diff --git a/test/helper.sh b/test/helper.sh
index 1a7fc92e5..0d9d88f2b 100755
--- a/test/helper.sh
+++ b/test/helper.sh
@@ -113,16 +113,19 @@ function install_kwokctl() {
     if cmd_exist kwokctl; then
         return 0
     fi
-    wget "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kwok/releases/download/v0.1.0/kwokctl-$(go env GOOS)-$(go env GOARCH)" -O "/usr/local/bin/kwokctl" &&
+    wget "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kwok/releases/download/v0.4.0/kwokctl-$(go env GOOS)-$(go env GOARCH)" -O "/usr/local/bin/kwokctl" &&
         chmod +x "/usr/local/bin/kwokctl"
 }
 
+CONTROL_PLANE_NAME=""
+
 # create a control plane cluster and install the Clusterpedia
 function create_control_plane() {
     local name="${1}"
     local version="${2}"
     create_cluster "${name}" "${version}"
     install_clusterpedia
+    CONTROL_PLANE_NAME="${name}"
 }
 
 # delete the control plane cluster
@@ -141,7 +144,7 @@ function create_data_plane() {
 
     install_kwokctl
 
-    KWOK_KUBE_VERSION="${version}" kwokctl create cluster --name "${name}" --quiet-pull
+    KWOK_KUBE_VERSION="${version}" kwokctl create cluster --name "${name}" --quiet-pull --wait 120s
     ip="$(host_docker_internal)"
     kubeconfig="$(kwokctl get kubeconfig --name="${name}" | sed "s#/127.0.0.1:#/${ip}:#" || :)"
     if [[ "${kubeconfig}" == "" ]]; then
@@ -166,8 +169,7 @@ metadata:
     type: kwok-controller
   name: fake-node
 EOF
-    pedia_cluster="$(build_pedia_cluster "${name}" "${kubeconfig}")"
-    echo "${pedia_cluster}" | kubectl apply -f -
+    build_pedia_cluster "${name}" "${kubeconfig}" | kwokctl --name "${CONTROL_PLANE_NAME}" kubectl apply -f -
 }
 
 # delete the worker fake cluster