diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/UtilHelpers.java b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/UtilHelpers.java
index 390476503..e7a8b3c37 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/UtilHelpers.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/UtilHelpers.java
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ public class UtilHelpers {
     }
 
     String schemaPostProcessorClass = cfg.getString(Config.SCHEMA_POST_PROCESSOR_PROP, null);
-    boolean enableSparkAvroPostProcessor = Boolean.valueOf(cfg.getString(SparkAvroPostProcessor.Config.SPARK_AVRO_POST_PROCESSOR_PROP_ENABLE, "true"));
+    boolean enableSparkAvroPostProcessor = Boolean.parseBoolean(cfg.getString(SparkAvroPostProcessor.Config.SPARK_AVRO_POST_PROCESSOR_PROP_ENABLE, "true"));
 
     if (transformerClassNames != null && !transformerClassNames.isEmpty()
             && enableSparkAvroPostProcessor && StringUtils.isNullOrEmpty(schemaPostProcessorClass)) {