diff --git a/.github/workflows/jvm_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/jvm_tests.yml
index a2d8bb69a..79aac0f0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jvm_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jvm_tests.yml
@@ -75,3 +75,13 @@ jobs:
       if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'  # Distributed training doesn't work on Windows
       env:
         RABIT_MOCK: ON
+
+
+    - name: Build and Test XGBoost4J with scala 2.13
+      run: |
+        rm -rfv build/
+        cd jvm-packages
+        mvn -B clean install test -Pdefault,scala-2.13
+      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'  # Distributed training doesn't work on Windows
+      env:
+        RABIT_MOCK: ON
diff --git a/jvm-packages/.gitignore b/jvm-packages/.gitignore
index 6d3f7b7cb..e2dc7967a 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/.gitignore
+++ b/jvm-packages/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 tracker.py
 build.sh
+xgboost4j-tester/pom.xml
+xgboost4j-tester/iris.csv
diff --git a/jvm-packages/README.md b/jvm-packages/README.md
index c4c8898dd..239464342 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/README.md
+++ b/jvm-packages/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,19 @@ XGBoost4J, XGBoost4J-Spark, etc. in maven repository is compiled with g++-4.8.5.
     <version>latest_version_num</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
+or 
+```
+<dependency>
+    <groupId>ml.dmlc</groupId>
+    <artifactId>xgboost4j_2.13</artifactId>
+    <version>latest_version_num</version>
+</dependency>
+<dependency>
+    <groupId>ml.dmlc</groupId>
+    <artifactId>xgboost4j-spark_2.13</artifactId>
+    <version>latest_version_num</version>
+</dependency>
+```
 
 <b>sbt</b>
 ```sbt
@@ -47,7 +60,6 @@ libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
 
 For the latest release version number, please check [here](https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/releases).
 
-To enable the GPU algorithm (`tree_method='gpu_hist'`), use artifacts `xgboost4j-gpu_2.12` and `xgboost4j-spark-gpu_2.12` instead.
 
 ### Access SNAPSHOT version
 
@@ -85,6 +97,19 @@ Then add XGBoost4J as a dependency:
     <version>latest_version_num-SNAPSHOT</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
+or with scala 2.13 
+```
+<dependency>
+    <groupId>ml.dmlc</groupId>
+    <artifactId>xgboost4j_2.13</artifactId>
+    <version>latest_version_num-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</dependency>
+<dependency>
+    <groupId>ml.dmlc</groupId>
+    <artifactId>xgboost4j-spark_2.13</artifactId>
+    <version>latest_version_num-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</dependency>
+```
 
 <b>sbt</b>
 ```sbt
@@ -96,7 +121,9 @@ libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
 
 For the latest release version number, please check [the repository listing](https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/xgboost-maven-repo/list.html).
 
+### GPU algorithm
 To enable the GPU algorithm (`tree_method='gpu_hist'`), use artifacts `xgboost4j-gpu_2.12` and `xgboost4j-spark-gpu_2.12` instead.
+Note that scala 2.13 is not supported by the [NVIDIA/spark-rapids#1525](https://github.com/NVIDIA/spark-rapids/issues/1525) yet, so the GPU algorithm can only be used with scala 2.12.
 
 ## Examples
 
diff --git a/jvm-packages/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
index c80bf8bc6..fa0cb5344 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>ml.dmlc</groupId>
-    <artifactId>xgboost-jvm_2.12</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>xgboost-jvm</artifactId>
     <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>XGBoost JVM Package</name>
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <flink.version>1.17.1</flink.version>
+        <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
         <spark.version>3.4.0</spark.version>
         <spark.version.gpu>3.3.2</spark.version.gpu>
         <scala.version>2.12.17</scala.version>
@@ -45,7 +46,9 @@
         <cudf.version>23.04.0</cudf.version>
         <spark.rapids.version>23.04.1</spark.rapids.version>
         <cudf.classifier>cuda11</cudf.classifier>
-    </properties>
+        <scalatest.version>3.2.16</scalatest.version>
+        <scala-collection-compat.version>2.9.0</scala-collection-compat.version>
+      </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
             <id>central_maven</id>
@@ -71,6 +74,14 @@
             </modules>
         </profile>
 
