diff --git a/dev/run-tests b/dev/run-tests
index 6ad674a2ba127..a72f7dbc55462 100755
--- a/dev/run-tests
+++ b/dev/run-tests
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ else
 fi
 JAVA_VERSION=$($java_cmd -version 2>&1 | sed 's/java version "\(.*\)\.\(.*\)\..*"/\1\2/; 1q')
 [ "$JAVA_VERSION" -ge 18 ] && echo "" || echo "[Warn] Java 8 tests will not run because JDK version is < 1.8."
+SPARK_HIVE=true
 
 echo "========================================================================="
 echo "Running Apache RAT checks"