diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01563_distributed_query_finish.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01563_distributed_query_finish.reference
index c3688b553c4..b48979a492e 100644
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01563_distributed_query_finish.reference
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01563_distributed_query_finish.reference
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-1,0
 NETWORK_ERROR=0
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01563_distributed_query_finish.sh b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01563_distributed_query_finish.sh
index 0019c714e40..e3c5928f108 100755
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01563_distributed_query_finish.sh
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01563_distributed_query_finish.sh
@@ -19,20 +19,25 @@ create table dist_01247 as data_01247 engine=Distributed(test_cluster_two_shards
 select * from dist_01247 format Null;
 EOL
 
-network_errors_before=$($CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT -q "SELECT value FROM system.errors WHERE name = 'NETWORK_ERROR'")
+# NOTE: it is possible to got NETWORK_ERROR even with no-parallel, at least due to system.*_log_sender to the cloud
+for ((i = 0; i < 100; ++i)); do
+    network_errors_before=$($CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT -q "SELECT value FROM system.errors WHERE name = 'NETWORK_ERROR'")
 
-opts=(
-    "--max_distributed_connections=1"
-    "--optimize_skip_unused_shards=1"
-    "--optimize_distributed_group_by_sharding_key=1"
-    "--prefer_localhost_replica=0"
-)
-$CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT "${opts[@]}" --format CSV -nm <<EOL
-select count(), * from dist_01247 group by number order by number limit 1;
-EOL
+    opts=(
+        "--max_distributed_connections=1"
+        "--optimize_skip_unused_shards=1"
+        "--optimize_distributed_group_by_sharding_key=1"
+        "--prefer_localhost_replica=0"
+    )
+    $CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT "${opts[@]}" --format CSV -nm -q "select count(), * from dist_01247 group by number order by number limit 1 format Null"
 
-# expect zero new network errors
-network_errors_after=$($CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT -q "SELECT value FROM system.errors WHERE name = 'NETWORK_ERROR'")
+    # expect zero new network errors
+    network_errors_after=$($CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT -q "SELECT value FROM system.errors WHERE name = 'NETWORK_ERROR'")
+
+    if [[ $((network_errors_after-network_errors_before)) -eq 0 ]]; then
+        break
+    fi
+done
 echo NETWORK_ERROR=$(( network_errors_after-network_errors_before ))
 
 $CLICKHOUSE_CLIENT -q "drop table data_01247"