diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 49da6ed..09fa802 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install python packages
         run: |
           pip install joblib==${{ matrix.JOBLIB_VERSION }} scikit-learn>=0.23.1 pytest pylint "pyspark[connect]==${{ matrix.PYSPARK_VERSION }}" pandas
-      - name: Run pylint
-        run: |
-          ./run-pylint.sh
       - name: Run test suites
         run: |
           TEST_SPARK_CONNECT=${{ matrix.SPARK_CONNECT_MODE }} PYSPARK_VERSION=${{ matrix.PYSPARK_VERSION }} ./run-tests.sh
+      - name: Run pylint
+        run: |
+          ./run-pylint.sh
diff --git a/joblibspark/backend.py b/joblibspark/backend.py
index c3ea2ec..61583f5 100644
--- a/joblibspark/backend.py
+++ b/joblibspark/backend.py
@@ -153,8 +153,15 @@ def _create_resource_profile(self,
         if self._support_stage_scheduling:
             self.using_stage_scheduling = True
 
-            default_cpus_per_task = int(self._spark.conf.get("spark.task.cpus", "1"))
-            default_gpus_per_task = int(self._spark.conf.get("spark.task.resource.gpu.amount", "0"))
+            if is_spark_connect_mode():
+                # In Spark Connect mode, we can't read Spark cluster configures.
+                default_cpus_per_task = 1
+                default_gpus_per_task = 0
+            else:
+                default_cpus_per_task = int(self._spark.conf.get("spark.task.cpus", "1"))
+                default_gpus_per_task = int(
+                    self._spark.conf.get("spark.task.resource.gpu.amount", "0")
+                )
             num_cpus_per_spark_task = num_cpus_per_spark_task or default_cpus_per_task
             num_gpus_per_spark_task = num_gpus_per_spark_task or default_gpus_per_task
 
@@ -331,17 +338,14 @@ def mapper_fn(_):
             return cloudpickle.loads(ser_res)
 
         try:
-            # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module,import-outside-toplevel
-            from pyspark import inheritable_thread_target
-
             if Version(pyspark.__version__).major >= 4 and is_spark_connect_mode():
                 # pylint: disable=fixme
                 # TODO: remove this patch once Spark 4.0.0 is released.
                 #  the patch is for propagating the Spark session to current thread.
-                def patched_inheritable_thread_target(f):  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-                    import functools
-                    import copy
-                    from typing import Any
+                def inheritable_thread_target(f):  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
+                    import functools  # pylint: disable=C0415
+                    import copy  # pylint: disable=C0415
+                    from typing import Any  # pylint: disable=C0415
 
                     session = f
                     assert session is not None, "Spark Connect session must be provided."
@@ -359,6 +363,7 @@ def outer(ff: Any) -> Any:  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
                         @functools.wraps(ff)
                         def inner(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
                             # Propagates the active spark session to the current thread
+                            # pylint: disable=C0415
                             from pyspark.sql.connect.session import SparkSession as SCS
 
                             # pylint: disable=protected-access,no-member
@@ -374,7 +379,10 @@ def inner(*args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
 
                     return outer
 
-                inheritable_thread_target = patched_inheritable_thread_target(self._spark)
+                inheritable_thread_target = inheritable_thread_target(self._spark)
+            else:
+                # pylint: disable=no-name-in-module
+                from pyspark import inheritable_thread_target  # pylint: disable=C0415
 
             run_on_worker_and_fetch_result = \
                 inheritable_thread_target(run_on_worker_and_fetch_result)
diff --git a/test/test_spark.py b/test/test_spark.py
index e871b45..6a776c9 100644
--- a/test/test_spark.py
+++ b/test/test_spark.py
@@ -203,8 +203,12 @@ def get_spark_context(x):
             assert len(taskcontext.resources().get("gpu").addresses) == 1
             return TaskContext.get()
 
-        with parallel_backend('spark') as (ba, _):
-            Parallel(n_jobs=5)(delayed(get_spark_context)(i) for i in range(10))
+        if is_spark_connect_mode:
+            with parallel_backend('spark', num_gpus_per_spark_task=1) as (ba, _):
+                Parallel(n_jobs=5)(delayed(get_spark_context)(i) for i in range(10))
+        else:
+            with parallel_backend('spark') as (ba, _):
+                Parallel(n_jobs=5)(delayed(get_spark_context)(i) for i in range(10))
 
     def test_customized_resource_group(self):
         def get_spark_context(x):