diff --git a/tests/pytest/update/merge_commit_data2.py b/tests/pytest/update/merge_commit_data2.py
index 3f0fc718ad83244353bf88da905e6ac0ff800cb5..a334f39e867e80ca05a8de57016e4581ee5fb68c 100644
--- a/tests/pytest/update/merge_commit_data2.py
+++ b/tests/pytest/update/merge_commit_data2.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class TDTestCase:
     def restart_taosd(self,db):
         tdDnodes.stop(1)
         tdDnodes.startWithoutSleep(1)
+        tdLog.sleep(2)
         tdSql.execute("use %s;" % db)
 
     def date_to_timestamp_microseconds(self, date):