diff --git a/hudi-hive-sync/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/testutils/HiveTestService.java b/hudi-hive-sync/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/testutils/HiveTestService.java
index 725b6134e..e325094b9 100644
--- a/hudi-hive-sync/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/testutils/HiveTestService.java
+++ b/hudi-hive-sync/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/hive/testutils/HiveTestService.java
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ public class HiveTestService {
     File derbyLogFile = new File(localHiveDir, "derby.log");
     derbyLogFile.createNewFile();
     setSystemProperty("derby.stream.error.file", derbyLogFile.getPath());
+    setSystemProperty("derby.system.home", localHiveDir.getAbsolutePath());
     conf.set(HiveConf.ConfVars.METASTOREWAREHOUSE.varname,
         Files.createTempDirectory(System.currentTimeMillis() + "-").toFile().getAbsolutePath());
     conf.set("datanucleus.schema.autoCreateTables", "true");