diff --git a/tests/script/api/passwdTest.c b/tests/script/api/passwdTest.c
index 24059bd35d..7fb70ec5aa 100644
--- a/tests/script/api/passwdTest.c
+++ b/tests/script/api/passwdTest.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #define nDup     1
 #define nRoot    10
-#define nUser    10
+#define nUser    1
 #define USER_LEN 24
 #define BUF_LEN  1024
 
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     exit(1);
   }
   createUsers(taos, argv[1], qstr);
-  passVerTestMulti(argv[1], qstr);
-  sysInfoTest(taos, argv[1], qstr);
+  // passVerTestMulti(argv[1], qstr);
+  // sysInfoTest(taos, argv[1], qstr);
   userDroppedTest(taos, argv[1], qstr);
 
   taos_close(taos);
@@ -391,6 +391,10 @@ _REP:
 void userDroppedTest(TAOS *taos, const char *host, char *qstr) {
   // users
   int nTestUsers = nUser;
+  int nLoop = 0;
+_loop:
+  ++nLoop;
+  printf("%s:%d loop %d\n", __func__, __LINE__, nLoop);
   for (int i = 0; i < nTestUsers; ++i) {
     // sprintf(users[i], "user%d", i);
     taosu[i] = taos_connect(host, users[i], "taos", NULL, 0);
@@ -437,5 +441,14 @@ void userDroppedTest(TAOS *taos, const char *host, char *qstr) {
     exit(1);
   }
   fprintf(stderr, "######## %s #########\n", __func__);
-  // sleep(300);
+
+  if (nLoop < 5) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < nTestUsers; ++i) {
+      sprintf(users[i], "user%d", i);
+      sprintf(qstr, "CREATE USER %s PASS 'taos'", users[i]);
+      queryDB(taos, qstr);
+      goto _loop;
+    }
+    // sleep(300);
+  }
 }
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