diff --git a/jenkins/spark-nightly-build.sh b/jenkins/spark-nightly-build.sh
index 9ef541571031..c83856d3ff82 100755
--- a/jenkins/spark-nightly-build.sh
+++ b/jenkins/spark-nightly-build.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ set -ex
 ## export 'M2DIR' so that shims can get the correct Spark dependency info
 export M2DIR="$WORKSPACE/.m2"
 
+## maven options for building, e.g. '-Dspark-rapids-jni.version=xxx' to specify spark-rapids-jni dependency's version.
+MVN_OPT=${MVN_OPT:-''}
+
 TOOL_PL=${TOOL_PL:-"tools"}
 DIST_PL="dist"
 function mvnEval {
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ function distWithReducedPom {
             ;;
     esac
 
-    mvn -B $mvnCmd $MVN_URM_MIRROR \
+    mvn $MVN_OPT -B $mvnCmd $MVN_URM_MIRROR \
         -Dcuda.version=$CUDA_CLASSIFIER \
         -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR \
         -Dfile="${DIST_FPATH}.jar" \
@@ -76,9 +79,9 @@ function distWithReducedPom {
 }
 
 # build the Spark 2.x explain jar
-mvn -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR -Dbuildver=24X clean install -DskipTests
+mvn $MVN_OPT -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR -Dbuildver=24X clean install -DskipTests
 [[ $SKIP_DEPLOY != 'true' ]] && \
-    mvn -B deploy $MVN_URM_MIRROR \
+    mvn $MVN_OPT -B deploy $MVN_URM_MIRROR \
         -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR \
         -DskipTests \
         -Dbuildver=24X
@@ -91,20 +94,20 @@ mvn -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR -Dbuildver=24X clean install -D
 for buildver in "${SPARK_SHIM_VERSIONS[@]:1}"; do
     # temporarily skip tests on Spark 3.3.0 - https://github.com/NVIDIA/spark-rapids/issues/4031
     [[ $buildver == "330" ]] && skipTestsFor330=true || skipTestsFor330=false
-    mvn -U -B clean install -pl '!tools' $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR \
+    mvn $MVN_OPT -U -B clean install -pl '!tools' $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR \
         -Dcuda.version=$CUDA_CLASSIFIER \
         -Dbuildver="${buildver}" \
         -DskipTests="${skipTestsFor330}"
     distWithReducedPom "install"
     [[ $SKIP_DEPLOY != 'true' ]] && \
-        mvn -B deploy -pl '!tools,!dist' $MVN_URM_MIRROR \
+        mvn $MVN_OPT -B deploy -pl '!tools,!dist' $MVN_URM_MIRROR \
             -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR \
             -Dcuda.version=$CUDA_CLASSIFIER \
             -DskipTests \
             -Dbuildver="${buildver}"
 done
 
-mvn -B clean install -pl '!tools' \
+mvn $MVN_OPT -B clean install -pl '!tools' \
     $DIST_PROFILE_OPT \
     -Dbuildver=$SPARK_BASE_SHIM_VERSION \
     $MVN_URM_MIRROR \
@@ -118,7 +121,7 @@ if [[ $SKIP_DEPLOY != 'true' ]]; then
     distWithReducedPom "deploy"
 
     # this deploy includes 'tools' that is unconditionally built with Spark 3.1.1
-    mvn -B deploy -pl '!dist' \
+    mvn $MVN_OPT -B deploy -pl '!dist' \
         -Dbuildver=$SPARK_BASE_SHIM_VERSION \
         $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Dmaven.repo.local=$M2DIR \
         -Dcuda.version=$CUDA_CLASSIFIER \
diff --git a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/Plugin.scala b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/Plugin.scala
index 21d8eb41f575..345702890e5c 100644
--- a/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/Plugin.scala
+++ b/sql-plugin/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/Plugin.scala
@@ -313,11 +313,18 @@ object RapidsExecutorPlugin {
    * patch version then the actual patch version must be greater than or equal.
    * For example, version 7.1 is not satisfied by version 7.2, but version 7.1 is satisfied by
    * version 7.1.1.
+   * If the expected cudf version is a specified 'timestamp-seq' one, then it is satisfied by
+   * the SNAPSHOT version.
+   * For example, version 7.1-yyyymmdd.hhmmss-seq is satisfied by version 7.1-SNAPSHOT.
    */
   def cudfVersionSatisfied(expected: String, actual: String): Boolean = {
     val expHyphen = if (expected.indexOf('-') >= 0) expected.indexOf('-') else expected.length
     val actHyphen = if (actual.indexOf('-') >= 0) actual.indexOf('-') else actual.length
-    if (actual.substring(actHyphen) != expected.substring(expHyphen)) return false
+    if (actual.substring(actHyphen) != expected.substring(expHyphen) &&
+      !(actual.substring(actHyphen) == "-SNAPSHOT" &&
+        expected.substring(expHyphen).matches("-([0-9]{8}).([0-9]{6})-([1-9][0-9]*)"))) {
+      return false
+    }
 
     val (expMajorMinor, expPatch) = expected.substring(0, expHyphen).split('.').splitAt(2)
     val (actMajorMinor, actPatch) = actual.substring(0, actHyphen).split('.').splitAt(2)