diff --git a/doctest/build.gradle b/doctest/build.gradle
index 4fa0e6e00f..db486f2037 100644
--- a/doctest/build.gradle
+++ b/doctest/build.gradle
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ task stopPrometheus() {
         }
     }
 }
+
+task deleteSQLCLI (type: Delete) {
+    delete 'sql-cli'
+}
+
 if(getOSFamilyType() != "windows") {
     stopPrometheus.mustRunAfter startPrometheus
     startOpenSearch.dependsOn startPrometheus
@@ -108,6 +113,7 @@ doctest.dependsOn startOpenSearch
 doctest.finalizedBy stopOpenSearch
 check.dependsOn doctest
 clean.dependsOn(cleanBootstrap)
+cloneSqlCli.dependsOn(deleteSQLCLI)
 
 // 2.0.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT -> 2.0.0.0-alpha1-SNAPSHOT
 String opensearch_no_snapshot = opensearch_version.replace('-SNAPSHOT', '')