+        <profile>
+            <id>scala-2.13</id>
+            <properties>
+                <scala.binary.version>2.13</scala.binary.version>
+                <scala.version>2.13.10</scala.version>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+
         <!-- gpu profile with both cpu and gpu test suites -->
         <profile>
             <id>gpu</id>
@@ -467,6 +478,7 @@
         </plugins>
     </reporting>
     <dependencies>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
             <artifactId>kryo</artifactId>
@@ -483,6 +495,11 @@
             <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
             <version>${scala.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.scala-lang.modules</groupId>
+          <artifactId>scala-collection-compat_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+          <version>${scala-collection-compat.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
@@ -491,13 +508,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
             <artifactId>scalatest_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>3.2.16</version>
+            <version>${scalatest.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scalactic</groupId>
             <artifactId>scalactic_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>3.2.15</version>
+            <version>${scalatest.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/pom.xml
index 40c9c72a4..e6ed8a600 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/pom.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>ml.dmlc</groupId>
-        <artifactId>xgboost-jvm_2.12</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>xgboost-jvm</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
-    <artifactId>xgboost4j-example_2.12</artifactId>
+    <name>xgboost4j-example</name>
+    <artifactId>xgboost4j-example_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
     <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <build>
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/example/flink/DistTrainWithFlink.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/example/flink/DistTrainWithFlink.scala
index cb859f62d..3bfefb841 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/example/flink/DistTrainWithFlink.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/example/flink/DistTrainWithFlink.scala
@@ -73,12 +73,13 @@ object DistTrainWithFlink {
           .map(_.f1.f0)
           .returns(testDataTypeHint)
 
-    val paramMap = mapAsJavaMap(Map(
-      ("eta", "0.1".asInstanceOf[AnyRef]),
-      ("max_depth", "2"),
-      ("objective", "binary:logistic"),
-      ("verbosity", "1")
-    ))
+    val paramMap = Map(
+        ("eta", "0.1".asInstanceOf[AnyRef]),
+        ("max_depth", "2"),
+        ("objective", "binary:logistic"),
+        ("verbosity", "1")
+      )
+      .asJava
 
     // number of iterations
     val round = 2
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/example/spark/SparkMLlibPipeline.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/example/spark/SparkMLlibPipeline.scala
index 6d676b0ae..b8da31c09 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/example/spark/SparkMLlibPipeline.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/example/spark/SparkMLlibPipeline.scala
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ import org.apache.spark.ml.{Pipeline, PipelineModel}
 import org.apache.spark.ml.evaluation.MulticlassClassificationEvaluator
 import org.apache.spark.ml.feature._
 import org.apache.spark.ml.tuning._
-import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
+import org.apache.spark.sql.{DataFrame, SparkSession}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
-
-import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.scala.spark.{XGBoostClassifier, XGBoostClassificationModel}
+import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.scala.spark.{XGBoostClassificationModel, XGBoostClassifier}
 
 // this example works with Iris dataset (https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/iris)
 
@@ -50,6 +49,13 @@ object SparkMLlibPipeline {
       .appName("XGBoost4J-Spark Pipeline Example")
       .getOrCreate()
 
+    run(spark, inputPath, nativeModelPath, pipelineModelPath, treeMethod, numWorkers)
+      .show(false)
+  }
+  private[spark] def run(spark: SparkSession, inputPath: String, nativeModelPath: String,
+                         pipelineModelPath: String, treeMethod: String,
+                         numWorkers: Int): DataFrame = {
+
     // Load dataset
     val schema = new StructType(Array(
       StructField("sepal length", DoubleType, true),
@@ -90,11 +96,11 @@ object SparkMLlibPipeline {
     val labelConverter = new IndexToString()
       .setInputCol("prediction")
       .setOutputCol("realLabel")
-      .setLabels(labelIndexer.labels)
+      .setLabels(labelIndexer.labelsArray(0))
 
     val pipeline = new Pipeline()
       .setStages(Array(assembler, labelIndexer, booster, labelConverter))
-    val model = pipeline.fit(training)
+    val model: PipelineModel = pipeline.fit(training)
 
     // Batch prediction
     val prediction = model.transform(test)
@@ -136,6 +142,6 @@ object SparkMLlibPipeline {
 
     // Load a saved model and serving
     val model2 = PipelineModel.load(pipelineModelPath)
-    model2.transform(test).show(false)
+    model2.transform(test)
   }
 }
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/example/spark/SparkTraining.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/example/spark/SparkTraining.scala
index 17a32bc09..a7886f524 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/example/spark/SparkTraining.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/example/spark/SparkTraining.scala
@@ -17,9 +17,8 @@
 package ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.scala.example.spark
 
 import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.scala.spark.XGBoostClassifier
-
 import org.apache.spark.ml.feature.{StringIndexer, VectorAssembler}
-import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
+import org.apache.spark.sql.{DataFrame, SparkSession}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.{DoubleType, StringType, StructField, StructType}
 
