diff --git a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/submit/Client.scala b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/submit/Client.scala
index bfb0bc3ffb0f3..a8029a28009c2 100644
--- a/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/submit/Client.scala
+++ b/resource-managers/kubernetes/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/kubernetes/submit/Client.scala
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ private[spark] class Client(
           .addToAnnotations(parsedCustomAnnotations.asJava)
           .endMetadata()
         .withNewSpec()
+          .withRestartPolicy("Never")
           .addToContainers(driverContainer)
           .endSpec()