diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index ebc178a10541a..a333bff28c246 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
                             <exportAntProperties>true</exportAntProperties>
-                            <tasks>
+                            <target>
                                 <property name="spark.classpath" refid="maven.test.classpath" />
                                 <property environment="env" />
                                 <fail message="Please set the SCALA_HOME (or SCALA_LIBRARY_PATH if scala is on the path) environment variables and retry.">
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
                                         </not>
                                     </condition>
                                 </fail>
-                            </tasks>
+                            </target>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
diff --git a/repl/pom.xml b/repl/pom.xml
index 73597f635b9e0..4c5f9720c802a 100644
--- a/repl/pom.xml
+++ b/repl/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <exportAntProperties>true</exportAntProperties>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <property name="spark.classpath" refid="maven.test.classpath" />
                 <property environment="env" />
                 <fail message="Please set the SCALA_HOME (or SCALA_LIBRARY_PATH if scala is on the path) environment variables and retry.">
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
                     </not>
                   </condition>
                 </fail>
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>
diff --git a/yarn/pom.xml b/yarn/pom.xml
index e7eba36ba351b..c0e133dd603b1 100644
--- a/yarn/pom.xml
+++ b/yarn/pom.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
             </goals>
             <configuration>
               <exportAntProperties>true</exportAntProperties>
-              <tasks>
+              <target>
                 <property name="spark.classpath" refid="maven.test.classpath" />
                 <property environment="env" />
                 <fail message="Please set the SCALA_HOME (or SCALA_LIBRARY_PATH if scala is on the path) environment variables and retry.">  
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
                     </not>
                   </condition>
                 </fail>
-              </tasks>
+              </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
         </executions>