diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_sparkr_window.yml b/.github/workflows/build_sparkr_window.yml
index b6656351d431f..ddaf60ad3e71a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_sparkr_window.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_sparkr_window.yml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
       shell: cmd
       env:
         NOT_CRAN: true
-        SPARK_TESTING: 1
+        SPARKR_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATION_WARNING: 1
         # See SPARK-27848. Currently installing some dependent packages causes
         # "(converted from warning) unable to identify current timezone 'C':" for an unknown reason.
         # This environment variable works around to test SparkR against a higher version.
diff --git a/R/pkg/R/sparkR.R b/R/pkg/R/sparkR.R
index fc2ab8de1eca0..29c05b0db7c2d 100644
--- a/R/pkg/R/sparkR.R
+++ b/R/pkg/R/sparkR.R
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ sparkR.session <- function(
   enableHiveSupport = TRUE,
   ...) {
 
-  if (Sys.getenv("SPARK_TESTING") == "") {
+  if (Sys.getenv("SPARKR_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATION_WARNING") == "") {
     warning(
       "SparkR is deprecated from Apache Spark 4.0.0 and will be removed in a future version.")
   }
diff --git a/R/run-tests.sh b/R/run-tests.sh
index 90a60eda03871..3a90b44c2b659 100755
--- a/R/run-tests.sh
+++ b/R/run-tests.sh
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ if [[ $(echo $SPARK_AVRO_JAR_PATH | wc -l) -eq 1 ]]; then
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$SPARK_JARS" ]; then
-  SPARK_TESTING=1 NOT_CRAN=true $FWDIR/../bin/spark-submit --driver-java-options "-Dlog4j.configurationFile=file:$FWDIR/log4j2.properties" --conf spark.hadoop.fs.defaultFS="file:///" --conf spark.driver.extraJavaOptions="-Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true -Xss4M" --conf spark.executor.extraJavaOptions="-Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true -Xss4M" $FWDIR/pkg/tests/run-all.R 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+  SPARKR_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATION_WARNING=1 SPARK_TESTING=1 NOT_CRAN=true $FWDIR/../bin/spark-submit --driver-java-options "-Dlog4j.configurationFile=file:$FWDIR/log4j2.properties" --conf spark.hadoop.fs.defaultFS="file:///" --conf spark.driver.extraJavaOptions="-Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true -Xss4M" --conf spark.executor.extraJavaOptions="-Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true -Xss4M" $FWDIR/pkg/tests/run-all.R 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
 else
-  SPARK_TESTING=1 NOT_CRAN=true $FWDIR/../bin/spark-submit --jars $SPARK_JARS --driver-java-options "-Dlog4j.configurationFile=file:$FWDIR/log4j2.properties" --conf spark.hadoop.fs.defaultFS="file:///" --conf spark.driver.extraJavaOptions="-Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true -Xss4M" --conf spark.executor.extraJavaOptions="-Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true -Xss4M" $FWDIR/pkg/tests/run-all.R 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
+  SPARKR_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATION_WARNING=1 SPARK_TESTING=1 NOT_CRAN=true $FWDIR/../bin/spark-submit --jars $SPARK_JARS --driver-java-options "-Dlog4j.configurationFile=file:$FWDIR/log4j2.properties" --conf spark.hadoop.fs.defaultFS="file:///" --conf spark.driver.extraJavaOptions="-Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true -Xss4M" --conf spark.executor.extraJavaOptions="-Dio.netty.tryReflectionSetAccessible=true -Xss4M" $FWDIR/pkg/tests/run-all.R 2>&1 | tee -a $LOGFILE
 fi
 
 FAILED=$((PIPESTATUS[0]||$FAILED))