diff --git a/externals/kyuubi-flink-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/flink/session/FlinkSessionImpl.scala b/externals/kyuubi-flink-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/flink/session/FlinkSessionImpl.scala
index 75087b48ca2..ea9e885f42f 100644
--- a/externals/kyuubi-flink-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/flink/session/FlinkSessionImpl.scala
+++ b/externals/kyuubi-flink-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/flink/session/FlinkSessionImpl.scala
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class FlinkSessionImpl(
 
   override def open(): Unit = {
     executor.openSession(handle.identifier.toString)
-    normalizedConf.foreach {
+    normalizedConf.toSeq.sortBy(!_._1.equals("use:catalog")).foreach {
       case ("use:catalog", catalog) =>
         val tableEnv = sessionContext.getExecutionContext.getTableEnvironment
         try {
diff --git a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/session/SparkSessionImpl.scala b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/session/SparkSessionImpl.scala
index 78164ff5fab..5752b129f6d 100644
--- a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/session/SparkSessionImpl.scala
+++ b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/session/SparkSessionImpl.scala
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class SparkSessionImpl(
   private val sessionEvent = SessionEvent(this)
 
   override def open(): Unit = {
-    normalizedConf.foreach {
+    normalizedConf.toSeq.sortBy(!_._1.equals("use:catalog")).foreach {
       case ("use:catalog", catalog) =>
         try {
           SparkCatalogShim().setCurrentCatalog(spark, catalog)