diff --git a/homeassistant/components/influxdb/const.py b/homeassistant/components/influxdb/const.py
index eff6fbb1e44..68e3da5b223 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/influxdb/const.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/influxdb/const.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ BATCH_TIMEOUT = 1
 BATCH_BUFFER_SIZE = 100
 LANGUAGE_INFLUXQL = "influxQL"
 LANGUAGE_FLUX = "flux"
-TEST_QUERY_V1 = "SHOW SERIES LIMIT 1;"
+TEST_QUERY_V1 = "SHOW DATABASES;"
 TEST_QUERY_V2 = f"buckets() {DEFAULT_FUNCTION_FLUX}"
 CODE_INVALID_INPUTS = 400