diff --git a/cardano-testnet/test/cardano-testnet-test/Cardano/Testnet/Test/Cli/Query.hs b/cardano-testnet/test/cardano-testnet-test/Cardano/Testnet/Test/Cli/Query.hs
index 6355eb188c1..a57847e2565 100644
--- a/cardano-testnet/test/cardano-testnet-test/Cardano/Testnet/Test/Cli/Query.hs
+++ b/cardano-testnet/test/cardano-testnet-test/Cardano/Testnet/Test/Cli/Query.hs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import           Cardano.Api
 import qualified Cardano.Api.Genesis as Api
 import           Cardano.Api.Ledger (Coin (Coin), EpochInterval (EpochInterval), StandardCrypto,
                    extractHash, unboundRational)
+import qualified Cardano.Api.Ledger as L
 import           Cardano.Api.Shelley (StakeCredential (StakeCredentialByKey), StakePoolKey)
 
 import           Cardano.CLI.Types.Key (VerificationKeyOrFile (VerificationKeyFilePath),
@@ -350,9 +351,15 @@ hprop_cli_queries = integrationWorkspace "cli-queries" $ \tempAbsBasePath' -> H.
           drepStateRedactedOutFile
           "test/cardano-testnet-test/files/golden/queries/drepStateOut.json"
 
-    TestQueryDRepStakeDistributionCmd ->
+    TestQueryDRepStakeDistributionCmd -> do
       -- drep-stake-distribution
-      H.noteM_ $ execCli' execConfig [ eraName, "query", "drep-stake-distribution", "--all-dreps" ]
+      -- to stdout
+      drepStakeDistribution :: [(L.DRep StandardCrypto, L.Coin)] <- H.noteShowM $ execCliStdoutToJson execConfig [ eraName, "query", "drep-stake-distribution", "--all-dreps" ]
+
+      -- TODO: we could check that the Coin amount below is the one reported
+      -- by query stake-address-info
+
+      forM_ drepStakeDistribution $ \(_drep, coin) -> coin H.=== (Coin 300_000_000_000)
 
     TestQueryCommitteeMembersStateCmd ->
       -- committee-state
@@ -459,4 +466,4 @@ redactJsonFields changes v =
       Aeson.Array $ Vector.map recurse vector
     _ -> v
   where
-    recurse = redactJsonFields changes
+    recurse = redactJsonFields changes
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