diff --git a/tests/system-test/2-query/union.py b/tests/system-test/2-query/union.py
index 36ad5489dc68b03b1ff7b813e68457d54cc4b334..e54aac0f643de8e85e01d57b9ff7bba8e0388c8d 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/2-query/union.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/2-query/union.py
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ class TDTestCase:
 
     def __group_condition(self, col, having = None):
         if col.startswith("count"):
-            col = col.split("count(")[1].split(")")
+            col = col[6:-1]
         elif col.startswith("max"):
-            col = col.split("max(")[1].split(")")
+            col = col[4:-1]
         elif col.startswith("sum"):
-            col = col.split("sum(")[1].split(")")
+            col = col[4:-1]
         elif col.startswith("min"):
-            col = col.split("min(")[1].split(")")
+            col = col[4:-1]
         return f" group by {col} having {having}" if having else f" group by {col} "
 
     def __single_sql(self, select_clause, from_clause, where_condition="", group_condition=""):