diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
index aa1ab141a4ec81937a83be74de355afb2281541b..7f312dbdddd852c8f31b45d7cf86eecc561c18d1 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class JDBCSuite extends SparkFunSuite
          |CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE nullparts
          |USING org.apache.spark.sql.jdbc
          |OPTIONS (url '$url', dbtable 'TEST.EMP', user 'testUser', password 'testPass',
-         |partitionColumn '"Dept"', lowerBound '1', upperBound '4', numPartitions '4')
+         |partitionColumn '"Dept"', lowerBound '1', upperBound '4', numPartitions '3')
       """.stripMargin.replaceAll("\n", " "))
 
     conn.prepareStatement(