logWarning(s"Failed to load disk store $dbPath :", dbExc)
         Utils.deleteRecursively(dbPath)
-        open(dbPath, metadata)
+        open(dbPath, metadata, conf)
     }
   }.getOrElse(new InMemoryStore())
 
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ private[history] class FsHistoryProvider(conf: SparkConf, clock: Clock)
     // the existing data.
     dm.openStore(appId, attempt.info.attemptId).foreach { path =>
       try {
-        return KVUtils.open(path, metadata)
+        return KVUtils.open(path, metadata, conf)
       } catch {
         case e: Exception =>
           logInfo(s"Failed to open existing store for $appId/${attempt.info.attemptId}.", e)
@@ -1284,14 +1284,14 @@ private[history] class FsHistoryProvider(conf: SparkConf, clock: Clock)
     try {
       logInfo(s"Leasing disk manager space for app $appId / ${attempt.info.attemptId}...")
       lease = dm.lease(reader.totalSize, reader.compressionCodec.isDefined)
-      val diskStore = KVUtils.open(lease.tmpPath, metadata)
+      val diskStore = KVUtils.open(lease.tmpPath, metadata, conf)
       hybridStore.setDiskStore(diskStore)
       hybridStore.switchToDiskStore(new HybridStore.SwitchToDiskStoreListener {
         override def onSwitchToDiskStoreSuccess: Unit = {
           logInfo(s"Completely switched to diskStore for app $appId / ${attempt.info.attemptId}.")
           diskStore.close()
           val newStorePath = lease.commit(appId, attempt.info.attemptId)
-          hybridStore.setDiskStore(KVUtils.open(newStorePath, metadata))
+          hybridStore.setDiskStore(KVUtils.open(newStorePath, metadata, conf))
           memoryManager.release(appId, attempt.info.attemptId)
         }
         override def onSwitchToDiskStoreFail(e: Exception): Unit = {
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ private[history] class FsHistoryProvider(conf: SparkConf, clock: Clock)
       logInfo(s"Leasing disk manager space for app $appId / ${attempt.info.attemptId}...")
       val lease = dm.lease(reader.totalSize, isCompressed)
       try {
-        Utils.tryWithResource(KVUtils.open(lease.tmpPath, metadata)) { store =>
+        Utils.tryWithResource(KVUtils.open(lease.tmpPath, metadata, conf)) { store =>
           rebuildAppStore(store, reader, attempt.info.lastUpdated.getTime())
         }
         newStorePath = lease.commit(appId, attempt.info.attemptId)
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ private[history] class FsHistoryProvider(conf: SparkConf, clock: Clock)
       }
     }
 
-    KVUtils.open(newStorePath, metadata)
+    KVUtils.open(newStorePath, metadata, conf)
   }
 
   private def createInMemoryStore(attempt: AttemptInfoWrapper): KVStore = {
diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/KVUtils.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/KVUtils.scala
index ddee539eb9eb4..7a4b613ac0696 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/KVUtils.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/status/KVUtils.scala
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ private[spark] object KVUtils extends Logging {
   /** Use this to annotate constructor params to be used as KVStore indices. */
   type KVIndexParam = KVIndex @getter
 
-  private lazy val backend =
-    HybridStoreDiskBackend.withName(new SparkConf().get(HYBRID_STORE_DISK_BACKEND))
+  private def backend(conf: SparkConf) =
+    HybridStoreDiskBackend.withName(conf.get(HYBRID_STORE_DISK_BACKEND))
 
   /**
    * A KVStoreSerializer that provides Scala types serialization too, and uses the same options as
@@ -59,11 +59,12 @@ private[spark] object KVUtils extends Logging {
    * @param metadata Metadata value to compare to the data in the store. If the store does not
    *                 contain any metadata (e.g. it's a new store), this value is written as
    *                 the store's metadata.
+   * @param conf SparkConf use to get `HYBRID_STORE_DISK_BACKEND`
    */
-  def open[M: ClassTag](path: File, metadata: M): KVStore = {
+  def open[M: ClassTag](path: File, metadata: M, conf: SparkConf): KVStore = {
     require(metadata != null, "Metadata is required.")
 
-    val db = backend match {
+    val db = backend(conf) match {
       case LEVELDB => new LevelDB(path, new KVStoreScalaSerializer())
       case ROCKSDB => new RocksDB(path, new KVStoreScalaSerializer())
     }
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServerDiskManagerSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServerDiskManagerSuite.scala
index de5b5187aa2fa..c534d66c1571c 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServerDiskManagerSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/history/HistoryServerDiskManagerSuite.scala
@@ -26,13 +26,20 @@ import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfter
 
 import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, SparkFunSuite}
 import org.apache.spark.internal.config.History._
+import org.apache.spark.internal.config.History.HybridStoreDiskBackend
 import org.apache.spark.status.KVUtils
-import org.apache.spark.tags.ExtendedLevelDBTest
+import org.apache.spark.tags.{ExtendedLevelDBTest, ExtendedRocksDBTest}
 import org.apache.spark.util.{ManualClock, Utils}
 import org.apache.spark.util.kvstore.KVStore
 
