diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveClientVersions.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveClientVersions.scala
index d48d70f7d4e7..6648c04a4c50 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveClientVersions.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/HiveClientVersions.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ import scala.collection.immutable.IndexedSeq
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.{JavaVersion, SystemUtils}
 
 private[client] trait HiveClientVersions {
-  protected val versions = if (SystemUtils.isJavaVersionAtLeast(JavaVersion.JAVA_9)) {
+  private val testVersions = sys.env.get("SPARK_TEST_HIVE_CLIENT_VERSIONS")
+  protected val versions = if (testVersions.nonEmpty) {
+    testVersions.get.split(",").map(_.trim).filter(_.nonEmpty).toIndexedSeq
+  } else if (SystemUtils.isJavaVersionAtLeast(JavaVersion.JAVA_9)) {
     IndexedSeq("2.0", "2.1", "2.2", "2.3", "3.0", "3.1")
   } else {
     IndexedSeq("0.12", "0.13", "0.14", "1.0", "1.1", "1.2", "2.0", "2.1", "2.2", "2.3", "3.0",