diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index 42800a70..5f48659c 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 - Fix to return id and type in place of entityId and entityType (#751)
 - Fixed failing test cases of test_geocoding.py (#755)
 - Mentioned service path isn't the same as Orion's (#758)
+- Added QL's version endpoint rather than sleeping (#687)
 
 ### Important: Backward compatibility
 
diff --git a/src/wq/tests/benchmark/driver.py b/src/wq/tests/benchmark/driver.py
index c62dce9a..d65dbfac 100644
--- a/src/wq/tests/benchmark/driver.py
+++ b/src/wq/tests/benchmark/driver.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 from utils.tests.docker import dir_from_file_path, DockerCompose
 from wq.tests.benchmark.factory import new_row_count_sampler, DbType, \
     new_work_q_size_sampler
+from conftest import QL_BASE_URL
+from reporter.tests.utils import wait_until
 
 
 MONITORING_DIR_NAME = '_monitoring'
@@ -15,6 +17,15 @@
 DB_TABLE_FQN = 'public.etroom'    # mt.etroom when using Crate?
 
 
+def _can_get_ql_version() -> bool:
+    version_url = f"{QL_BASE_URL}/version"
+    response = requests.get(version_url)
+    return response.status_code == 200
+
+def wait_for_ql():
+    wait_until(_can_get_ql_version)
+
+
 class TestScript:
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -48,9 +59,7 @@ def _prep_monitoring_dir(self):
 
     def _start_docker_and_wait_for_services(self):
         self._docker.start()
-        sleep(10)
-        # TODO call QL's version endpoint rather than sleeping.
-        # If it's up, then Redis & DB backend are up to b/c of docker deps.
+        wait_for_ql()
 
     def _start_samplers(self):
         self._db_sampler = new_row_count_sampler(self._mon_dir,