 // this example works with Iris dataset (https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/iris)
@@ -38,6 +37,12 @@ object SparkTraining {
 
     val spark = SparkSession.builder().getOrCreate()
     val inputPath = args(0)
+    val results: DataFrame = run(spark, inputPath, treeMethod, numWorkers)
+    results.show()
+  }
+
+private[spark] def run(spark: SparkSession, inputPath: String,
+                       treeMethod: String, numWorkers: Int): DataFrame =  {
     val schema = new StructType(Array(
       StructField("sepal length", DoubleType, true),
       StructField("sepal width", DoubleType, true),
@@ -81,7 +86,6 @@ object SparkTraining {
       setFeaturesCol("features").
       setLabelCol("classIndex")
     val xgbClassificationModel = xgbClassifier.fit(train)
-    val results = xgbClassificationModel.transform(test)
-    results.show()
+    xgbClassificationModel.transform(test)
   }
 }
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/src/test/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/example/spark/SparkExamplesTest.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/src/test/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/example/spark/SparkExamplesTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6cb700df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/src/test/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/example/spark/SparkExamplesTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/*
+ Copyright (c) 2014-2023 by Contributors
+
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+ */
+package ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.scala.example.spark
+
+import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
+import org.scalatest.BeforeAndAfterAll
+import org.scalatest.funsuite.AnyFunSuite
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
+
+import java.io.File
+import java.nio.file.{Files, StandardOpenOption}
+import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
+import scala.util.{Random, Try}
+
+class SparkExamplesTest extends AnyFunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
+  private val logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(classOf[SparkExamplesTest])
+  private val random = new Random(42)
+  protected val numWorkers: Int = scala.math.min(Runtime.getRuntime.availableProcessors(), 4)
+
+  private val pathToTestDataset = Files.createTempFile("", "iris.csv").toAbsolutePath
+  private var spark: SparkSession = _
+
+  override def beforeAll(): Unit = {
+
+    def generateLine(i: Int): String = {
+      val getIrisName = (int: Int) => {
+        int % 3 match {
+          case 0 => "Iris-versicolor"
+          case 1 => "Iris-virginica"
+          case 2 => "Iris-setosa"
+        }
+      }
+      val generateValue = () => Math.abs(random.nextInt(99) * 0.1)
+      val sepalLength = generateValue()
+      val sepalWidth = generateValue()
+      val petalLength = generateValue()
+      val petalWidth = generateValue()
+      val irisName = getIrisName(Math.abs(random.nextInt()) + i)
+      s"$sepalLength,$sepalWidth,$petalLength,$petalWidth,$irisName"
+    }
+
+    if (spark == null) {
+       spark = SparkSession
+        .builder()
+        .appName("XGBoost4J-Spark Pipeline Example")
+        .master(s"local[${numWorkers}]")
+        .config("spark.ui.enabled", value = false)
+        .config("spark.driver.memory", "512m")
+        .config("spark.barrier.sync.timeout", 10)
+        .config("spark.task.cpus", 1)
+        .getOrCreate()
+      spark.sparkContext.setLogLevel("ERROR")
+    }
+    val data = (0 until 150)
+      .map(i => generateLine(i))
+      .toList
+      .asJava
+    Files.write(pathToTestDataset,
+      data,
+      StandardOpenOption.CREATE,
+      StandardOpenOption.WRITE,
+      StandardOpenOption.TRUNCATE_EXISTING)
+    logger.info(s"${new String(Files.readAllBytes(pathToTestDataset))}")
+
+  }
+
+  override def afterAll(): Unit = {
+    if (spark != null) {
+      spark.stop()
+      cleanExternalCache(spark.sparkContext.appName)
+      spark = null
+    }
+
+    Try(Files.deleteIfExists(pathToTestDataset))
+      .recover {
+        case e =>
+          logger.warn(
+            s"Could not delete temporary file $pathToTestDataset. Please, remove it manually",
+            e
+          )
+          true
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def cleanExternalCache(prefix: String): Unit = {
+    val dir = new File(".")
+    for (file <- dir.listFiles() if file.getName.startsWith(prefix)) {
+      file.delete()
+    }
+  }
+
+  test("Smoke test for SparkMLlibPipeline example") {
+    SparkMLlibPipeline.run(spark, pathToTestDataset.toString, "target/native-model",
+      "target/pipeline-model", "auto", 2)
+  }
+
+  test("Smoke test for SparkTraining example") {
+    val spark = SparkSession
+      .builder()
+      .appName("XGBoost4J-Spark Pipeline Example")
+      .master(s"local[${numWorkers}]")
+      .config("spark.ui.enabled", value = false)
+      .config("spark.driver.memory", "512m")
+      .config("spark.barrier.sync.timeout", 10)
+      .config("spark.task.cpus", 1)
+      .getOrCreate()
+
+    SparkTraining.run(spark, pathToTestDataset.toString, "auto", 2)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-flink/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-flink/pom.xml
index a9a80e29a..8d51a9dcf 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-flink/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-flink/pom.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>ml.dmlc</groupId>
-        <artifactId>xgboost-jvm_2.12</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>xgboost-jvm</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
+
+    <name>xgboost4j-flink</name>
     <artifactId>xgboost4j-flink_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
     <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <properties>
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-gpu/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-gpu/pom.xml
index 1d7a06708..f34680302 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-gpu/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-gpu/pom.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>ml.dmlc</groupId>
-        <artifactId>xgboost-jvm_2.12</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>xgboost-jvm</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
-    <artifactId>xgboost4j-gpu_2.12</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>xgboost4j-gpu_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
+    <name>xgboost4j-gpu</name>
     <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
@@ -35,13 +36,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.13.2</version>
+            <version>${junit.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
             <artifactId>scalatest_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>3.2.15</version>
+            <version>${scalatest.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark-gpu/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark-gpu/pom.xml
index 57770be5a..b7be69e69 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark-gpu/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark-gpu/pom.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>ml.dmlc</groupId>
-        <artifactId>xgboost-jvm_2.12</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>xgboost-jvm</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
-    <artifactId>xgboost4j-spark-gpu_2.12</artifactId>
+    <name>xgboost4j-spark-gpu</name>
+    <artifactId>xgboost4j-spark-gpu_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ml.dmlc</groupId>
             <artifactId>xgboost4j-gpu_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/pom.xml
index 3a84233d1..d8f4cb914 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/pom.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>ml.dmlc</groupId>
-        <artifactId>xgboost-jvm_2.12</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>xgboost-jvm</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
-    <artifactId>xgboost4j-spark_2.12</artifactId>
+    <name>xgboost4j-spark</name>
+    <artifactId>xgboost4j-spark_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ml.dmlc</groupId>
             <artifactId>xgboost4j_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-tester/generate_pom.py b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-tester/generate_pom.py
index cc391dd00..b9c274c28 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-tester/generate_pom.py
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-tester/generate_pom.py
@@ -8,25 +8,28 @@ pom_template = """
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <groupId>ml.dmlc</groupId>
-  <artifactId>xgboost4j-tester_2.12</artifactId>
+  <artifactId>xgboost4j-tester_{scala_binary_version}</artifactId>
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
-  <name>xgboost4j-tester_2.12</name>
+  <name>xgboost4j-tester</name>
 
