diff --git a/tests/QueryTest.php b/tests/QueryTest.php
index 79ed0e7b..67cc3a08 100644
--- a/tests/QueryTest.php
+++ b/tests/QueryTest.php
@@ -458,8 +458,6 @@ public function testFacets()
     {
         $connection = $this->getConnection();
 
-        $sphinxVersion = $connection->createCommand("SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE 'version'")->queryOne()['Value'];
-var_dump($sphinxVersion);
         $query = new Query();
         $results = $query->from('yii2_test_article_index')
             ->match('about')
@@ -486,22 +484,24 @@ public function testFacets()
             ->from('yii2_test_article_index')
             ->match('about');
 
-        if (strpos($sphinxVersion, '2.') === 0) {
+        try {
+            // Sphinx ^3
             $query = $query
+                ->select(new Expression('INTERVAL(author_id,200,400,600,800) AS range'))
                 ->facets([
                     'range' => [
-                        'select' => 'INTERVAL(author_id,200,400,600,800) AS range',
+                        'select' => 'range',
                     ],
                     'authorId' => [
                         'select' => [new Expression('author_id AS authorId')],
                     ],
                 ]);
-        } else {
+        } catch (\PDOException $e) {
+            // Sphinx ^2
             $query = $query
-                ->select(new Expression('INTERVAL(author_id,200,400,600,800) AS range'))
                 ->facets([
                     'range' => [
-                        'select' => 'range',
+                        'select' => 'INTERVAL(author_id,200,400,600,800) AS range',
                     ],
                     'authorId' => [
                         'select' => [new Expression('author_id AS authorId')],