diff --git a/tests/system-test/2-query/between.py b/tests/system-test/2-query/between.py
index 44750abd46..7e2ac1c8b9 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/2-query/between.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/2-query/between.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class TDTestCase:
         tdSql.checkRows(9)
         tdSql.query("select * from t1 where c5 between 136 and 127")
         tdSql.checkRows(0)
-        tdSql.query("select * from t1 where c5 between '~' and 'ˆ'")
+        tdSql.query("select * from t1 where c5 between '~' and '^'")
         tdSql.checkRows(0)
         tdSql.query("select * from t1 where c5 not between 1 and 2")
         # tdSql.checkRows(0)