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <maven.compiler.source>{maven_compiler_source}</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>{maven_compiler_target}</maven.compiler.target>
+    <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
     <spark.version>{spark_version}</spark.version>
     <scala.version>{scala_version}</scala.version>
+    <scalatest.version>3.2.15</scalatest.version>
     <scala.binary.version>{scala_binary_version}</scala.binary.version>
+    <kryo.version>5.5.0</kryo.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
+   <dependency>
       <groupId>com.esotericsoftware</groupId>
       <artifactId>kryo</artifactId>
-      <version>4.0.2</version>
+      <version>${{kryo.version}}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
@@ -48,29 +51,12 @@ pom_template = """
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
       <version>1.2</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.typesafe.akka</groupId>
-      <artifactId>akka-testkit_${{scala.binary.version}}</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.20</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
       <artifactId>scalatest_${{scala.binary.version}}</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.8</version>
+      <version>${{scalatest.version}}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.scalactic</groupId>
-      <artifactId>scalactic_${{scala.binary.version}}</artifactId>
-      <version>3.2.15</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-      <version>3.9</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
       <artifactId>spark-core_${{scala.binary.version}}</artifactId>
@@ -92,7 +78,7 @@ pom_template = """
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.13.2</version>
+      <version>${{junit.version}}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -122,36 +108,9 @@ pom_template = """
 
