diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index c738af0a641..d5cb7412209 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ env:
   # - 10.6.10 is the version currently shipped with the Add-on (as of 31 Jan 2023)
   # 10.10 is the latest short-term-support
   # - 10.10.3 is the latest (as of 6 Feb 2023)
-  MARIADB_VERSIONS: "['mariadb:10.3.32','mariadb:10.6.10','mariadb:10.10.3']"
+  # mysql 8.0.32 does not always behave the same as MariaDB
+  # and some queries that work on MariaDB do not work on MySQL
+  MARIADB_VERSIONS: "['mariadb:10.3.32','mariadb:10.6.10','mariadb:10.10.3','mysql:8.0.32']"
   # 12 is the oldest supported version
   # - 12.14 is the latest (as of 9 Feb 2023)
   # 15 is the latest version