-@ExtendedLevelDBTest
-class HistoryServerDiskManagerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter {
+abstract class HistoryServerDiskManagerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter {
+
+  protected def backend: HybridStoreDiskBackend.Value
+
+  protected def extension: String
+
+  protected def conf: SparkConf = new SparkConf()
+    .set(HYBRID_STORE_DISK_BACKEND, backend.toString)
 
   private def doReturn(value: Any) = org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn(value, Seq.empty: _*)
 
@@ -43,7 +50,7 @@ class HistoryServerDiskManagerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter {
 
   before {
     testDir = Utils.createTempDir()
-    store = KVUtils.open(new File(testDir, "listing"), "test")
+    store = KVUtils.open(new File(testDir, "listing"), "test", conf)
   }
 
   after {
@@ -213,10 +220,20 @@ class HistoryServerDiskManagerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter {
   }
 
   test("SPARK-38095: appStorePath should use backend extensions") {
-    HybridStoreDiskBackend.values.zip(Seq(".ldb", ".rdb")).foreach { case (backend, extension) =>
-      val conf = new SparkConf().set(HYBRID_STORE_DISK_BACKEND, backend.toString)
-      val manager = new HistoryServerDiskManager(conf, testDir, store, new ManualClock())
-      assert(manager.appStorePath("appId", None).getName.endsWith(extension))
-    }
+    val conf = new SparkConf().set(HYBRID_STORE_DISK_BACKEND, backend.toString)
+    val manager = new HistoryServerDiskManager(conf, testDir, store, new ManualClock())
+    assert(manager.appStorePath("appId", None).getName.endsWith(extension))
   }
 }
+
+@ExtendedLevelDBTest
+class HistoryServerDiskManagerUseLevelDBSuite extends HistoryServerDiskManagerSuite {
+  override protected def backend: HybridStoreDiskBackend.Value = HybridStoreDiskBackend.LEVELDB
+  override protected def extension: String = ".ldb"
+}
+
+@ExtendedRocksDBTest
+class HistoryServerDiskManagerUseRocksDBSuite extends HistoryServerDiskManagerSuite {
+  override protected def backend: HybridStoreDiskBackend.Value = HybridStoreDiskBackend.ROCKSDB
+  override protected def extension: String = ".rdb"
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/status/AppStatusListenerSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/status/AppStatusListenerSuite.scala
index c6db626121fa2..5e2e931c37689 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/status/AppStatusListenerSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/status/AppStatusListenerSuite.scala
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfter
 
 import org.apache.spark._
 import org.apache.spark.executor.{ExecutorMetrics, TaskMetrics}
+import org.apache.spark.internal.config.History.{HYBRID_STORE_DISK_BACKEND, HybridStoreDiskBackend}
 import org.apache.spark.internal.config.Status._
 import org.apache.spark.metrics.ExecutorMetricType
 import org.apache.spark.resource.ResourceProfile
@@ -36,15 +37,11 @@ import org.apache.spark.scheduler.cluster._
 import org.apache.spark.status.ListenerEventsTestHelper._
 import org.apache.spark.status.api.v1
 import org.apache.spark.storage._
-import org.apache.spark.tags.ExtendedLevelDBTest
+import org.apache.spark.tags.{ExtendedLevelDBTest, ExtendedRocksDBTest}
 import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 import org.apache.spark.util.kvstore.{InMemoryStore, KVStore}
 
-@ExtendedLevelDBTest
-class AppStatusListenerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter {
-  private val conf = new SparkConf()
-    .set(LIVE_ENTITY_UPDATE_PERIOD, 0L)
-    .set(ASYNC_TRACKING_ENABLED, false)
+abstract class AppStatusListenerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter {
 
   private val twoReplicaMemAndDiskLevel = StorageLevel(true, true, false, true, 2)
 
@@ -53,7 +50,11 @@ class AppStatusListenerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter {
   private var store: ElementTrackingStore = _
   private var taskIdTracker = -1L
 
-  protected def createKVStore: KVStore = KVUtils.open(testDir, getClass().getName())
+  protected def conf: SparkConf = new SparkConf()
+    .set(LIVE_ENTITY_UPDATE_PERIOD, 0L)
+    .set(ASYNC_TRACKING_ENABLED, false)
+
+  protected def createKVStore: KVStore = KVUtils.open(testDir, getClass().getName(), conf)
 
   before {
     time = 0L
@@ -1891,3 +1892,15 @@ class AppStatusListenerSuite extends SparkFunSuite with BeforeAndAfter {
 class AppStatusListenerWithInMemoryStoreSuite extends AppStatusListenerSuite {
   override def createKVStore: KVStore = new InMemoryStore()
 }
+
+@ExtendedLevelDBTest
+class AppStatusListenerWithLevelDBSuite extends AppStatusListenerSuite {
+  override def conf: SparkConf = super.conf
+    .set(HYBRID_STORE_DISK_BACKEND, HybridStoreDiskBackend.LEVELDB.toString)
+}
+
+@ExtendedRocksDBTest
+class AppStatusListenerWithRocksDBSuite extends AppStatusListenerSuite {
+  override def conf: SparkConf = super.conf
+    .set(HYBRID_STORE_DISK_BACKEND, HybridStoreDiskBackend.ROCKSDB.toString)
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/status/AppStatusStoreSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/status/AppStatusStoreSuite.scala
index 422d80976867d..798cff8d60fcd 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/status/AppStatusStoreSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/status/AppStatusStoreSuite.scala
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.status
 
