diff --git a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/IsolatedClientLoader.scala b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/IsolatedClientLoader.scala
index 2f34f69b5cf4..6a90c44a2633 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/IsolatedClientLoader.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/client/IsolatedClientLoader.scala
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ private[hive] class IsolatedClientLoader(
     name.startsWith("org.slf4j") ||
     name.startsWith("org.apache.log4j") || // log4j1.x
     name.startsWith("org.apache.logging.log4j") || // log4j2
+    name.startsWith("org.apache.derby.") ||
     name.startsWith("org.apache.spark.") ||
     (sharesHadoopClasses && isHadoopClass) ||
     name.startsWith("scala.") ||
diff --git a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalogSuite.scala b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalogSuite.scala
index 0a522b6a11c8..1de258f06094 100644
--- a/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalogSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/hive/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/HiveExternalCatalogSuite.scala
@@ -113,4 +113,10 @@ class HiveExternalCatalogSuite extends ExternalCatalogSuite {
     catalog.createDatabase(newDb("dbWithNullDesc").copy(description = null), ignoreIfExists = false)
     assert(catalog.getDatabase("dbWithNullDesc").description == "")
   }
+
+  test("SPARK-23831: Add org.apache.derby to IsolatedClientLoader") {
+    val client1 = HiveUtils.newClientForMetadata(new SparkConf, new Configuration)
+    val client2 = HiveUtils.newClientForMetadata(new SparkConf, new Configuration)
+    assert(!client1.equals(client2))
+  }
 }