diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/MsSqlServerDialect.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/MsSqlServerDialect.scala
index f78022a950217..f28932ba6fb26 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/MsSqlServerDialect.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/MsSqlServerDialect.scala
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ private object MsSqlServerDialect extends JdbcDialect {
   }
 
   override def getJDBCType(dt: DataType): Option[JdbcType] = dt match {
-    case TimestampType => Some(JdbcType("DATETIME", java.sql.Types.TIMESTAMP))
+    case TimestampType => Some(JdbcType("DATETIME2", java.sql.Types.TIMESTAMP))
     case StringType => Some(JdbcType("NVARCHAR(MAX)", java.sql.Types.NVARCHAR))
     case BooleanType => Some(JdbcType("BIT", java.sql.Types.BIT))
     case BinaryType => Some(JdbcType("VARBINARY(MAX)", java.sql.Types.VARBINARY))
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
index 5865ff245aa39..7dbf2c98522f0 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ class JDBCSuite extends QueryTest
   test("MsSqlServerDialect jdbc type mapping") {
     val msSqlServerDialect = JdbcDialects.get("jdbc:sqlserver")
     assert(msSqlServerDialect.getJDBCType(TimestampType).map(_.databaseTypeDefinition).get ==
-      "DATETIME")
+      "DATETIME2")
     assert(msSqlServerDialect.getJDBCType(StringType).map(_.databaseTypeDefinition).get ==
       "NVARCHAR(MAX)")
     assert(msSqlServerDialect.getJDBCType(BooleanType).map(_.databaseTypeDefinition).get ==