diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 80f40176..63c9ee1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -78,17 +78,17 @@ jobs:
       FORCE_COLOR: "1"
       PRE_COMMIT_COLOR: "always"
 
-    services:
-      mysql:
-        if: matrix.database == 'mysql'
-        image: mariadb:10.3
-        env:
-          MYSQL_DATABASE: spiff_workflow_webapp_testing
-          MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: yes
-          MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD:
-        ports:
-          - 3306:3306
-        options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3
+    # services:
+    #   mysql:
+    #     if: matrix.database == 'mysql'
+    #     image: mariadb:10.3
+    #     env:
+    #       MYSQL_DATABASE: spiff_workflow_webapp_testing
+    #       MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: yes
+    #       MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD:
+    #     ports:
+    #       - 3306:3306
+    #     options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3
 
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository
@@ -147,6 +147,24 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ steps.pre-commit-cache.outputs.result }}-${{ hashFiles('.pre-commit-config.yaml') }}
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ steps.pre-commit-cache.outputs.result }}-
+      
+      - name: Setup Mysql
+        uses: mirromutth/mysql-action@v1.1
+        with:
+          host port: 3306
+          container port: 3306
+          mysql version: '8.0'
+          mysql database: 'spiff_workflow_webapp_testing'
+          mysql root password: 'password'
+        if: matrix.database == 'mysql'
+        # image: mariadb:10.3
+        # env:
+        #   MYSQL_DATABASE: spiff_workflow_webapp_testing
+        #   MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: yes
+        #   MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD:
+        # ports:
+        #   - 3306:3306
+        # options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3
 
       - name: Run Nox
         run: |
diff --git a/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/config/testing.py b/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/config/testing.py
index a9a5d063..5e3dcb7c 100644
--- a/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/config/testing.py
+++ b/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/config/testing.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if os.environ.get("TEST_DATABASE_TYPE") == "sqlite":
     SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = "sqlite:///db_testing.sqlite3"
 else:
     SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = (
-        "mysql+mysqlconnector://root:@localhost/spiff_workflow_webapp_testing"
+        "mysql+mysqlconnector://root:password@localhost/spiff_workflow_webapp_testing"
     )
 
 TESTING = True