diff --git a/apps/emqx/include/emqx_release.hrl b/apps/emqx/include/emqx_release.hrl
index 8faa00abd..f77336e13 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/include/emqx_release.hrl
+++ b/apps/emqx/include/emqx_release.hrl
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 -define(EMQX_RELEASE_CE, "5.1.0-rc.1").
 
 %% Enterprise edition
--define(EMQX_RELEASE_EE, "5.1.0-rc.1").
+-define(EMQX_RELEASE_EE, "5.1.0-rc.2").
 
 %% The HTTP API version
 -define(EMQX_API_VERSION, "5.0").
diff --git a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_release.erl b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_release.erl
index c052eecc9..7d065e15b 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/src/emqx_release.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx/src/emqx_release.erl
@@ -132,10 +132,13 @@ parse_vsn(Vsn) ->
         Suffix =
             case Suffix0 of
                 "" ->
-                    %% For the case like "5.1.0"
+                    %% "5.1.0"
                     "";
-                [ReleaseStage, Number] ->
-                    %% For the case like "5.1.0-rc.1"
+                ["g" ++ _] ->
+                    %% "5.1.0-g53ab85b1"
+                    "";
+                [ReleaseStage, Number | _] ->
+                    %% "5.1.0-rc.1" or "5.1.0-rc.1-g53ab85b1"
                     {ReleaseStage, list_to_integer(Number)}
             end,
         {{list_to_integer(V1), list_to_integer(V2), list_to_integer(V3)}, Suffix}
diff --git a/apps/emqx/test/emqx_release_tests.erl b/apps/emqx/test/emqx_release_tests.erl
index 45d9a53c4..3f4e4ebfd 100644
--- a/apps/emqx/test/emqx_release_tests.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx/test/emqx_release_tests.erl
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ vsn_compre_test_() ->
             ?assertEqual(older, emqx_release:vsn_compare("1.1.1", "1.1.1-rc.1")),
             ?assertEqual(newer, emqx_release:vsn_compare("1.1.1-rc.1", "1.1.1"))
         end},
+        {"git hash suffix is ignored", fun() ->
+            ?assertEqual(older, emqx_release:vsn_compare("1.1.1-gabcd", "1.1.1-rc.1-g1234")),
+            ?assertEqual(newer, emqx_release:vsn_compare("1.1.1-rc.1-gabcd", "1.1.1-g1234"))
+        end},
         {"invalid version string will crash", fun() ->
             ?assertError({invalid_version_string, "1.1.a"}, emqx_release:vsn_compare("v1.1.a")),
             ?assertError(
diff --git a/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf_app.erl b/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf_app.erl
index 6a7638cc2..1505b8c3e 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf_app.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf_app.erl
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ sync_cluster_conf4(Ready) ->
         msg => "sync_cluster_conf_success",
         synced_from_node => Node,
         has_deprecated_file => HasDeprecatedFile,
-        local_release => emqx_app:get_release(),
+        local_release => emqx_release:version_with_prefix(),
         remote_release => maps:get(release, Info, "before_v5.0.24|e5.0.3"),
         data_dir => emqx:data_dir(),
         tnx_id => TnxId
diff --git a/scripts/test/start-two-nodes-in-host.sh b/scripts/test/start-two-nodes-in-host.sh
index 3d0b0bf61..ffd4b6b19 100755
--- a/scripts/test/start-two-nodes-in-host.sh
+++ b/scripts/test/start-two-nodes-in-host.sh
@@ -12,10 +12,40 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # ensure dir
 cd -P -- "$(dirname -- "$0")/../../"
 
-DEFAULT_BOOT='./_build/emqx/rel/emqx/bin/emqx'
+help() {
+    echo
+    echo "-h|--help: To display this usage info"
+    echo "-b|--boots: boot scripts, comma separate if more than one"
+    echo "            default is ./_build/emqx/rel/emqx/bin/emqx"
+    echo "-r|--roles: node (db) roles, comma separate"
+}
 
-BOOT1="${1:-$DEFAULT_BOOT}"
-BOOT2="${2:-$BOOT1}"
+BOOT='./_build/emqx/rel/emqx/bin/emqx'
+ROLES='core,core'
+while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
+    case $1 in
+        -h|--help)
+            help
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        -b|--boots)
+            BOOT="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        -r|--roles)
+            ROLES="$2"
+            shift 2
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "unknown option $1"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+BOOT1="$(echo "$BOOT" | cut -d ',' -f1)"
+BOOT2="$(echo "$BOOT" | cut -d ',' -f2)"
+[ -z "$BOOT2" ] && BOOT2="$BOOT1"
 
 export IP1='127.0.0.1'
 export IP2='127.0.0.2'
@@ -24,6 +54,22 @@ export IP2='127.0.0.2'
 NODE1="emqx1@$IP1"
 NODE2="emqx2@$IP2"
 
+ROLE1="$(echo "$ROLES" | cut -d ',' -f1)"
+ROLE2="$(echo "$ROLES" | cut -d ',' -f2)"
+export ROLE1 ROLE2
+
+if [ "$ROLE1" = 'core' ] && [ "$ROLE2" = 'core' ]; then
+    SEEDS="$NODE1,$NODE2"
+elif [ "$ROLE1" = 'core' ]; then
+    SEEDS="$NODE1"
+elif [ "$ROLE2" = 'core' ]; then
+    SEEDS="$NODE2"
+else
+    echo "missing 'core' role in -r|--roles option"
+    exit 1
+fi
+export SEEDS
+
 start_cmd() {
     local index="$1"
     local nodehome
@@ -33,11 +79,12 @@ start_cmd() {
     mkdir -p "${nodehome}/data" "${nodehome}/log"
     cat <<-EOF
 env DEBUG="${DEBUG:-0}" \
-EMQX_CLUSTER__STATIC__SEEDS="[\"$NODE1\",\"$NODE2\"]" \
+EMQX_NODE_NAME="emqx${index}@\$IP${index}" \
+EMQX_CLUSTER__STATIC__SEEDS="$SEEDS" \
 EMQX_CLUSTER__DISCOVERY_STRATEGY=static \
+EMQX_NODE__DB_ROLE="\$ROLE${index}" \
 EMQX_LOG__FILE_HANDLERS__DEFAULT__LEVEL="${EMQX_LOG__FILE_HANDLERS__DEFAULT__LEVEL:-debug}" \
 EMQX_LOG__FILE_HANDLERS__DEFAULT__FILE="${nodehome}/log/emqx.log" \
-EMQX_NODE_NAME="emqx${index}@\$IP${index}" \
 EMQX_NODE__COOKIE="${EMQX_NODE__COOKIE:-cookie1}" \
 EMQX_LOG_DIR="${nodehome}/log" \
 EMQX_NODE__DATA_DIR="${nodehome}/data" \