diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index b9dcf35fcf1..516e31ade06 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -1155,9 +1155,9 @@ steps:
   name: wait-for-mysql-8.0
 - commands:
   - apk add --update build-base
-  - apk add --update mysql-client
-  - cat devenv/docker/blocks/mysql_tests/setup.sql | mysql -h mysql80 -P 3306 -u root
-    -prootpass
+  - apk add --update mariadb-client
+  - cat devenv/docker/blocks/mysql_tests/setup.sql | mariadb -h mysql80 -P 3306 -u
+    root -prootpass --disable-ssl-verify-server-cert
   - go clean -testcache
   - go test -p=1 -count=1 -covermode=atomic -timeout=5m -run '^TestIntegration' $(find
     ./pkg -type f -name '*_test.go' -exec grep -l '^func TestIntegration' '{}' '+'
@@ -2650,9 +2650,9 @@ steps:
   name: wait-for-mysql-8.0
 - commands:
   - apk add --update build-base
-  - apk add --update mysql-client
-  - cat devenv/docker/blocks/mysql_tests/setup.sql | mysql -h mysql80 -P 3306 -u root
-    -prootpass
+  - apk add --update mariadb-client
+  - cat devenv/docker/blocks/mysql_tests/setup.sql | mariadb -h mysql80 -P 3306 -u
+    root -prootpass --disable-ssl-verify-server-cert
   - go clean -testcache
   - go test -p=1 -count=1 -covermode=atomic -timeout=5m -run '^TestIntegration' $(find
     ./pkg -type f -name '*_test.go' -exec grep -l '^func TestIntegration' '{}' '+'
@@ -3198,9 +3198,9 @@ steps:
   name: wait-for-mysql-8.0
 - commands:
   - apk add --update build-base
-  - apk add --update mysql-client
-  - cat devenv/docker/blocks/mysql_tests/setup.sql | mysql -h mysql80 -P 3306 -u root
-    -prootpass
+  - apk add --update mariadb-client
+  - cat devenv/docker/blocks/mysql_tests/setup.sql | mariadb -h mysql80 -P 3306 -u
+    root -prootpass --disable-ssl-verify-server-cert
   - go clean -testcache
   - go test -p=1 -count=1 -covermode=atomic -timeout=5m -run '^TestIntegration' $(find
     ./pkg -type f -name '*_test.go' -exec grep -l '^func TestIntegration' '{}' '+'
@@ -4908,9 +4908,9 @@ steps:
   name: wait-for-mysql-8.0
 - commands:
   - apk add --update build-base
-  - apk add --update mysql-client
-  - cat devenv/docker/blocks/mysql_tests/setup.sql | mysql -h mysql80 -P 3306 -u root
-    -prootpass
+  - apk add --update mariadb-client
+  - cat devenv/docker/blocks/mysql_tests/setup.sql | mariadb -h mysql80 -P 3306 -u
+    root -prootpass --disable-ssl-verify-server-cert
   - go clean -testcache
   - go test -p=1 -count=1 -covermode=atomic -timeout=5m -run '^TestIntegration' $(find
     ./pkg -type f -name '*_test.go' -exec grep -l '^func TestIntegration' '{}' '+'
@@ -5579,6 +5579,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: gcr_credentials
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: 341dbe9d2f9c6d2ee70026e495921ea4670550729350047ec0c680094497cc44
+hmac: 9f0a6d29cd6f5e368fb6d63f26ab213d668ac099e3b8e653dbf4b074e7ef0a1a
 
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
index 20f7fe11490..e8afa62788f 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
@@ -1075,8 +1075,8 @@ def postgres_integration_tests_steps():
 
 def mysql_integration_tests_steps(hostname, version):
     cmds = [
-        "apk add --update mysql-client",
-        "cat devenv/docker/blocks/mysql_tests/setup.sql | mysql -h {} -P 3306 -u root -prootpass".format(hostname),
+        "apk add --update mariadb-client",  # alpine doesn't package mysql anymore; more info: https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/wiki/MySQL
+        "cat devenv/docker/blocks/mysql_tests/setup.sql | mariadb -h {} -P 3306 -u root -prootpass --disable-ssl-verify-server-cert".format(hostname),
         "go clean -testcache",
         "go test -p=1 -count=1 -covermode=atomic -timeout=5m -run '^TestIntegration' $(find ./pkg -type f -name '*_test.go' -exec grep -l '^func TestIntegration' '{}' '+' | grep -o '\\(.*\\)/' | sort -u)",
     ]