diff --git a/RELEASE_VERSION b/RELEASE_VERSION
index ffcbe71..28dff43 100644
--- a/RELEASE_VERSION
+++ b/RELEASE_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.0.34
+1.0.35
diff --git a/localtests/test.sh b/localtests/test.sh
index ab7b459..eb0274a 100755
--- a/localtests/test.sh
+++ b/localtests/test.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ test_single() {
   echo -n "Testing: $test_name"
 
   echo_dot
-  gh-ost-test-mysql-replica -e "start slave"
+  gh-ost-test-mysql-replica -e "stop slave; start slave; do sleep(1)"
   echo_dot
   gh-ost-test-mysql-master --default-character-set=utf8mb4 test < $tests_path/$test_name/create.sql