diff --git a/dist/pom.xml b/dist/pom.xml
index 7b2dd97f418..1c7b0505917 100644
--- a/dist/pom.xml
+++ b/dist/pom.xml
@@ -179,23 +179,6 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>if_modified_files</id>
-            <phase>verify</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>exec</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <configuration>
-              <executable>bash</executable>
-              <commandlineArgs>-c 'export MODIFIED=$(git status --porcelain | grep "^ M"); [[ -z $MODIFIED ]] &amp;&amp; exit 0 || { echo -e "found modified files during mvn verify:\n$MODIFIED"; exit 1;}'</commandlineArgs>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
         <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -208,4 +191,35 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>pre-merge</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+            <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>if_modified_files</id>
+                <phase>verify</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>exec</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <executable>bash</executable>
+                  <commandlineArgs>-c 'export MODIFIED=$(git status --porcelain | grep "^ M"); [[ -z $MODIFIED ]] &amp;&amp; exit 0 || { echo -e "found modified files during mvn verify:\n$MODIFIED"; exit 1;}'</commandlineArgs>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/jenkins/spark-premerge-build.sh b/jenkins/spark-premerge-build.sh
index 456376149b9..9e66b97c770 100755
--- a/jenkins/spark-premerge-build.sh
+++ b/jenkins/spark-premerge-build.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export PATH="$SPARK_HOME/bin:$SPARK_HOME/sbin:$PATH"
 tar zxf $SPARK_HOME.tgz -C $ARTF_ROOT && \
     rm -f $SPARK_HOME.tgz
 
-mvn -U -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR '-P!snapshot-shims' clean verify -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS='' -Dpytest.TEST_TYPE="pre-commit" -Dpytest.TEST_PARALLEL=4
+mvn -U -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR '-P!snapshot-shims,pre-merge' clean verify -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS='' -Dpytest.TEST_TYPE="pre-commit" -Dpytest.TEST_PARALLEL=4
 # Run the unit tests for other Spark versions but dont run full python integration tests
 env -u SPARK_HOME mvn -U -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Pspark301tests,snapshot-shims test -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS=''
 env -u SPARK_HOME mvn -U -B $MVN_URM_MIRROR -Pspark311tests,snapshot-shims test -Dpytest.TEST_TAGS=''
diff --git a/tests/README.md b/tests/README.md
index 6a302349c55..06d090b21af 100644
--- a/tests/README.md
+++ b/tests/README.md
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Apache Spark specific configurations can be passed in by setting the `SPARK_CONF
 variable.
 
 Examples: 
-- To run tests against Apache Spark 3.1.0, 
+- To run tests against Apache Spark 3.1.1, 
  `mvn -P spark311tests test` 
 - To pass Apache Spark configs `--conf spark.dynamicAllocation.enabled=false --conf spark.task.cpus=1` do something like.
  `SPARK_CONF="spark.dynamicAllocation.enabled=false,spark.task.cpus=1" mvn ...`