diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_api_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_api_SUITE.erl
index 12a3a8e23..ef4de9bbf 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_api_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_api_SUITE.erl
@@ -226,22 +226,20 @@ t_mqtt_conn_bridge_ingress(_) ->
             <<"type">> => ?CONNECTR_TYPE,
             <<"name">> => ?BRIDGE_NAME_INGRESS
         }),
-
     #{ <<"id">> := BridgeIDIngress
      , <<"type">> := <<"mqtt">>
-     , <<"status">> := <<"connected">>
      , <<"connector">> := ConnctorID
      } = jsx:decode(Bridge),
+    wait_for_resource_ready(BridgeIDIngress, 5),
 
     %% we now test if the bridge works as expected
-
     RemoteTopic = <<"remote_topic/1">>,
     LocalTopic = <<"local_topic/", RemoteTopic/binary>>,
     Payload = <<"hello">>,
     emqx:subscribe(LocalTopic),
+    timer:sleep(100),
     %% PUBLISH a message to the 'remote' broker, as we have only one broker,
     %% the remote broker is also the local one.
-    wait_for_resource_ready(BridgeIDIngress, 5),
     emqx:publish(emqx_message:make(RemoteTopic, Payload)),
     %% we should receive a message on the local broker, with specified topic
     ?assert(
@@ -295,22 +293,21 @@ t_mqtt_conn_bridge_egress(_) ->
             <<"type">> => ?CONNECTR_TYPE,
             <<"name">> => ?BRIDGE_NAME_EGRESS
         }),
-
     #{ <<"id">> := BridgeIDEgress
      , <<"type">> := ?CONNECTR_TYPE
      , <<"name">> := ?BRIDGE_NAME_EGRESS
-     , <<"status">> := <<"connected">>
      , <<"connector">> := ConnctorID
      } = jsx:decode(Bridge),
+    wait_for_resource_ready(BridgeIDEgress, 5),
 
     %% we now test if the bridge works as expected
     LocalTopic = <<"local_topic/1">>,
     RemoteTopic = <<"remote_topic/", LocalTopic/binary>>,
     Payload = <<"hello">>,
     emqx:subscribe(RemoteTopic),
+    timer:sleep(100),
     %% PUBLISH a message to the 'local' broker, as we have only one broker,
     %% the remote broker is also the local one.
-    wait_for_resource_ready(BridgeIDEgress, 5),
     emqx:publish(emqx_message:make(LocalTopic, Payload)),
 
     %% we should receive a message on the "remote" broker, with specified topic
@@ -369,10 +366,9 @@ t_mqtt_conn_update(_) ->
     #{ <<"id">> := BridgeIDEgress
      , <<"type">> := <<"mqtt">>
      , <<"name">> := ?BRIDGE_NAME_EGRESS
-     , <<"status">> := <<"connected">>
      , <<"connector">> := ConnctorID
      } = jsx:decode(Bridge),
-    wait_for_resource_ready(BridgeIDEgress, 2),
+    wait_for_resource_ready(BridgeIDEgress, 5),
 
     %% then we try to update 'server' of the connector, to an unavailable IP address
     %% the update should fail because of 'unreachable' or 'connrefused'
@@ -424,6 +420,7 @@ t_mqtt_conn_update2(_) ->
     {ok, 200, _} = request(put, uri(["connectors", ConnctorID]),
                                  ?MQTT_CONNECOTR2(<<"127.0.0.1:1883">>)),
     {ok, 200, BridgeStr} = request(get, uri(["bridges", BridgeIDEgress]), []),
+    wait_for_resource_ready(BridgeIDEgress, 5),
     ?assertMatch(#{ <<"id">> := BridgeIDEgress
                   , <<"status">> := <<"connected">>
                   }, jsx:decode(BridgeStr)),
@@ -454,7 +451,7 @@ t_mqtt_conn_update3(_) ->
     #{ <<"id">> := BridgeIDEgress
      , <<"connector">> := ConnctorID
      } = jsx:decode(Bridge),
-    wait_for_resource_ready(BridgeIDEgress, 2),
+    wait_for_resource_ready(BridgeIDEgress, 5),
 
     %% delete the connector should fail because it is in use by a bridge
     {ok, 403, _} = request(delete, uri(["connectors", ConnctorID]), []),
@@ -505,6 +502,7 @@ t_ingress_mqtt_bridge_with_rules(_) ->
     LocalTopic = <<"local_topic/", RemoteTopic/binary>>,
     Payload = <<"hello">>,
     emqx:subscribe(LocalTopic),
+    timer:sleep(100),
     %% PUBLISH a message to the 'remote' broker, as we have only one broker,
     %% the remote broker is also the local one.
     wait_for_resource_ready(BridgeIDIngress, 5),
@@ -570,6 +568,7 @@ t_egress_mqtt_bridge_with_rules(_) ->
     RemoteTopic = <<"remote_topic/", LocalTopic/binary>>,
     Payload = <<"hello">>,
     emqx:subscribe(RemoteTopic),
+    timer:sleep(100),
     %% PUBLISH a message to the 'local' broker, as we have only one broker,
     %% the remote broker is also the local one.
     wait_for_resource_ready(BridgeIDEgress, 5),
@@ -593,6 +592,7 @@ t_egress_mqtt_bridge_with_rules(_) ->
     RuleTopic = <<"t/1">>,
     RemoteTopic2 = <<"remote_topic/", RuleTopic/binary>>,
     emqx:subscribe(RemoteTopic2),
+    timer:sleep(100),
     wait_for_resource_ready(BridgeIDEgress, 5),
     emqx:publish(emqx_message:make(RuleTopic, Payload2)),
     {ok, 200, Rule1} = request(get, uri(["rules", RuleId]), []),