diff --git a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkSQLEngine.scala b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkSQLEngine.scala
index 6968e07ce65..9c2832c57ce 100644
--- a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkSQLEngine.scala
+++ b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkSQLEngine.scala
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ object SparkSQLEngine extends Logging {
 
   def createSpark(): SparkSession = {
     val sparkConf = new SparkConf()
+    sparkConf.setIfMissing("spark.sql.execution.topKSortFallbackThreshold", "10000")
     sparkConf.setIfMissing("spark.sql.legacy.castComplexTypesToString.enabled", "true")
     sparkConf.setIfMissing("spark.master", "local")
     sparkConf.setIfMissing("spark.ui.port", "0")