   <build>
     <plugins>
-      <!-- clean lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#clean_Lifecycle -->
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.0</version>
-      </plugin>
-      <!-- default lifecycle, jar packaging: see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging -->
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.2</version>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.8.0</version>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.2</version>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5.2</version>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2</version>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.4</version>
         <configuration>
           <descriptorRefs>
             <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
@@ -171,22 +130,12 @@ pom_template = """
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <!-- site lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#site_Lifecycle -->
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.7.1</version>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.0.0</version>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.22.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <dependenciesToScan>
-            <dependency>ml.dmlc:xgboost4j_2.12</dependency>
+            <dependency>ml.dmlc:xgboost4j_${{scala.binary.version}}</dependency>
           </dependenciesToScan>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-tester/src/test/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/tester/AppTest.java b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-tester/src/test/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/tester/AppTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2df693748..000000000
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j-tester/src/test/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/tester/AppTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.tester;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-/**
- * Unit test for simple App.
- */
-public class AppTest 
-{
-    /**
-     * Rigorous Test :-)
-     */
-    @Test
-    public void shouldAnswerWithTrue()
-    {
-        assertTrue( true );
-    }
-}
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/pom.xml b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/pom.xml
index 17ed66a12..4352aab12 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/pom.xml
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/pom.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <groupId>ml.dmlc</groupId>
-        <artifactId>xgboost-jvm_2.12</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>xgboost-jvm</artifactId>
         <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
-    <artifactId>xgboost4j_2.12</artifactId>
+    <name>xgboost4j</name>
+    <artifactId>xgboost4j_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
     <version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
@@ -28,13 +29,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.13.2</version>
+            <version>${junit.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
           <artifactId>scalatest_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-          <version>3.2.16</version>
+          <version>${scalatest.version}</version>
           <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/EvalTrait.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/EvalTrait.scala
index 587ace352..fe17804fd 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/EvalTrait.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/EvalTrait.scala
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ trait EvalTrait extends IEvaluation {
    */
   def eval(predicts: Array[Array[Float]], dmat: DMatrix): Float
 
-  private[scala] def eval(predicts: Array[Array[Float]], jdmat: java.DMatrix): Float = {
+  def eval(predicts: Array[Array[Float]], jdmat: java.DMatrix): Float = {
     require(predicts.length == jdmat.getLabel.length, "predicts size and label size must match " +
       s" predicts size: ${predicts.length}, label size: ${jdmat.getLabel.length}")
     eval(predicts, new DMatrix(jdmat))
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/ObjectiveTrait.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/ObjectiveTrait.scala
index 24e603762..de218f0c5 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/ObjectiveTrait.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/ObjectiveTrait.scala
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ trait ObjectiveTrait extends IObjective {
    */
   def getGradient(predicts: Array[Array[Float]], dtrain: DMatrix): List[Array[Float]]
 
-  private[scala] def getGradient(predicts: Array[Array[Float]], dtrain: JDMatrix):
+  def getGradient(predicts: Array[Array[Float]], dtrain: JDMatrix):
     java.util.List[Array[Float]] = {
     getGradient(predicts, new DMatrix(dtrain)).asJava
   }
diff --git a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/XGBoost.scala b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/XGBoost.scala
index 90d06c343..50d86c893 100644
--- a/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/XGBoost.scala
+++ b/jvm-packages/xgboost4j/src/main/scala/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/scala/XGBoost.scala
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@
 package ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.scala
 
 import java.io.InputStream
+import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.java.{XGBoostError, XGBoost => JXGBoost}
 
-import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.java.{XGBoostError, Booster => JBooster, XGBoost => JXGBoost}
-import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
-
+import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration
-import org.apache.hadoop.fs.{FileSystem, Path}
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
 
