diff --git a/catalogs/catalog-hadoop/build.gradle.kts b/catalogs/catalog-hadoop/build.gradle.kts
index 8afcf6a23e3..ccdc0519683 100644
--- a/catalogs/catalog-hadoop/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/catalogs/catalog-hadoop/build.gradle.kts
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ tasks.test {
 
     doFirst {
       environment("GRAVITINO_CI_HIVE_DOCKER_IMAGE", "datastrato/gravitino-ci-hive:0.1.12")
-      environment("GRAVITINO_CI_KERBEROS_HIVE_DOCKER_IMAGE", "datastrato/gravitino-ci-kerberos-hive:0.1.0")
+      environment("GRAVITINO_CI_KERBEROS_HIVE_DOCKER_IMAGE", "datastrato/gravitino-ci-kerberos-hive:0.1.2")
     }
 
     val init = project.extra.get("initIntegrationTest") as (Test) -> Unit
diff --git a/catalogs/catalog-hive/build.gradle.kts b/catalogs/catalog-hive/build.gradle.kts
index 9baa2abafac..65a36cd6b37 100644
--- a/catalogs/catalog-hive/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/catalogs/catalog-hive/build.gradle.kts
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ tasks.test {
 
     doFirst {
       environment("GRAVITINO_CI_HIVE_DOCKER_IMAGE", "datastrato/gravitino-ci-hive:0.1.12")
-      environment("GRAVITINO_CI_KERBEROS_HIVE_DOCKER_IMAGE", "datastrato/gravitino-ci-kerberos-hive:0.1.1")
+      environment("GRAVITINO_CI_KERBEROS_HIVE_DOCKER_IMAGE", "datastrato/gravitino-ci-kerberos-hive:0.1.2")
     }
 
     val init = project.extra.get("initIntegrationTest") as (Test) -> Unit
diff --git a/dev/docker/kerberos-hive/start.sh b/dev/docker/kerberos-hive/start.sh
index e937a12309b..869d8603913 100644
--- a/dev/docker/kerberos-hive/start.sh
+++ b/dev/docker/kerberos-hive/start.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 # start ssh
 HOSTNAME=`hostname`
 service ssh start
-ssh-keyscan localhost > /root/.ssh/known_hosts
+ssh-keyscan ${HOSTNAME} >> /root/.ssh/known_hosts
+ssh-keyscan localhost >> /root/.ssh/known_hosts
 ssh-keyscan 0.0.0.0 >> /root/.ssh/known_hosts
+ssh-keyscan 127.0.0.1 >> /root/.ssh/known_hosts
 
 # init the Kerberos database
 echo -e "${PASS}\n${PASS}" | kdb5_util create -s
@@ -65,6 +67,33 @@ ${HADOOP_HOME}/sbin/hadoop-daemon.sh start namenode
 
 echo "Starting DataNode..."
 ${HADOOP_HOME}/sbin/start-secure-dns.sh
+sleep 5
+
+# Check if the DataNode is running
+ps -ef | grep DataNode | grep -v "color=auto"
+if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+  echo "DataNode failed to start, please check the logs"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+retry_times=0
+ready=0
+while [[ ${retry_times} -lt 10 ]]; do
+  hdfs_ready=$(hdfs dfsadmin -report | grep "Live datanodes" | awk '{print $3}')
+  if [[ ${hdfs_ready} == "(1):" ]]; then
+    echo "HDFS is ready, retry_times = ${retry_times}"
+    let "ready=0"
+    break
+  fi
+  retry_times=$((retry_times+1))
+done
+
+if [[ ${ready} -ne 0 ]]; then
+  echo "HDFS is not ready"
+  cat ${HADOOP_HOME}/bin/logs/hadoop-root-datanode-*.log
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 
 # start mysql and create databases/users for hive
 chown -R mysql:mysql /var/lib/mysql