diff --git a/.github/workflows/mysql.yaml b/.github/workflows/mysql.yaml
index 7de1bcfc59..1ba8f6b24b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mysql.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mysql.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ jobs:
         image: mysql:5.7
         env:
             MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: yes
+            MYSQL_DATABASE: inventree_test_db
+            MYSQL_USER: inventree
+            MYSQL_PASSWORD: password
         ports:
           - 3306
       
@@ -30,9 +33,6 @@ jobs:
           pip3 install invoke
           pip3 install mysqlclient
           invoke install
-      - name: Create Database
-        run: |
-          mysql -e 'CREATE DATABASE inventree_test_db;'
       - name: Run Tests
         run: |
           cd InvenTree
diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_mysql.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_mysql.py
index 18c6f09a16..ca227642e2 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_mysql.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_mysql.py
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ if 'test' in sys.argv:
         # Ensure mysql backend is being used
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
         'NAME': 'inventree_test_db',
-        'USER': 'travis',
-        'PASSWORD': '',
+        'USER': 'inventree',
+        'PASSWORD': 'password',
         'HOST': '127.0.0.1'
         'PORT': '3306',
     }