diff --git a/tests/script/unique/dnode/balance1.sim b/tests/script/unique/dnode/balance1.sim
index 555ca3cd6b70df28e4a76b5db4fe2d77bd6e1f23..493f712c57c37679a20656dcd1ab38e4c8221c69 100644
--- a/tests/script/unique/dnode/balance1.sim
+++ b/tests/script/unique/dnode/balance1.sim
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ endi
 
 system sh/exec_up.sh -n dnode3 -s stop -x SIGINT
 
+sql reset query cache
+sleep 1000
+
 print ========== step10
 sql select * from d1.t1 order by t desc
 print $data01 $data11 $data21 $data31 $data41