diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7c60f8f99b..bf5aa668c2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
     <!-- org.apache.commons/commons-pool2/-->
     <commons-pool2.version>2.6.2</commons-pool2.version>
     <datanucleus-core.version>4.1.17</datanucleus-core.version>
-    <guava.version>14.0.1</guava.version>
+    <guava.version>27.0-jre</guava.version>
     <janino.version>3.0.16</janino.version>
     <jersey.version>2.30</jersey.version>
     <joda.version>2.10.5</joda.version>
diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/entrypoint.sh b/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/entrypoint.sh
index 8218c2982c..d89a6fb8cb 100755
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/docker/src/main/dockerfiles/spark/entrypoint.sh
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ if ! [ -z ${HADOOP_CONF_DIR+x} ]; then
 fi
 
 case "$1" in
+  driver-py)
+    shift 1
+    CMD=(
+      "$SPARK_HOME/bin/spark-submit"
+      --conf "spark.driver.bindAddress=$SPARK_DRIVER_BIND_ADDRESS"
+      --deploy-mode client
+      "$@" $PYSPARK_PRIMARY $PYSPARK_APP_ARGS
+    )
+    ;;
   driver)
     shift 1
     CMD=(