diff --git a/cmake/taostools_CMakeLists.txt.in b/cmake/taostools_CMakeLists.txt.in
index d8bf3a09b4a73b8985ba31d408a19a73cd480e47..4838e97dd79c55d58c0442a065a3c1e3171895b2 100644
--- a/cmake/taostools_CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/cmake/taostools_CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # taos-tools
 ExternalProject_Add(taos-tools
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/taosdata/taos-tools.git
-        GIT_TAG 0681d8b
+        GIT_TAG ffc2e6f
         SOURCE_DIR "${TD_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/taos-tools"
         BINARY_DIR ""
         #BUILD_IN_SOURCE TRUE
diff --git a/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/json/rest_auto_create_table.json b/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/json/rest_auto_create_table.json
index 9b99521f52794b94558daef935a8aefbe57b5c6b..078688bb7e075753bf972d4275daa21369ae10fd 100644
--- a/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/json/rest_auto_create_table.json
+++ b/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/json/rest_auto_create_table.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   "confirm_parameter_prompt": "no",
   "prepared_rand": 100,
   "chinese": "no",
+  "escape_character": "yes",
   "insert_interval": 0,
   "num_of_records_per_req": 10,
   "databases": [{
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@
       "child_table_exists":"no",
       "childtable_count": 8,
       "childtable_prefix": "stb_",
-      "escape_character": "yes",
       "auto_create_table": "yes",
       "batch_create_tbl_num": 10,
       "data_source": "rand",
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
       "child_table_exists":"no",
       "childtable_count": 8,
       "childtable_prefix": "stb3-2_",
-      "escape_character": "yes",
       "auto_create_table": "yes",
       "batch_create_tbl_num": 10,
       "data_source": "rand",
diff --git a/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/json/sml_auto_create_table.json b/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/json/sml_auto_create_table.json
index 7b87919a6dbebd5f4abc05bb1139f309f23fed6f..e808c9d3f3901b2ccaf63b315de164bb11a729cb 100644
--- a/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/json/sml_auto_create_table.json
+++ b/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/json/sml_auto_create_table.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   "confirm_parameter_prompt": "no",
   "prepared_rand": 100,
   "chinese": "no",
+  "escape_character": "yes",
   "insert_interval": 0,
   "num_of_records_per_req": 10,
   "databases": [{
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@
       "child_table_exists":"no",
       "childtable_count": 8,
       "childtable_prefix": "stb_",
-      "escape_character": "yes",
       "auto_create_table": "yes",
       "batch_create_tbl_num": 10,
       "data_source": "rand",
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
       "child_table_exists":"no",
       "childtable_count": 8,
       "childtable_prefix": "stb4-2_",
-      "escape_character": "yes",
       "auto_create_table": "yes",
       "batch_create_tbl_num": 10,
       "data_source": "rand",
diff --git a/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/json/stmt_auto_create_table.json b/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/json/stmt_auto_create_table.json
index baf0384e46d51f802f7dd842b1b49925efd00abc..0054d985ee6e68012d7840b1cb088d5d73147bec 100644
--- a/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/json/stmt_auto_create_table.json
+++ b/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/json/stmt_auto_create_table.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   "confirm_parameter_prompt": "no",
   "prepared_rand": 100,
   "chinese": "no",
+  "escape_character": "yes",
   "insert_interval": 0,
   "num_of_records_per_req": 10,
   "databases": [{
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@
       "child_table_exists":"no",
       "childtable_count": 8,
       "childtable_prefix": "stb_",
-      "escape_character": "yes",
       "auto_create_table": "yes",
       "batch_create_tbl_num": 10,
       "data_source": "rand",
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
       "child_table_exists":"no",
       "childtable_count": 8,
       "childtable_prefix": "stb2-2_",
-      "escape_character": "yes",
       "auto_create_table": "yes",
       "batch_create_tbl_num": 10,
       "data_source": "rand",
diff --git a/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/json/taosc_auto_create_table.json b/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/json/taosc_auto_create_table.json
index f683cc016b1e068c6ebf2933084977ffeb11966c..bed3598bfe8a32319968388b435ed0cd1a8a415a 100644
--- a/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/json/taosc_auto_create_table.json
+++ b/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/json/taosc_auto_create_table.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   "confirm_parameter_prompt": "no",
   "prepared_rand": 100,
   "chinese": "no",
+  "escape_character": "yes",
   "insert_interval": 0,
   "num_of_records_per_req": 10,
   "databases": [{
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@
       "child_table_exists":"no",
       "childtable_count": 8,
       "childtable_prefix": "stb_",
-      "escape_character": "yes",
       "auto_create_table": "yes",
       "batch_create_tbl_num": 10,
       "data_source": "rand",
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
       "child_table_exists":"no",
       "childtable_count": 8,
       "childtable_prefix": "stb1-2_",
-      "escape_character": "yes",
       "auto_create_table": "yes",
       "batch_create_tbl_num": 10,
       "data_source": "rand",