diff --git a/gobblin-temporal/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/temporal/yarn/YarnService.java b/gobblin-temporal/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/temporal/yarn/YarnService.java
index 026bfda1379..994eedb6ea8 100644
--- a/gobblin-temporal/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/temporal/yarn/YarnService.java
+++ b/gobblin-temporal/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/temporal/yarn/YarnService.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -547,13 +546,11 @@ private void addContainerLocalResources(Path destDir, Map<String, LocalResource>
 
     FileStatus[] statuses = this.fs.listStatus(destDir);
     if (statuses != null) {
-      Set<String> libJarNames = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(this.config.getString(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.YARN_APPLICATION_LIB_JAR_LIST).split(",")));
-      String containerJars = this.config.hasPath(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.CONTAINER_JARS_KEY) ?
-          this.config.getString(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.CONTAINER_JARS_KEY) : "";
+      Set<String> appLibJars = YarnHelixUtils.getAppLibJarList(this.config);
       for (FileStatus status : statuses) {
         String fileName = status.getPath().getName();
         // Ensure that we are only adding jars that were uploaded by the YarnAppLauncher for this application
-        if (fileName.contains(".jar") && !(libJarNames.contains(fileName) || containerJars.contains(fileName))) {
+        if (fileName.contains(".jar") && !appLibJars.contains(fileName)) {
           continue;
         }
         YarnHelixUtils.addFileAsLocalResource(this.fs, status.getPath(), LocalResourceType.FILE, resourceMap);
diff --git a/gobblin-yarn/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/yarn/YarnHelixUtils.java b/gobblin-yarn/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/yarn/YarnHelixUtils.java
index 4a74da44a53..d38ebe52ee1 100644
--- a/gobblin-yarn/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/yarn/YarnHelixUtils.java
+++ b/gobblin-yarn/src/main/java/org/apache/gobblin/yarn/YarnHelixUtils.java
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@
 
 import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 import com.typesafe.config.Config;
 
 import org.apache.gobblin.util.ConfigUtils;
@@ -237,6 +240,16 @@ public static boolean retainKLatestJarCachePaths(Path parentCachePath, int k, Fi
     return deletesSuccessful;
   }
 
+
+  public static Set<String> getAppLibJarList(Config config) {
+    Set<String> libAppJars = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(
+        ConfigUtils.getString(config, GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.YARN_APPLICATION_LIB_JAR_LIST, "").split(",")));
+    Set<String> containerJars = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(
+        ConfigUtils.getString(config, GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.CONTAINER_JARS_KEY, "").split(",")));
+    libAppJars.addAll(containerJars);
+    return Sets.filter(libAppJars, s -> !s.isEmpty());
+  }
+
   public static void addRemoteFilesToLocalResources(String hdfsFileList, Map<String, LocalResource> resourceMap, Configuration yarnConfiguration) throws IOException {
     for (String hdfsFilePath : SPLITTER.split(hdfsFileList)) {
       Path srcFilePath = new Path(hdfsFilePath);
diff --git a/gobblin-yarn/src/test/java/org/apache/gobblin/yarn/YarnHelixUtilsTest.java b/gobblin-yarn/src/test/java/org/apache/gobblin/yarn/YarnHelixUtilsTest.java
index c271258c1d4..009a403c00f 100644
--- a/gobblin-yarn/src/test/java/org/apache/gobblin/yarn/YarnHelixUtilsTest.java
+++ b/gobblin-yarn/src/test/java/org/apache/gobblin/yarn/YarnHelixUtilsTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.apache.gobblin.yarn;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
@@ -97,6 +98,40 @@ public void retainLatestKJarCachePaths() throws IOException {
     // Should be cleaned up
     Assert.assertFalse(fs.exists(new Path(this.tempDir, "tmp/2024-07")));
     Assert.assertFalse(fs.exists(new Path(this.tempDir, "tmp/2024-06")));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testGetJarListFromConfigs() {
+    // Test when container jars is empty
+    Config emptyContainerJarsList = ConfigFactory.empty()
+        .withValue(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.YARN_APPLICATION_LIB_JAR_LIST, ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef("a.jar,b.jar"))
+        .withValue(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.CONTAINER_JARS_KEY, ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef(""));
+
+    Set<String> jars = YarnHelixUtils.getAppLibJarList(emptyContainerJarsList);
+    Assert.assertEquals(2, jars.size());
+    Assert.assertTrue(jars.contains("a.jar"));
+    Assert.assertTrue(jars.contains("b.jar"));
+
+    // Test when yarn application lib jars is empty
+    Config emptyYarnAppLibJarsConfig = ConfigFactory.empty()
+        .withValue(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.YARN_APPLICATION_LIB_JAR_LIST, ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef(""))
+        .withValue(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.CONTAINER_JARS_KEY, ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef("c.jar,d.jar"));
+
+    jars = YarnHelixUtils.getAppLibJarList(emptyYarnAppLibJarsConfig);
+    Assert.assertEquals(2, jars.size());
+    Assert.assertTrue(jars.contains("c.jar"));
+    Assert.assertTrue(jars.contains("d.jar"));
+
+    // Test when both yarn application lib jars and container jars are not empty
+    Config config = ConfigFactory.empty()
+        .withValue(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.YARN_APPLICATION_LIB_JAR_LIST, ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef("a.jar,b.jar"))
+        .withValue(GobblinYarnConfigurationKeys.CONTAINER_JARS_KEY, ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef("c.jar,d.jar"));
+    jars = YarnHelixUtils.getAppLibJarList(config);
+    Assert.assertEquals(4, jars.size());
+    Assert.assertTrue(jars.contains("a.jar"));
+    Assert.assertTrue(jars.contains("b.jar"));
+    Assert.assertTrue(jars.contains("c.jar"));
+    Assert.assertTrue(jars.contains("d.jar"));
 
   }
 }
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