diff --git a/tests/system-test/0-others/compatibility.py b/tests/system-test/0-others/compatibility.py
index f44a6395e3c5c66b7c861368064c90a2944ce85d..90d81ac955ae975da6f5aefb637ee5b6f78c78e9 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/0-others/compatibility.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/0-others/compatibility.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class TDTestCase:
         tdDnodes.stop(1)
         print(f"start taosd: nohup taosd -c {cPath} & ")
         os.system(f" nohup taosd -c {cPath} & " )
-        sleep(1)
+        sleep(5)