diff --git a/tests/system-test/0-others/compatibility.py b/tests/system-test/0-others/compatibility.py
index e70eab64bf..30513ac020 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/0-others/compatibility.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/0-others/compatibility.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class TDTestCase:
 
         print(f"start taosd: nohup taosd -c {cPath} & ")
         os.system(f" nohup taosd -c {cPath} & " )
-        sleep(2)
+        sleep(10)
         tdLog.info(" LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib  taosBenchmark -f 0-others/compa4096.json -y  ")
         os.system("LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib  taosBenchmark -f 0-others/compa4096.json -y")
         os.system("pkill -9 taosd")