diff --git a/src/client/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/client/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 24bfb44ac90e11e01ba99423aa68bd5a9511f746..5de18942acbb5b3ac59d2496728c500b63246fe9 100644
--- a/src/client/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/client/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ IF (HEADER_GTEST_INCLUDE_DIR AND (LIB_GTEST_STATIC_DIR OR LIB_GTEST_SHARED_DIR))
     AUX_SOURCE_DIRECTORY(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} SOURCE_LIST)
 
     ADD_EXECUTABLE(cliTest ${SOURCE_LIST})
-    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(cliTest taos tutil common gtest pthread)
+    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(cliTest taos cJson tutil common gtest pthread)
 ENDIF()
diff --git a/src/kit/shell/CMakeLists.txt b/src/kit/shell/CMakeLists.txt
index bf2bbca14d25aff3b3717c7b9785f1dc470a013a..a67694becd396dbdd65aa58c9d7df9f9a15bf729 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/kit/shell/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ELSE ()
 ENDIF ()
 
   IF (TD_SOMODE_STATIC)
-      TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos_static lua ${LINK_JEMALLOC})
+      TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos_static cJson lua ${LINK_JEMALLOC})
   ELSE ()
       TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos lua ${LINK_JEMALLOC})
   ENDIF ()
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ELSEIF (TD_WINDOWS)
   LIST(APPEND SRC ./src/shellMain.c)
   LIST(APPEND SRC ./src/shellWindows.c)
   ADD_EXECUTABLE(shell ${SRC})
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos_static)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos_static cJson)
 
   IF (TD_POWER)
     SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(shell PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME power)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ ELSEIF (TD_DARWIN)
   LIST(APPEND SRC ./src/shellCheck.c)
   ADD_EXECUTABLE(shell ${SRC})
   # linking with dylib
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos cJson)
   # linking taos statically
   # TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(shell taos_static)
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(shell PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME taos)
diff --git a/src/os/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/os/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c477641899994bf34237e93122c3d83f0365fad..9ec5076b7201b2d5ed9b2b6eb682eea7d6a83827 100644
--- a/src/os/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/os/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ IF (HEADER_GTEST_INCLUDE_DIR AND (LIB_GTEST_STATIC_DIR OR LIB_GTEST_SHARED_DIR))
     AUX_SOURCE_DIRECTORY(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} SOURCE_LIST)
 
     ADD_EXECUTABLE(osTest ${SOURCE_LIST})
-    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(osTest taos os tutil common gtest pthread)
+    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(osTest taos os cJson tutil common gtest pthread)
 ENDIF()
diff --git a/src/query/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/query/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 349d511f1570e3df835494ebd4e3e86d7795c873..8c4b9c2e6a2e9a5f6835baf411ecc94e6889fcbe 100644
--- a/src/query/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/query/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ IF (HEADER_GTEST_INCLUDE_DIR AND (LIB_GTEST_STATIC_DIR OR LIB_GTEST_SHARED_DIR))
     AUX_SOURCE_DIRECTORY(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} SOURCE_LIST)
 
     ADD_EXECUTABLE(queryTest ${SOURCE_LIST})
-    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(queryTest taos query gtest pthread)
+    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(queryTest taos cJson query gtest pthread)
 ENDIF()
 
 SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(./astTest.cpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -w)