diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/spark/spark.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/spark/spark.go
index c6ce78c1e..66600709a 100755
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/spark/spark.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/spark/spark.go
@@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ func (sparkResourceHandler) BuildResource(ctx context.Context, taskCtx pluginsCo
 		j.Spec.MainClass = &sparkJob.MainClass
 	}
 
+	// Spark driver pods should always run as non-interruptible. As such, we hardcode
+	// `interruptible=false` to explicitly add non-interruptible node selector
+	// requirements to the driver pods
+	flytek8s.ApplyInterruptibleNodeSelectorRequirement(false, j.Spec.Driver.Affinity)
+
 	// Add Interruptible Tolerations/NodeSelector to only Executor pods.
 	// The Interruptible NodeSelector takes precedence over the DefaultNodeSelector
 	if taskCtx.TaskExecutionMetadata().IsInterruptible() {
diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/spark/spark_test.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/spark/spark_test.go
index 5ac764910..6b6ed18d8 100755
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/spark/spark_test.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/k8s/spark/spark_test.go
@@ -585,8 +585,17 @@ func TestBuildResourceSpark(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, sparkApp.Spec.Executor.EnvVars["foo"], defaultEnvVars["foo"])
 	assert.Equal(t, sparkApp.Spec.Driver.EnvVars["fooEnv"], targetValueFromEnv)
 	assert.Equal(t, sparkApp.Spec.Executor.EnvVars["fooEnv"], targetValueFromEnv)
-	assert.Equal(t, sparkApp.Spec.Driver.Affinity, defaultAffinity)
 
+	assert.Equal(
+		t,
+		sparkApp.Spec.Driver.Affinity.NodeAffinity.RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution.NodeSelectorTerms[0].MatchExpressions[0],
+		defaultAffinity.NodeAffinity.RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution.NodeSelectorTerms[0].MatchExpressions[0],
+	)
+	assert.Equal(
+		t,
+		sparkApp.Spec.Driver.Affinity.NodeAffinity.RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution.NodeSelectorTerms[0].MatchExpressions[1],
+		*nonInterruptibleNodeSelectorRequirement,
+	)
 	assert.Equal(
 		t,
 		sparkApp.Spec.Executor.Affinity.NodeAffinity.RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution.NodeSelectorTerms[0].MatchExpressions[0],
@@ -639,7 +648,16 @@ func TestBuildResourceSpark(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, sparkApp.Spec.Driver.Tolerations[0].Value, "default")
 
 	// Validate correct affinity and nodeselector requirements are set for both Driver and Executors.
-	assert.Equal(t, sparkApp.Spec.Driver.Affinity, defaultAffinity)
+	assert.Equal(
+		t,
+		sparkApp.Spec.Driver.Affinity.NodeAffinity.RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution.NodeSelectorTerms[0].MatchExpressions[0],
+		defaultAffinity.NodeAffinity.RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution.NodeSelectorTerms[0].MatchExpressions[0],
+	)
+	assert.Equal(
+		t,
+		sparkApp.Spec.Driver.Affinity.NodeAffinity.RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution.NodeSelectorTerms[0].MatchExpressions[1],
+		*nonInterruptibleNodeSelectorRequirement,
+	)
 	assert.Equal(
 		t,
 		sparkApp.Spec.Executor.Affinity.NodeAffinity.RequiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution.NodeSelectorTerms[0].MatchExpressions[0],