diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker-minimal-bundle/src/main/docker/driver-py/Dockerfile b/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker-minimal-bundle/src/main/docker/driver-py/Dockerfile
index 7b1effa911f19..9e5f26720ae5c 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker-minimal-bundle/src/main/docker/driver-py/Dockerfile
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker-minimal-bundle/src/main/docker/driver-py/Dockerfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ ENV PYSPARK_PYTHON python
 ENV PYSPARK_DRIVER_PYTHON python
 ENV PYTHONPATH ${SPARK_HOME}/python/:${SPARK_HOME}/python/lib/py4j-0.10.4-src.zip:${PYTHONPATH}
 
-CMD SPARK_CLASSPATH="${SPARK_HOME}/jars/*" && \
+CMD SPARK_CLASSPATH=":${SPARK_HOME}/jars/*" && \
     env | grep SPARK_JAVA_OPT_ | sed 's/[^=]*=\(.*\)/\1/g' > /tmp/java_opts.txt && \
     readarray -t SPARK_DRIVER_JAVA_OPTS < /tmp/java_opts.txt && \
     if ! [ -z ${SPARK_MOUNTED_CLASSPATH+x} ]; then SPARK_CLASSPATH="$SPARK_MOUNTED_CLASSPATH:$SPARK_CLASSPATH"; fi && \
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker-minimal-bundle/src/main/docker/executor-py/Dockerfile b/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker-minimal-bundle/src/main/docker/executor-py/Dockerfile
index a8bb5b362ab52..48df792e3dab9 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker-minimal-bundle/src/main/docker/executor-py/Dockerfile
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker-minimal-bundle/src/main/docker/executor-py/Dockerfile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ ENV PYSPARK_PYTHON python
 ENV PYSPARK_DRIVER_PYTHON python
 ENV PYTHONPATH ${SPARK_HOME}/python/:${SPARK_HOME}/python/lib/py4j-0.10.4-src.zip:${PYTHONPATH}
 
-CMD SPARK_CLASSPATH="${SPARK_HOME}/jars/*" && \
+CMD SPARK_CLASSPATH=":${SPARK_HOME}/jars/*" && \
     env | grep SPARK_JAVA_OPT_ | sed 's/[^=]*=\(.*\)/\1/g' > /tmp/java_opts.txt && \
     readarray -t SPARK_EXECUTOR_JAVA_OPTS < /tmp/java_opts.txt && \
     if ! [ -z ${SPARK_MOUNTED_CLASSPATH}+x} ]; then SPARK_CLASSPATH="$SPARK_MOUNTED_CLASSPATH:$SPARK_CLASSPATH"; fi && \