diff --git a/kyuubi-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/config/KyuubiReservedKeys.scala b/kyuubi-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/config/KyuubiReservedKeys.scala
index e5dc43a9d2d..288c55b0b25 100644
--- a/kyuubi-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/config/KyuubiReservedKeys.scala
+++ b/kyuubi-common/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/config/KyuubiReservedKeys.scala
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ object KyuubiReservedKeys {
   final val KYUUBI_SESSION_REAL_USER_KEY = "kyuubi.session.real.user"
   final val KYUUBI_SESSION_CONNECTION_URL_KEY = "kyuubi.session.connection.url"
   final val KYUUBI_BATCH_RESOURCE_UPLOADED_KEY = "kyuubi.batch.resource.uploaded"
+  /**
+   * default priority is 10, higher priority will be scheduled first
+   * when enabled metadata store priority feature
+   */
   final val KYUUBI_BATCH_PRIORITY = "kyuubi.batch.priority"
   final val KYUUBI_STATEMENT_ID_KEY = "kyuubi.statement.id"
   final val KYUUBI_ENGINE_ID = "kyuubi.engine.id"
diff --git a/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/server/metadata/api/Metadata.scala b/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/server/metadata/api/Metadata.scala
index f2474dcd2c4..0553cf90b54 100644
--- a/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/server/metadata/api/Metadata.scala
+++ b/kyuubi-server/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/server/metadata/api/Metadata.scala
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ case class Metadata(
     engineState: String = null,
     engineError: Option[String] = None,
     endTime: Long = 0L,
+    // keep consistent with table creation DDL
+    // find why we set 10 as default in KYUUBI #5329
     priority: Int = 10,
     peerInstanceClosed: Boolean = false) {
   def appMgrInfo: ApplicationManagerInfo = {
diff --git a/kyuubi-server/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/server/metadata/MetadataManagerSuite.scala b/kyuubi-server/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/server/metadata/MetadataManagerSuite.scala
index 2b42b7f021a..fe7fa586858 100644
--- a/kyuubi-server/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/server/metadata/MetadataManagerSuite.scala
+++ b/kyuubi-server/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/server/metadata/MetadataManagerSuite.scala
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import org.scalatest.time.SpanSugar.convertIntToGrainOfTime
 import org.apache.kyuubi.{KyuubiException, KyuubiFunSuite}
 import org.apache.kyuubi.config.KyuubiConf
 import org.apache.kyuubi.config.KyuubiConf._
-import org.apache.kyuubi.engine.EngineType
 import org.apache.kyuubi.metrics.{MetricsConstants, MetricsSystem}
 import org.apache.kyuubi.metrics.MetricsConstants._
 import org.apache.kyuubi.operation.OperationState
@@ -146,35 +145,26 @@ class MetadataManagerSuite extends KyuubiFunSuite {
   }
 