 /**
   * XGBoost Scala Training function.
@@ -40,7 +39,12 @@ object XGBoost {
       earlyStoppingRound: Int = 0,
       prevBooster: Booster,
       checkpointParams: Option[ExternalCheckpointParams]): Booster = {
-    val jWatches = watches.mapValues(_.jDMatrix).asJava
+
+    // we have to filter null value for customized obj and eval
+    val jParams: java.util.Map[String, AnyRef] =
+      params.filter(_._2 != null).mapValues(_.toString.asInstanceOf[AnyRef]).toMap.asJava
+
+    val jWatches = watches.mapValues(_.jDMatrix).toMap.asJava
     val jBooster = if (prevBooster == null) {
       null
     } else {
@@ -51,8 +55,7 @@ object XGBoost {
       map(cp => {
           JXGBoost.trainAndSaveCheckpoint(
             dtrain.jDMatrix,
-            // we have to filter null value for customized obj and eval
-            params.filter(_._2 != null).mapValues(_.toString.asInstanceOf[AnyRef]).asJava,
+            jParams,
             numRounds, jWatches, metrics, obj, eval, earlyStoppingRound, jBooster,
             cp.checkpointInterval,
             cp.checkpointPath,
@@ -61,8 +64,7 @@ object XGBoost {
       getOrElse(
         JXGBoost.train(
           dtrain.jDMatrix,
-          // we have to filter null value for customized obj and eval
-          params.filter(_._2 != null).mapValues(_.toString.asInstanceOf[AnyRef]).asJava,
+          jParams,
           numRounds, jWatches, metrics, obj, eval, earlyStoppingRound, jBooster)
       )
     if (prevBooster == null) {
diff --git a/tests/buildkite/build-jvm-packages.sh b/tests/buildkite/build-jvm-packages.sh
index 1de43bbd0..33cfffe71 100755
--- a/tests/buildkite/build-jvm-packages.sh
+++ b/tests/buildkite/build-jvm-packages.sh
@@ -4,11 +4,18 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 source tests/buildkite/conftest.sh
 
-echo "--- Build XGBoost JVM packages"
+echo "--- Build XGBoost JVM packages scala 2.12"
 tests/ci_build/ci_build.sh jvm docker tests/ci_build/build_jvm_packages.sh \
   ${SPARK_VERSION}
 
+
+echo "--- Build XGBoost JVM packages scala 2.13"
+
+tests/ci_build/ci_build.sh jvm docker tests/ci_build/build_jvm_packages.sh \
+  ${SPARK_VERSION} "" "" "true"
+
 echo "--- Stash XGBoost4J JARs"
 buildkite-agent artifact upload "jvm-packages/xgboost4j/target/*.jar"
 buildkite-agent artifact upload "jvm-packages/xgboost4j-spark/target/*.jar"
+buildkite-agent artifact upload "jvm-packages/xgboost4j-flink/target/*.jar"
 buildkite-agent artifact upload "jvm-packages/xgboost4j-example/target/*.jar"
diff --git a/tests/buildkite/conftest.sh b/tests/buildkite/conftest.sh
index cf9270c11..957dd443c 100755
--- a/tests/buildkite/conftest.sh
+++ b/tests/buildkite/conftest.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ set -x
 CUDA_VERSION=11.8.0
 NCCL_VERSION=2.16.5-1
 RAPIDS_VERSION=23.02
-SPARK_VERSION=3.1.1
+SPARK_VERSION=3.4.0
 JDK_VERSION=8
 
 if [[ -z ${BUILDKITE:-} ]]
diff --git a/tests/ci_build/Dockerfile.jvm_cross b/tests/ci_build/Dockerfile.jvm_cross
index 6d9c5c57f..fdfae310a 100644
--- a/tests/ci_build/Dockerfile.jvm_cross
+++ b/tests/ci_build/Dockerfile.jvm_cross
@@ -20,10 +20,14 @@ RUN \
     wget -nv https://archive.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/3.6.1/binaries/apache-maven-3.6.1-bin.tar.gz && \
     tar xvf apache-maven-3.6.1-bin.tar.gz -C /opt && \
     ln -s /opt/apache-maven-3.6.1/ /opt/maven && \
-    # Spark
-    wget -nv https://archive.apache.org/dist/spark/spark-$SPARK_VERSION/spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-hadoop2.7.tgz && \
-    tar xvf spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-hadoop2.7.tgz -C /opt && \
-    ln -s /opt/spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-hadoop2.7 /opt/spark
+    # Spark with scala 2.12
+    mkdir -p /opt/spark-scala-2.12 && \
+    wget -nv https://archive.apache.org/dist/spark/spark-$SPARK_VERSION/spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-hadoop3.tgz && \
+    tar xvf spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-hadoop3.tgz --strip-components=1 -C /opt/spark-scala-2.12 && \
+    # Spark with scala 2.13
+    mkdir -p /opt/spark-scala-2.13 && \
+    wget -nv https://archive.apache.org/dist/spark/spark-$SPARK_VERSION/spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-hadoop3-scala2.13.tgz && \
+    tar xvf spark-$SPARK_VERSION-bin-hadoop3-scala2.13.tgz --strip-components=1 -C /opt/spark-scala-2.13
 
