diff --git a/.github/workflows/mysql.yaml b/.github/workflows/mysql.yaml
index e2122f1716..38a9bda596 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mysql.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mysql.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ jobs:
           MYSQL_USER: inventree
           MYSQL_PASSWORD: password
           MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: password
-          MYSQL_DATABASE: test_inventree
         options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=5s --health-timeout=2s --health-retries=3
         ports:
           - 3306:3306
diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_mysql.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_mysql.py
index a0b0f860f1..74570339d1 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_mysql.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_mysql.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if 'test' in sys.argv:
         # Ensure mysql backend is being used
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
         'NAME': 'inventree',
-        'USER': 'inventree',
+        'USER': 'root',
         'PASSWORD': 'password',
         'HOST': '127.0.0.1',
         'PORT': '3306',