diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03166_skip_indexes_vertical_merge.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03166_skip_indexes_vertical_merge.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index b894c054f8a..00000000000
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03166_skip_indexes_vertical_merge.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t_ind_merge;
-
-CREATE TABLE t_ind_merge (a UInt64, b UInt64, c UInt64, d UInt64, INDEX idx_b b TYPE minmax)
-ENGINE = MergeTree
-ORDER BY a SETTINGS
-    index_granularity = 64,
-    vertical_merge_algorithm_min_rows_to_activate = 1,
-    vertical_merge_algorithm_min_columns_to_activate = 1,
-    min_bytes_for_wide_part = 0;
-
-INSERT INTO t_ind_merge SELECT number, number, rand(), rand() from numbers(1000);
-INSERT INTO t_ind_merge SELECT number, number, rand(), rand() from numbers(1000);
-
-SELECT count() FROM t_ind_merge WHERE b < 100 SETTINGS force_data_skipping_indices = 'idx_b';
-EXPLAIN indexes = 1 SELECT count() FROM t_ind_merge WHERE b < 100;
-
-OPTIMIZE TABLE t_ind_merge FINAL;
-
-SELECT count() FROM t_ind_merge WHERE b < 100 SETTINGS force_data_skipping_indices = 'idx_b';
-EXPLAIN indexes = 1 SELECT count() FROM t_ind_merge WHERE b < 100;
-
-DROP TABLE t_ind_merge;
-SYSTEM FLUSH LOGS;
-
-WITH
-    (SELECT uuid FROM system.tables WHERE database = currentDatabase() AND table = 't_ind_merge') AS uuid,
-    extractAllGroupsVertical(message, 'containing (\\d+) columns \((\\d+) merged, (\\d+) gathered\)')[1] AS groups
-SELECT
-    groups[1] AS total,
-    groups[2] AS merged,
-    groups[3] AS gathered
-FROM system.text_log
-WHERE query_id = uuid || '::all_1_2_1' AND notEmpty(groups)
-ORDER BY event_time_microseconds;
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03166_skip_indexes_vertical_merge.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03166_skip_indexes_vertical_merge_1.reference
similarity index 88%
rename from tests/queries/0_stateless/03166_skip_indexes_vertical_merge.reference
rename to tests/queries/0_stateless/03166_skip_indexes_vertical_merge_1.reference
index 02d5765102c..86f79bea4ba 100644
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03166_skip_indexes_vertical_merge.reference
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03166_skip_indexes_vertical_merge_1.reference
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Expression ((Project names + Projection))
   Aggregating
     Expression (Before GROUP BY)
       Filter ((WHERE + Change column names to column identifiers))
-        ReadFromMergeTree (default.t_ind_merge)
+        ReadFromMergeTree (default.t_ind_merge_1)
         Indexes:
           PrimaryKey
             Condition: true
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Expression ((Project names + Projection))
   Aggregating
     Expression (Before GROUP BY)
       Filter ((WHERE + Change column names to column identifiers))
-        ReadFromMergeTree (default.t_ind_merge)
+        ReadFromMergeTree (default.t_ind_merge_1)
         Indexes:
           PrimaryKey
             Condition: true
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ Expression ((Project names + Projection))
             Description: minmax GRANULARITY 1
             Parts: 1/1
             Granules: 4/32
+4	1	3
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03166_skip_indexes_vertical_merge_1.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03166_skip_indexes_vertical_merge_1.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a605f9dea81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03166_skip_indexes_vertical_merge_1.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t_ind_merge_1;
+
+CREATE TABLE t_ind_merge_1 (a UInt64, b UInt64, c UInt64, d UInt64, INDEX idx_b b TYPE minmax)
+ENGINE = MergeTree
+ORDER BY a SETTINGS
+    index_granularity = 64,
+    vertical_merge_algorithm_min_rows_to_activate = 1,
+    vertical_merge_algorithm_min_columns_to_activate = 1,
+    min_bytes_for_wide_part = 0;
+
+INSERT INTO t_ind_merge_1 SELECT number, number, rand(), rand() FROM numbers(1000);
+INSERT INTO t_ind_merge_1 SELECT number, number, rand(), rand() FROM numbers(1000);
+
+SELECT count() FROM t_ind_merge_1 WHERE b < 100 SETTINGS force_data_skipping_indices = 'idx_b';
+EXPLAIN indexes = 1 SELECT count() FROM t_ind_merge_1 WHERE b < 100;
+
+OPTIMIZE TABLE t_ind_merge_1 FINAL;
+
+SELECT count() FROM t_ind_merge_1 WHERE b < 100 SETTINGS force_data_skipping_indices = 'idx_b';
+EXPLAIN indexes = 1 SELECT count() FROM t_ind_merge_1 WHERE b < 100;
+
+SYSTEM FLUSH LOGS;
+
+WITH
+    (SELECT uuid FROM system.tables WHERE database = currentDatabase() AND table = 't_ind_merge_1') AS uuid,
+    extractAllGroupsVertical(message, 'containing (\\d+) columns \((\\d+) merged, (\\d+) gathered\)')[1] AS groups
+SELECT
+    groups[1] AS total,
+    groups[2] AS merged,
+    groups[3] AS gathered
+FROM system.text_log
+WHERE query_id = uuid || '::all_1_2_1' AND notEmpty(groups)
+ORDER BY event_time_microseconds;
+
+DROP TABLE t_ind_merge_1;
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03166_skip_indexes_vertical_merge_2.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03166_skip_indexes_vertical_merge_2.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4c2f01294a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03166_skip_indexes_vertical_merge_2.reference
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+6	3	3
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/03166_skip_indexes_vertical_merge_2.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03166_skip_indexes_vertical_merge_2.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..656694242b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/03166_skip_indexes_vertical_merge_2.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t_ind_merge_2;
+
+CREATE TABLE t_ind_merge_2 (
+    a UInt64,
+    b UInt64,
+    c UInt64,
+    d UInt64,
+    e UInt64,
+    f UInt64,
+    INDEX idx_a  a TYPE minmax,
+    INDEX idx_b  b TYPE minmax,
+    INDEX idx_cd c * d TYPE minmax,
+    INDEX idx_d1 d TYPE minmax,
+    INDEX idx_d2 d TYPE set(3),
+    INDEX idx_e  e TYPE set(3))
+ENGINE = MergeTree
+ORDER BY a SETTINGS
+    index_granularity = 64,
+    vertical_merge_algorithm_min_rows_to_activate = 1,
+    vertical_merge_algorithm_min_columns_to_activate = 1,
+    min_bytes_for_wide_part = 0;
+
+INSERT INTO t_ind_merge_2 SELECT number, number, rand(), rand(), rand(), rand() FROM numbers(1000);
+INSERT INTO t_ind_merge_2 SELECT number, number, rand(), rand(), rand(), rand() FROM numbers(1000);
+
+OPTIMIZE TABLE t_ind_merge_2 FINAL;
+SYSTEM FLUSH LOGS;
+
+--- merged: a, c, d; gathered: b, e, f
+WITH
+    (SELECT uuid FROM system.tables WHERE database = currentDatabase() AND table = 't_ind_merge_2') AS uuid,
+    extractAllGroupsVertical(message, 'containing (\\d+) columns \((\\d+) merged, (\\d+) gathered\)')[1] AS groups
+SELECT
+    groups[1] AS total,
+    groups[2] AS merged,
+    groups[3] AS gathered
+FROM system.text_log
+WHERE query_id = uuid || '::all_1_2_1' AND notEmpty(groups)
+ORDER BY event_time_microseconds;
+
+DROP TABLE t_ind_merge_2;