 ENV PATH=/opt/mambaforge/bin:/opt/spark/bin:/opt/maven/bin:$PATH
 
diff --git a/tests/ci_build/build_jvm_packages.sh b/tests/ci_build/build_jvm_packages.sh
index 241fc445f..5797a1f61 100755
--- a/tests/ci_build/build_jvm_packages.sh
+++ b/tests/ci_build/build_jvm_packages.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set -x
 spark_version=$1
 use_cuda=$2
 gpu_arch=$3
+use_scala213=$4
 
 gpu_options=""
 if [ "x$use_cuda" == "x-Duse.cuda=ON" ]; then
@@ -22,7 +23,13 @@ export RABIT_MOCK=ON
 if [ "x$gpu_arch" != "x" ]; then
   export GPU_ARCH_FLAG=$gpu_arch
 fi
-mvn --no-transfer-progress package -Dspark.version=${spark_version} $gpu_options
+
+mvn_profile_string=""
+if [ "x$use_scala213" != "x" ]; then
+  export mvn_profile_string="-Pdefault,scala-2.13"
+fi
+
+mvn --no-transfer-progress package $mvn_profile_string -Dspark.version=${spark_version} $gpu_options
 
 set +x
 set +e
diff --git a/tests/ci_build/test_jvm_cross.sh b/tests/ci_build/test_jvm_cross.sh
index 378846d65..18265cf01 100755
--- a/tests/ci_build/test_jvm_cross.sh
+++ b/tests/ci_build/test_jvm_cross.sh
@@ -6,37 +6,56 @@ set -x
 # Initialize local Maven repository
 ./tests/ci_build/initialize_maven.sh
 
-# Get version number of XGBoost4J and other auxiliary information
 cd jvm-packages
+jvm_packages_dir=`pwd`
+# Get version number of XGBoost4J and other auxiliary information
 xgboost4j_version=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)
 maven_compiler_source=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=maven.compiler.source -q -DforceStdout)
 maven_compiler_target=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=maven.compiler.target -q -DforceStdout)
 spark_version=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=spark.version -q -DforceStdout)
-scala_version=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=scala.version -q -DforceStdout)
-scala_binary_version=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=scala.binary.version -q -DforceStdout)
 
-# Install XGBoost4J JAR into local Maven repository
-mvn --no-transfer-progress install:install-file -Dfile=./xgboost4j/target/xgboost4j_${scala_binary_version}-${xgboost4j_version}.jar -DgroupId=ml.dmlc -DartifactId=xgboost4j_${scala_binary_version} -Dversion=${xgboost4j_version} -Dpackaging=jar
-mvn --no-transfer-progress install:install-file -Dfile=./xgboost4j/target/xgboost4j_${scala_binary_version}-${xgboost4j_version}-tests.jar -DgroupId=ml.dmlc -DartifactId=xgboost4j_${scala_binary_version} -Dversion=${xgboost4j_version} -Dpackaging=test-jar -Dclassifier=tests
-mvn --no-transfer-progress install:install-file -Dfile=./xgboost4j-spark/target/xgboost4j-spark_${scala_binary_version}-${xgboost4j_version}.jar -DgroupId=ml.dmlc -DartifactId=xgboost4j-spark_${scala_binary_version} -Dversion=${xgboost4j_version} -Dpackaging=jar
-mvn --no-transfer-progress install:install-file -Dfile=./xgboost4j-example/target/xgboost4j-example_${scala_binary_version}-${xgboost4j_version}.jar -DgroupId=ml.dmlc -DartifactId=xgboost4j-example_${scala_binary_version} -Dversion=${xgboost4j_version} -Dpackaging=jar
-
-cd xgboost4j-tester
-# Generate pom.xml for XGBoost4J-tester, a dummy project to run XGBoost4J tests
-python3 ./generate_pom.py ${xgboost4j_version} ${maven_compiler_source} ${maven_compiler_target} ${spark_version} ${scala_version} ${scala_binary_version}
-# Run unit tests with XGBoost4J
-mvn --no-transfer-progress package
-
-# Run integration tests with XGBoost4J
-java -jar ./target/xgboost4j-tester_${scala_binary_version}-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar
-
-# Run integration tests with XGBoost4J-Spark
-if [ ! -z "$RUN_INTEGRATION_TEST" ]
-then
+if [ ! -z "$RUN_INTEGRATION_TEST" ]; then
+  cd $jvm_packages_dir/xgboost4j-tester
   python3 get_iris.py
-  spark-submit --class ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.scala.example.spark.SparkTraining --master 'local[8]' ./target/xgboost4j-tester_${scala_binary_version}-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar ${PWD}/iris.csv
-  spark-submit --class ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.scala.example.spark.SparkMLlibPipeline --master 'local[8]' ./target/xgboost4j-tester_${scala_binary_version}-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar ${PWD}/iris.csv ${PWD}/native_model ${PWD}/pipeline_model
+  cd $jvm_packages_dir
 fi
 
