diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/migration/migration_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/migration/migration_test.go
index eca112e388d..54afd2cb3ee 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/migration/migration_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/migration/migration_test.go
@@ -132,10 +132,6 @@ three streams although only two are required. This is to show that there can exi
 streams from the same source. The main difference between an external source vs a vitess
 source is that the source proto contains an "external_mysql" field instead of keyspace and shard.
 That field is the key into the externalConnections section of the input yaml.
-
-VReplicationExec: insert into _vt.vreplication (workflow, db_name, source, pos, max_tps, max_replication_lag, tablet_types, time_updated, transaction_timestamp, state) values('product', 'vt_commerce', 'filter:<rules:<match:\"product\" > > external_mysql:\"product\" ', ”, 9999, 9999, 'primary', 0, 0, 'Running')
-VReplicationExec: insert into _vt.vreplication (workflow, db_name, source, pos, max_tps, max_replication_lag, tablet_types, time_updated, transaction_timestamp, state) values('customer', 'vt_commerce', 'filter:<rules:<match:\"customer\" > > external_mysql:\"customer\" ', ”, 9999, 9999, 'primary', 0, 0, 'Running')
-VReplicationExec: insert into _vt.vreplication (workflow, db_name, source, pos, max_tps, max_replication_lag, tablet_types, time_updated, transaction_timestamp, state) values('orders', 'vt_commerce', 'filter:<rules:<match:\"orders\" > > external_mysql:\"customer\" ', ”, 9999, 9999, 'primary', 0, 0, 'Running')
 */
 func TestMigration(t *testing.T) {
 	yamlFile := startCluster(t)
@@ -155,7 +151,7 @@ func TestMigration(t *testing.T) {
 	migrate(t, "customer", "commerce", []string{"customer"})
 	migrate(t, "customer", "commerce", []string{"orders"})
 	vttablet := keyspaces["commerce"].Shards[0].Vttablets[0].VttabletProcess
-	waitForVReplicationToCatchup(t, vttablet, 1*time.Second)
+	waitForVReplicationToCatchup(t, vttablet, 30*time.Second)
 
 	testcases := []struct {
 		query  string
@@ -217,11 +213,11 @@ func migrate(t *testing.T, fromdb, toks string, tables []string) {
 	var sqlEscaped bytes.Buffer
 	val.EncodeSQL(&sqlEscaped)
 	query := fmt.Sprintf("insert into _vt.vreplication "+
-		"(workflow, db_name, source, pos, max_tps, max_replication_lag, tablet_types, time_updated, transaction_timestamp, state) values"+
-		"('%s', '%s', %s, '', 9999, 9999, 'primary', 0, 0, 'Running')", tables[0], "vt_"+toks, sqlEscaped.String())
-	fmt.Printf("VReplicationExec: %s\n", query)
-	vttablet := keyspaces[toks].Shards[0].Vttablets[0].VttabletProcess
-	err := clusterInstance.VtctldClientProcess.ExecuteCommand("VReplicationExec", vttablet.TabletPath, query)
+		"(workflow, db_name, source, pos, max_tps, max_replication_lag, tablet_types, time_updated, transaction_timestamp, state, options) values"+
+		"('%s', '%s', %s, '', 9999, 9999, 'primary', 0, 0, 'Running', '{}')", tables[0], "vt_"+toks, sqlEscaped.String())
+	fmt.Printf("VReplication insert: %s\n", query)
+	vttablet := keyspaces[toks].Shards[0].Vttablets[0].Alias
+	err := clusterInstance.VtctldClientProcess.ExecuteCommand("ExecuteFetchAsDBA", vttablet, query)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }