diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index b0e946c543cb3..a61436c5d2e68 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ install:
   - cmd: R -e "packageVersion('knitr'); packageVersion('rmarkdown'); packageVersion('testthat'); packageVersion('e1071'); packageVersion('survival')"
 
 build_script:
-  - cmd: mvn -DskipTests -Psparkr -Phive package
+  # '-Djna.nosys=true' is required to avoid kernel32.dll load failure.
+  # See SPARK-28759.
+  - cmd: mvn -DskipTests -Psparkr -Phive -Djna.nosys=true package
 
 environment:
   NOT_CRAN: true
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0288c6f97d49a..6544b502af063 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2295,7 +2295,7 @@
         <plugin>
           <groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
           <artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.4.4</version>
+          <version>4.2.0</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <id>eclipse-add-source</id>