   test("[KYUUBI #5328] Test MetadataManager#pickBatchForSubmitting in order") {
+    // build mock batch jobs
+    val mockKyuubiInstance = "mock_kyuubi_instance"
+    val time = System.currentTimeMillis()
+    val mockBatchJob1 = newMetadata(
+      identifier = "mock_batch_job_1",
+      state = OperationState.INITIALIZED.toString,
+      createTime = time + 10000,
+      // larger than default priority 10
+      priority = 20)
+    val mockBatchJob2 = newMetadata(
+      identifier = "mock_batch_job_2",
+      state = OperationState.INITIALIZED.toString,
+      createTime = time)
+    val mockBatchJob3 = newMetadata(
+      identifier = "mock_batch_job_3",
+      state = OperationState.INITIALIZED.toString,
+      createTime = time + 5000)
+
     withMetadataManager(Map(METADATA_STORE_JDBC_PRIORITY_ENABLED.key -> "true")) {
       metadataManager =>
-        val mockKyuubiInstance = "mock_kyuubi_instance"
-        val time = System.currentTimeMillis()
-        val mockBatchJob1 = Metadata(
-          identifier = "mock_batch_job_1",
-          sessionType = SessionType.BATCH,
-          realUser = "kyuubi",
-          username = "kyuubi",
-          engineType = EngineType.SPARK_SQL.toString,
-          state = OperationState.INITIALIZED.toString,
-          priority = 20,
-          createTime = time + 10000)
-        val mockBatchJob2 = Metadata(
-          identifier = "mock_batch_job_2",
-          sessionType = SessionType.BATCH,
-          realUser = "kyuubi",
-          username = "kyuubi",
-          engineType = EngineType.SPARK_SQL.toString,
-          state = OperationState.INITIALIZED.toString,
-          createTime = time)
-        val mockBatchJob3 = Metadata(
-          identifier = "mock_batch_job_3",
-          sessionType = SessionType.BATCH,
-          realUser = "kyuubi",
-          username = "kyuubi",
-          engineType = EngineType.SPARK_SQL.toString,
-          state = OperationState.INITIALIZED.toString,
-          createTime = time + 10000)
         metadataManager.insertMetadata(mockBatchJob1, asyncRetryOnError = false)
         metadataManager.insertMetadata(mockBatchJob2, asyncRetryOnError = false)
         metadataManager.insertMetadata(mockBatchJob3, asyncRetryOnError = false)
@@ -193,33 +183,6 @@ class MetadataManagerSuite extends KyuubiFunSuite {
 
     withMetadataManager(Map(METADATA_STORE_JDBC_PRIORITY_ENABLED.key -> "false")) {
       metadataManager =>
-        val mockKyuubiInstance = "mock_kyuubi_instance"
-        val time = System.currentTimeMillis()
-        val mockBatchJob1 = Metadata(
-          identifier = "mock_batch_job_1",
-          sessionType = SessionType.BATCH,
-          realUser = "kyuubi",
-          username = "kyuubi",
-          engineType = EngineType.SPARK_SQL.toString,
-          state = OperationState.INITIALIZED.toString,
-          priority = 20,
-          createTime = time + 10000)
-        val mockBatchJob2 = Metadata(
-          identifier = "mock_batch_job_2",
-          sessionType = SessionType.BATCH,
-          realUser = "kyuubi",
-          username = "kyuubi",
-          engineType = EngineType.SPARK_SQL.toString,
-          state = OperationState.INITIALIZED.toString,
-          createTime = time)
-        val mockBatchJob3 = Metadata(
-          identifier = "mock_batch_job_3",
-          sessionType = SessionType.BATCH,
-          realUser = "kyuubi",
-          username = "kyuubi",
-          engineType = EngineType.SPARK_SQL.toString,
-          state = OperationState.INITIALIZED.toString,
-          createTime = time + 500)
         metadataManager.insertMetadata(mockBatchJob1, asyncRetryOnError = false)
         metadataManager.insertMetadata(mockBatchJob2, asyncRetryOnError = false)
         metadataManager.insertMetadata(mockBatchJob3, asyncRetryOnError = false)
@@ -260,22 +223,27 @@ class MetadataManagerSuite extends KyuubiFunSuite {
     }
   }
 
-  private def newMetadata(): Metadata = {
+  private def newMetadata(
+      identifier: String = UUID.randomUUID().toString,
+      state: String = OperationState.PENDING.toString,
+      createTime: Long = System.currentTimeMillis(),
+      priority: Int = 10): Metadata = {
     Metadata(
-      identifier = UUID.randomUUID().toString,
+      identifier = identifier,
       sessionType = SessionType.BATCH,
       realUser = "kyuubi",
       username = "kyuubi",
       ipAddress = "127.0.0.1",
       kyuubiInstance = "localhost:10009",
-      state = "PENDING",
+      state = state,
       resource = "intern",
       className = "org.apache.kyuubi.SparkWC",
       requestName = "kyuubi_batch",
       requestConf = Map("spark.master" -> "local"),
       requestArgs = Seq("100"),
-      createTime = System.currentTimeMillis(),
+      createTime = createTime,
       engineType = "spark",
+      priority = priority,
       clusterManager = Some("local"))
   }
 }