diff --git a/testing/trino-product-tests-launcher/src/main/resources/docker/presto-product-tests/conf/environment/singlenode-spark-iceberg/spark-defaults.conf b/testing/trino-product-tests-launcher/src/main/resources/docker/presto-product-tests/conf/environment/singlenode-spark-iceberg/spark-defaults.conf
index 92328e23c068..ab609b7fa072 100644
--- a/testing/trino-product-tests-launcher/src/main/resources/docker/presto-product-tests/conf/environment/singlenode-spark-iceberg/spark-defaults.conf
+++ b/testing/trino-product-tests-launcher/src/main/resources/docker/presto-product-tests/conf/environment/singlenode-spark-iceberg/spark-defaults.conf
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ spark.sql.catalog.spark_catalog.type = hive
 spark.sql.catalog.iceberg_test=org.apache.iceberg.spark.SparkCatalog
 spark.sql.catalog.iceberg_test.type=hive
 spark.sql.catalog.iceberg_test.uri=thrift://hadoop-master:9083
+; disabling caching allows us to run spark queries interchangeably with trino's
+spark.sql.catalog.iceberg_test.cache-enabled=false
 spark.sql.extensions=org.apache.iceberg.spark.extensions.IcebergSparkSessionExtensions
 
 spark.hadoop.fs.defaultFS=hdfs://hadoop-master:9000