 import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, SparkFunSuite}
 import org.apache.spark.executor.TaskMetrics
+import org.apache.spark.internal.config.History.{HYBRID_STORE_DISK_BACKEND, HybridStoreDiskBackend}
 import org.apache.spark.internal.config.Status.LIVE_ENTITY_UPDATE_PERIOD
 import org.apache.spark.resource.ResourceProfile
 import org.apache.spark.scheduler.{SparkListenerStageSubmitted, SparkListenerTaskStart, StageInfo, TaskInfo, TaskLocality}
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ class AppStatusStoreSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     assert(store.count(classOf[CachedQuantile]) === 2)
   }
 
-  private def createAppStore(disk: Boolean, live: Boolean): AppStatusStore = {
+  private def createAppStore(disk: Boolean, diskStoreType: HybridStoreDiskBackend.Value = null,
+      live: Boolean): AppStatusStore = {
     val conf = new SparkConf()
     if (live) {
       return AppStatusStore.createLiveStore(conf)
@@ -92,8 +94,9 @@ class AppStatusStoreSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     }
 
     val store: KVStore = if (disk) {
+      conf.set(HYBRID_STORE_DISK_BACKEND, diskStoreType.toString)
       val testDir = Utils.createTempDir()
-      val diskStore = KVUtils.open(testDir, getClass.getName)
+      val diskStore = KVUtils.open(testDir, getClass.getName, conf)
       new ElementTrackingStore(diskStore, conf)
     } else {
       new ElementTrackingStore(new InMemoryStore, conf)
@@ -102,7 +105,8 @@ class AppStatusStoreSuite extends SparkFunSuite {
   }
 
   Seq(
-    "disk" -> createAppStore(disk = true, live = false),
+    "disk leveldb" -> createAppStore(disk = true, HybridStoreDiskBackend.LEVELDB, live = false),
+    "disk rocksdb" -> createAppStore(disk = true, HybridStoreDiskBackend.ROCKSDB, live = false),
     "in memory" -> createAppStore(disk = false, live = false),
     "in memory live" -> createAppStore(disk = false, live = true)
   ).foreach { case (hint, appStore) =>
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/ui/StreamingQueryStatusListenerSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/ui/StreamingQueryStatusListenerSuite.scala
index eee1a7c5ff3cd..1d1b51354f8d8 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/ui/StreamingQueryStatusListenerSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/ui/StreamingQueryStatusListenerSuite.scala
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import java.util.{Date, UUID}
 import org.mockito.Mockito.{mock, when, RETURNS_SMART_NULLS}
 import org.scalatest.time.SpanSugar._
 
+import org.apache.spark.SparkConf
+import org.apache.spark.internal.config.History.{HYBRID_STORE_DISK_BACKEND, HybridStoreDiskBackend}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util.DateTimeUtils.getTimeZone
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.ui.StreamingQueryStatusStore
 import org.apache.spark.sql.internal.StaticSQLConf
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.streaming.{StreamingQueryListener, StreamingQueryPro
 import org.apache.spark.sql.streaming
 import org.apache.spark.status.{ElementTrackingStore, KVUtils}
 import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
-import org.apache.spark.util.kvstore.{InMemoryStore, KVStore, RocksDB}
+import org.apache.spark.util.kvstore.{InMemoryStore, KVStore}
 
 class StreamingQueryStatusListenerSuite extends StreamTest {
 
@@ -221,8 +223,10 @@ class StreamingQueryStatusListenerSuite extends StreamTest {
 
   test("SPARK-38056: test writing StreamingQueryData to a LevelDB store") {
     assume(!Utils.isMacOnAppleSilicon)
+    val conf = new SparkConf()
+      .set(HYBRID_STORE_DISK_BACKEND, HybridStoreDiskBackend.LEVELDB.toString)
     val testDir = Utils.createTempDir()
-    val kvStore = KVUtils.open(testDir, getClass.getName)
+    val kvStore = KVUtils.open(testDir, getClass.getName, conf)
     try {
       testStreamingQueryData(kvStore)
     } finally {
@@ -233,8 +237,10 @@ class StreamingQueryStatusListenerSuite extends StreamTest {
 
   test("SPARK-38056: test writing StreamingQueryData to a RocksDB store") {
     assume(!Utils.isMacOnAppleSilicon)
+    val conf = new SparkConf()
+      .set(HYBRID_STORE_DISK_BACKEND, HybridStoreDiskBackend.ROCKSDB.toString)
     val testDir = Utils.createTempDir()
-    val kvStore = new RocksDB(testDir)
+    val kvStore = KVUtils.open(testDir, getClass.getName, conf)
     try {
       testStreamingQueryData(kvStore)
     } finally {