diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 18595c6..0785385 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "@types/js-yaml": "^4.0.5",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.182",
     "@types/node": "^17.0.25",
+    "@types/semver": "^7.3.13",
     "@types/yargs": "^17.0.10",
     "jest": "^29.5.0",
     "ts-jest": "^29.0.5",
diff --git a/test/helper.ts b/test/helper.ts
index ca83f8f..7822114 100644
--- a/test/helper.ts
+++ b/test/helper.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
+import yaml from 'js-yaml'
+import fs from 'fs'
+import path from 'path'
+import semver from 'semver';
+
 const { execSync } = require("child_process");
 
+export const updateRecord = (filePath: string) => {
+  const resolvedFilePath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), filePath);
+  const file = fs.readFileSync(resolvedFilePath, 'utf-8')
+  const data = yaml.load(file) as any;
+  console.log("Data====",data)
+
+  data.record.version=semver.inc(data.record.version, 'patch');
+
+  fs.writeFileSync(resolvedFilePath, yaml.dump(data));
+};
+
 export const cliTest = (args: any) => {
   try{
     return JSON.parse(execSync(`./bin/laconic cns ${args}`));
diff --git a/test/record.test.ts b/test/record.test.ts
index eb5555d..c3632fa 100644
--- a/test/record.test.ts
+++ b/test/record.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {cliTest,createBond} from './helper';
+import {cliTest,createBond, updateRecord} from './helper';
 
 const args= "record "
 const filename = "./test/examples/watcher.yml"
@@ -11,20 +11,29 @@ describe("test record",() => {
     beforeAll(async () => {
         // get bondId
         bondId=createBond("aphoton","1000000000")
+        updateRecord(filename)
     });
 
     it("publish record",async ()=>{
         const resp=cliTest(args+"publish --filename "+filename+" --bond-id "+bondId);
-        expect(resp).toBeDefined;
+        expect(resp).toBeDefined();
+        console.log(resp.toString())
+        expect(resp.id).toBeDefined();
+
+        recordId=resp.id
     });
 
     it("get record",async ()=>{
         const resp=cliTest(args+"get --id "+recordId);
-        expect(resp).toBeDefined;
+        expect(resp).toBeDefined();
+        expect(resp.length).toEqual(1);
+        expect(resp[0].id).toEqual(recordId)
+        expect(resp[0].bondId).toEqual(bondId)
     });
 
     it("list records",async ()=>{
         const resp=cliTest(args+"list");
-        expect(resp).toBeDefined;
+        expect(resp).toBeDefined();
+        expect(resp.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
     });
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3b4644a..f02fbfa 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1200,6 +1200,11 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/semver@^7.3.13":
+  version "7.3.13"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/semver/-/semver-7.3.13.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-21cFJr9z3g5dW8B0CVI9g2O9beqaThGQ6ZFBqHfwhzLDKUxaqTIy3vnfah/UPkfOiF2pLq+tGz+W8RyCskuslw==
+
 "@types/stack-utils@^2.0.0":
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/stack-utils/-/stack-utils-2.0.1.tgz"
@@ -1531,7 +1536,16 @@ cborg@^1.5.4, cborg@^1.6.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/cborg/-/cborg-1.9.1.tgz"
   integrity sha512-6xKRdJ89ncwEXJGx9rFMRBNp72UqgYSGt2a88rqsvCLda4OuhRlh3xD2nu+ufrw6h9l94K0cnvyD4WEGpKtRtw==
 
-chalk@^2.0.0, chalk@^2.4.1:
+chalk@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.4.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-2.4.2.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-Mti+f9lpJNcwF4tWV8/OrTTtF1gZi+f8FqlyAdouralcFWFQWF2+NgCHShjkCb+IFBLq9buZwE1xckQU4peSuQ==
+  dependencies:
+    ansi-styles "^3.2.1"
+    escape-string-regexp "^1.0.5"
+    supports-color "^5.3.0"
+
+chalk@^2.4.1:
   version "2.4.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk/-/chalk-2.4.2.tgz"
   integrity sha512-Mti+f9lpJNcwF4tWV8/OrTTtF1gZi+f8FqlyAdouralcFWFQWF2+NgCHShjkCb+IFBLq9buZwE1xckQU4peSuQ==
@@ -1619,12 +1633,7 @@ concat-map@0.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/concat-map/-/concat-map-0.0.1.tgz"
   integrity sha1-2Klr13/Wjfd5OnMDajug1UBdR3s=
 
-convert-source-map@^1.6.0:
-  version "1.9.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/convert-source-map/-/convert-source-map-1.9.0.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-ASFBup0Mz1uyiIjANan1jzLQami9z1PoYSZCiiYW2FczPbenXc45FZdBZLzOT+r6+iciuEModtmCti+hjaAk0A==
-
-convert-source-map@^1.7.0:
+convert-source-map@^1.6.0, convert-source-map@^1.7.0:
   version "1.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/convert-source-map/-/convert-source-map-1.9.0.tgz"
   integrity sha512-ASFBup0Mz1uyiIjANan1jzLQami9z1PoYSZCiiYW2FczPbenXc45FZdBZLzOT+r6+iciuEModtmCti+hjaAk0A==
@@ -3044,17 +3053,19 @@ secp256k1@^4.0.1:
     node-addon-api "^2.0.0"
     node-gyp-build "^4.2.0"
 
-semver@^6.0.0:
+semver@^6.0.0, semver@^6.3.0:
   version "6.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-6.3.0.tgz"
   integrity sha512-b39TBaTSfV6yBrapU89p5fKekE2m/NwnDocOVruQFS1/veMgdzuPcnOM34M6CwxW8jH/lxEa5rBoDeUwu5HHTw==
 
-semver@^6.3.0:
-  version "6.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-6.3.0.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-b39TBaTSfV6yBrapU89p5fKekE2m/NwnDocOVruQFS1/veMgdzuPcnOM34M6CwxW8jH/lxEa5rBoDeUwu5HHTw==
+semver@^7.3.5:
+  version "7.3.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.3.7.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-QlYTucUYOews+WeEujDoEGziz4K6c47V/Bd+LjSSYcA94p+DmINdf7ncaUinThfvZyu13lN9OY1XDxt8C0Tw0g==
+  dependencies:
+    lru-cache "^6.0.0"
 
-semver@^7.3.5, semver@7.x:
+semver@7.x:
   version "7.3.7"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.3.7.tgz"
   integrity sha512-QlYTucUYOews+WeEujDoEGziz4K6c47V/Bd+LjSSYcA94p+DmINdf7ncaUinThfvZyu13lN9OY1XDxt8C0Tw0g==