+# including maven profiles for different scala versions: 2.12 is the default at the moment.
+for _maven_profile_string in "" "-Pdefault,scala-2.13"; do
+  scala_version=$(mvn help:evaluate $_maven_profile_string -Dexpression=scala.version -q -DforceStdout)
+  scala_binary_version=$(mvn help:evaluate $_maven_profile_string -Dexpression=scala.binary.version -q -DforceStdout)
+
+  # Install XGBoost4J JAR into local Maven repository
+  mvn --no-transfer-progress install:install-file -Dfile=./xgboost4j/target/xgboost4j_${scala_binary_version}-${xgboost4j_version}.jar -DgroupId=ml.dmlc -DartifactId=xgboost4j_${scala_binary_version} -Dversion=${xgboost4j_version} -Dpackaging=jar
+  mvn --no-transfer-progress install:install-file -Dfile=./xgboost4j/target/xgboost4j_${scala_binary_version}-${xgboost4j_version}-tests.jar -DgroupId=ml.dmlc -DartifactId=xgboost4j_${scala_binary_version} -Dversion=${xgboost4j_version} -Dpackaging=test-jar -Dclassifier=tests
+  mvn --no-transfer-progress install:install-file -Dfile=./xgboost4j-spark/target/xgboost4j-spark_${scala_binary_version}-${xgboost4j_version}.jar -DgroupId=ml.dmlc -DartifactId=xgboost4j-spark_${scala_binary_version} -Dversion=${xgboost4j_version} -Dpackaging=jar
+  mvn --no-transfer-progress install:install-file -Dfile=./xgboost4j-example/target/xgboost4j-example_${scala_binary_version}-${xgboost4j_version}.jar -DgroupId=ml.dmlc -DartifactId=xgboost4j-example_${scala_binary_version} -Dversion=${xgboost4j_version} -Dpackaging=jar
+
+  cd xgboost4j-tester
+  # Generate pom.xml for XGBoost4J-tester, a dummy project to run XGBoost4J tests
+  python3 ./generate_pom.py ${xgboost4j_version} ${maven_compiler_source} ${maven_compiler_target} ${spark_version} ${scala_version} ${scala_binary_version}
+  # Build package and unit tests with XGBoost4J
+  mvn --no-transfer-progress clean package
+  xgboost4j_tester_jar="$jvm_packages_dir/xgboost4j-tester/target/xgboost4j-tester_${scala_binary_version}-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar"
+  # Run integration tests with XGBoost4J
+  java -jar $xgboost4j_tester_jar
+
+  # Run integration tests with XGBoost4J-Spark
+  if [ ! -z "$RUN_INTEGRATION_TEST" ]; then
+    # Changing directory so that we do not mix code and resulting files
+    cd target
+    if [[ "$scala_binary_version" == "2.12" ]]; then
+       /opt/spark-scala-2.12/bin/spark-submit --class ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.scala.example.spark.SparkTraining --master 'local[8]' ${xgboost4j_tester_jar} $jvm_packages_dir/xgboost4j-tester/iris.csv
+       /opt/spark-scala-2.12/bin/spark-submit --class ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.scala.example.spark.SparkMLlibPipeline --master 'local[8]' ${xgboost4j_tester_jar} $jvm_packages_dir/xgboost4j-tester/iris.csv ${PWD}/native_model-${scala_version} ${PWD}/pipeline_model-${scala_version}
+    elif [[ "$scala_binary_version" == "2.13" ]]; then
+      /opt/spark-scala-2.13/bin/spark-submit --class ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.scala.example.spark.SparkTraining --master 'local[8]' ${xgboost4j_tester_jar} $jvm_packages_dir/xgboost4j-tester/iris.csv
+      /opt/spark-scala-2.13/bin/spark-submit --class ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.scala.example.spark.SparkMLlibPipeline --master 'local[8]' ${xgboost4j_tester_jar} $jvm_packages_dir/xgboost4j-tester/iris.csv ${PWD}/native_model-${scala_version} ${PWD}/pipeline_model-${scala_version}
+    else
+      echo "Unexpected scala version: $scala_version ($scala_binary_version)."
+    fi
+  fi
+  cd $jvm_packages_dir
+done
+
 set +x
 set +e