diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e034b5663..7059586cd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ export EMQX_DEFAULT_BUILDER = ghcr.io/emqx/emqx-builder/4.4-2:23.3.4.9-3-alpine3
 export EMQX_DEFAULT_RUNNER = alpine:3.14
 export OTP_VSN ?= $(shell $(CURDIR)/scripts/get-otp-vsn.sh)
 export PKG_VSN ?= $(shell $(CURDIR)/pkg-vsn.sh)
-export EMQX_DASHBOARD_VERSION ?= v0.14.0
+export EMQX_DASHBOARD_VERSION ?= v0.17.0
 export DOCKERFILE := deploy/docker/Dockerfile
 export DOCKERFILE_TESTING := deploy/docker/Dockerfile.testing
 ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
diff --git a/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_api_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_api_SUITE.erl
index 4ecc61cec..83c09f22b 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_api_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_connector/test/emqx_connector_api_SUITE.erl
@@ -227,22 +227,20 @@ 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(
@@ -296,22 +294,21 @@ 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
@@ -370,10 +367,9 @@ 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'
@@ -425,6 +421,7 @@ 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)),
@@ -455,7 +452,7 @@ 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]), []),
@@ -506,6 +503,7 @@ 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),
@@ -571,6 +569,7 @@ 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),
@@ -594,6 +593,7 @@ 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]), []),