diff --git a/src/kit/taos-tools b/src/kit/taos-tools
index 0cd564ab5b00bd2e6127c61bc79e89703eac7040..181bcac3f3646ea2f55d108d2e52d3530042c6bc 160000
--- a/src/kit/taos-tools
+++ b/src/kit/taos-tools
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0cd564ab5b00bd2e6127c61bc79e89703eac7040
+Subproject commit 181bcac3f3646ea2f55d108d2e52d3530042c6bc
diff --git a/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/sml_json_alltypes.py b/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/sml_json_alltypes.py
index 8d50201aa77028349c37b1ec755cc0d80c8ee7bc..b3ca26ac043e2a57cff48a3097d83e732c0b22a4 100644
--- a/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/sml_json_alltypes.py
+++ b/tests/develop-test/5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/sml_json_alltypes.py
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@ from util.dnodes import *
 
 class TDTestCase:
     def caseDescription(self):
-        '''
+        """
         [TD-11510] taosBenchmark test cases
-        '''
-        return
+        """
 
     def init(self, conn, logSql):
         tdLog.debug("start to execute %s" % __file__)
@@ -31,19 +30,26 @@ class TDTestCase:
     def getPath(self, tool="taosBenchmark"):
         selfPath = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
-        if ("community" in selfPath):
-            projPath = selfPath[:selfPath.find("community")]
+        if "community" in selfPath:
+            projPath = selfPath[: selfPath.find("community")]
+        elif "src" in selfPath:
+            projPath = selfPath[: selfPath.find("src")]
+        elif "/tools/" in selfPath:
+            projPath = selfPath[: selfPath.find("/tools/")]
+        elif "/tests/" in selfPath:
+            projPath = selfPath[: selfPath.find("/tests/")]
         else:
-            projPath = selfPath[:selfPath.find("tests")]
+            tdLog.info("cannot found %s in path: %s, use system's" % (tool, selfPath))
+            projPath = "/usr/local/taos/bin/"
 
         paths = []
-        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(projPath):
-            if ((tool) in files):
+        for root, dummy, files in os.walk(projPath):
+            if (tool) in files:
                 rootRealPath = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(root))
-                if ("packaging" not in rootRealPath):
+                if "packaging" not in rootRealPath:
                     paths.append(os.path.join(root, tool))
                     break
-        if (len(paths) == 0):
+        if len(paths) == 0:
             tdLog.exit("taosBenchmark not found!")
             return
         else:
@@ -51,31 +57,45 @@ class TDTestCase:
             return paths[0]
 
     def run(self):
+        tdSql.query("select client_version()")
+        client_ver = "".join(tdSql.queryResult[0])
+        major_ver = client_ver.split(".")[0]
+
         binPath = self.getPath()
-        cmd = "%s -f ./5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/json/sml_json_alltypes.json" %binPath
+        cmd = "%s -f ./5-taos-tools/taosbenchmark/json/sml_json_alltypes.json" % binPath
         tdLog.info("%s" % cmd)
         os.system("%s" % cmd)
         tdSql.execute("reset query cache")
         tdSql.query("describe db.stb1")
         tdSql.checkData(1, 1, "BOOL")
         tdSql.query("describe db.stb2")
-        tdSql.checkData(1, 1, "TINYINT")
+        tdSql.checkData(1, 1, "DOUBLE")
         tdSql.query("describe db.stb3")
-        tdSql.checkData(1, 1, "SMALLINT")
+        tdSql.checkData(1, 1, "DOUBLE")
         tdSql.query("describe db.stb4")
-        tdSql.checkData(1, 1, "INT")
+        tdSql.checkData(1, 1, "DOUBLE")
         tdSql.query("describe db.stb5")
-        tdSql.checkData(1, 1, "BIGINT")
+        tdSql.checkData(1, 1, "DOUBLE")
         tdSql.query("describe db.stb6")
-        tdSql.checkData(1, 1, "FLOAT")
+        tdSql.checkData(1, 1, "DOUBLE")
         tdSql.query("describe db.stb7")
         tdSql.checkData(1, 1, "DOUBLE")
         tdSql.query("describe db.stb8")
-        tdSql.checkData(1, 1, "BINARY")
-        tdSql.checkData(1, 2, 8)
+        if major_ver == "3":
+            tdSql.checkData(1, 1, "VARCHAR")
+            tdSql.checkData(1, 2, 16)
+        else:
+            tdSql.checkData(1, 1, "NCHAR")
+            tdSql.checkData(1, 2, 8)
+
         tdSql.query("describe db.stb9")
-        tdSql.checkData(1, 1, "NCHAR")
-        tdSql.checkData(1, 2, 8)
+        if major_ver == "3":
+            tdSql.checkData(1, 1, "VARCHAR")
+            tdSql.checkData(1, 2, 16)
+        else:
+            tdSql.checkData(1, 1, "NCHAR")
+            tdSql.checkData(1, 2, 8)
+
         tdSql.query("select count(*) from db.stb1")
         tdSql.checkData(0, 0, 160)
         tdSql.query("select count(*) from db.stb2")
@@ -101,4 +121,4 @@ class TDTestCase:
 
 
 tdCases.addWindows(__file__, TDTestCase())
-tdCases.addLinux(__file__, TDTestCase())
\ No newline at end of file
+tdCases.addLinux(__file__, TDTestCase())
diff --git a/tests/pytest/tools/taosdemoAllTest/sml/insert-sml-timestamp.json b/tests/pytest/tools/taosdemoAllTest/sml/insert-sml-timestamp.json
index e7704b87fe677abacdf94c71724cf15177a01790..5eb727aa404ff30ae302c00862f9b2348e626bab 100644
--- a/tests/pytest/tools/taosdemoAllTest/sml/insert-sml-timestamp.json
+++ b/tests/pytest/tools/taosdemoAllTest/sml/insert-sml-timestamp.json
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
             "batch_create_tbl_num": 100,
             "data_source": "rand",
             "insert_mode": "sml",
-            "line_protocol": "json" , 
+            "line_protocol": "taosjson" , 
             "insert_rows":50,
             "childtable_limit": -1,
             "childtable_offset":0,