diff --git a/.github/workflows/spark-integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/spark-integration-tests.yml
index 285312202..5c916b6bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spark-integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spark-integration-tests.yml
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: test/java/spark
       run: |
         echo "Running Spark integration tests in Docker container..."
+        echo "Docker networks:"
+        docker network ls
+        echo "Starting spark-tests container (will start dependencies automatically)..."
         docker compose up --abort-on-container-exit --exit-code-from spark-tests spark-tests
         echo "✓ Tests completed"
 
diff --git a/test/java/spark/docker-compose.yml b/test/java/spark/docker-compose.yml
index a170d7464..39d32b7d0 100644
--- a/test/java/spark/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/test/java/spark/docker-compose.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ services:
       - SEAWEEDFS_FILER_PORT=8888
       - SEAWEEDFS_FILER_GRPC_PORT=18888
       - HADOOP_HOME=/tmp
-    command: sh -c "sleep 30 && mvn test"
+      # Disable Java DNS caching to ensure fresh DNS lookups
+      - MAVEN_OPTS=-Dsun.net.inetaddr.ttl=0 -Dnetworkaddress.cache.ttl=0
+    command: sh -c "sleep 30 && ping -c 1 seaweedfs-volume && ping -c 1 seaweedfs-filer && mvn test"
     depends_on:
       seaweedfs-filer:
         condition: service_healthy