diff --git a/common/utils/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/IvyTestUtils.scala b/common/utils/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/IvyTestUtils.scala
index 545693665e61..50312646bdb7 100644
--- a/common/utils/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/IvyTestUtils.scala
+++ b/common/utils/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/IvyTestUtils.scala
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ private[spark] object IvyTestUtils {
       val inside = deps.map(ivyArtifactWriter).mkString("\n")
       "\n  <dependencies>\n" + inside + "\n  </dependencies>"
     }.getOrElse("")
+    content += "\n</ivy-module>"
     writeFile(dir, "ivy.xml", content.trim)
   }
 
diff --git a/dev/sparktestsupport/modules.py b/dev/sparktestsupport/modules.py
index 8aa938216372..c8981c779ca2 100644
--- a/dev/sparktestsupport/modules.py
+++ b/dev/sparktestsupport/modules.py
@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ def __hash__(self):
     source_file_regexes=[
         "common/utils/",
     ],
+    sbt_test_goals=[
+        "common-utils/test",
+    ],
 )
 
 kvstore = Module(