diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01293_external_sorting_limit_bug.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01293_external_sorting_limit_bug.reference
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diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01293_external_sorting_limit_bug.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01293_external_sorting_limit_bug.sql
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+SELECT number FROM (SELECT number FROM system.numbers LIMIT 999990) ORDER BY number ASC LIMIT 100, 65535 SETTINGS max_bytes_before_external_sort = 1000000 format Null