diff --git a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkSQLEngine.scala b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkSQLEngine.scala
index 6e7a3168a..e2cf3adf9 100644
--- a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkSQLEngine.scala
+++ b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkSQLEngine.scala
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 
 import org.apache.spark.{ui, SparkConf}
 import org.apache.spark.kyuubi.SparkSQLEngineListener
-import org.apache.spark.repl.Main
+import org.apache.spark.kyuubi.SparkUtilsHelper.getLocalDir
 import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
 
-import org.apache.kyuubi.{KyuubiException, Logging}
+import org.apache.kyuubi.{KyuubiException, Logging, Utils}
 import org.apache.kyuubi.Utils._
 import org.apache.kyuubi.config.KyuubiConf
 import org.apache.kyuubi.config.KyuubiConf._
@@ -78,13 +78,15 @@ object SparkSQLEngine extends Logging {
 
   def createSpark(): SparkSession = {
     val sparkConf = new SparkConf()
+    val rootDir = sparkConf.getOption("spark.repl.classdir").getOrElse(getLocalDir(sparkConf))
+    val outputDir = Utils.createTempDir(root = rootDir, namePrefix = "repl")
     sparkConf.setIfMissing("spark.sql.execution.topKSortFallbackThreshold", "10000")
     sparkConf.setIfMissing("spark.sql.legacy.castComplexTypesToString.enabled", "true")
     sparkConf.setIfMissing("spark.master", "local")
     sparkConf.setIfMissing("spark.ui.port", "0")
     // register the repl's output dir with the file server.
     // see also `spark.repl.classdir`
-    sparkConf.set("spark.repl.class.outputDir", Main.outputDir.getAbsolutePath)
+    sparkConf.set("spark.repl.class.outputDir", outputDir.toFile.getAbsolutePath)
     sparkConf.setIfMissing(
       "spark.hadoop.mapreduce.input.fileinputformat.list-status.num-threads",
       "20")
diff --git a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/repl/KyuubiSparkILoop.scala b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/repl/KyuubiSparkILoop.scala
index a0c6df58e..c5f25a834 100644
--- a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/repl/KyuubiSparkILoop.scala
+++ b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/repl/KyuubiSparkILoop.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import scala.tools.nsc.interpreter.IR
 import scala.tools.nsc.interpreter.JPrintWriter
 
 import org.apache.spark.SparkContext
-import org.apache.spark.repl.{Main, SparkILoop}
+import org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{DataFrame, SparkSession}
 import org.apache.spark.util.MutableURLClassLoader
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ private[spark] case class KyuubiSparkILoop private (
     val interpArguments = List(
       "-Yrepl-class-based",
       "-Yrepl-outdir",
-      s"${Main.outputDir.getAbsolutePath}")
+      s"${spark.sparkContext.getConf.get("spark.repl.class.outputDir")}")
     settings.processArguments(interpArguments, processAll = true)
     settings.usejavacp.value = true
     val currentClassLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader
diff --git a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/kyuubi/SparkUtilsHelper.scala b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/kyuubi/SparkUtilsHelper.scala
index 4af400221..e2f51e648 100644
--- a/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/kyuubi/SparkUtilsHelper.scala
+++ b/externals/kyuubi-spark-sql-engine/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/kyuubi/SparkUtilsHelper.scala
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.apache.spark.kyuubi
 
 import scala.util.matching.Regex
 
+import org.apache.spark.SparkConf
 import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
 
 import org.apache.kyuubi.Logging
@@ -35,4 +36,11 @@ object SparkUtilsHelper extends Logging {
   def redact(regex: Option[Regex], text: String): String = {
     Utils.redact(regex, text)
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the path of a temporary directory.
+   */
+  def getLocalDir(conf: SparkConf): String = {
+    Utils.getLocalDir(conf)
+  }
 }