diff --git a/test/environments/multiple.env.sh b/test/environments/multiple.env.sh
index 4865c9636..8b0afc467 100755
--- a/test/environments/multiple.env.sh
+++ b/test/environments/multiple.env.sh
@@ -52,4 +52,9 @@ done
 
 "${ROOT}/hack/gen-clusterconfigs.sh"
 
+if ! check_clusterpedia_apiserver; then
+    echo "clusterpedia apiserver is not ready"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 "${cases}"
diff --git a/test/environments/single.env.sh b/test/environments/single.env.sh
index 895e565e6..5c2cf8b09 100755
--- a/test/environments/single.env.sh
+++ b/test/environments/single.env.sh
@@ -31,4 +31,9 @@ create_data_plane ${data_plane_name} ${version} || {
 
 "${ROOT}/hack/gen-clusterconfigs.sh"
 
+if ! check_clusterpedia_apiserver; then
+    echo "clusterpedia apiserver is not ready"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 "${cases}"
diff --git a/test/helper.sh b/test/helper.sh
index 579002bff..1e651ac4f 100755
--- a/test/helper.sh
+++ b/test/helper.sh
@@ -162,3 +162,15 @@ function delete_data_plane() {
     kwokctl export logs --name "${name}" "${ROOT}/test/logs/kwok/${name}"
     kwokctl delete cluster --name "${name}"
 }
+
+# check if the apiserver in the control plane is ready
+function check_clusterpedia_apiserver() {
+    for i in {1..3}
+    do
+        if kubectl get --raw="/apis/clusterpedia.io/v1beta1/">/dev/null; then # only print error messages of the kubectl
+            return 0
+        fi
+        sleep 10
+    done
+    return 1
+}