diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 7b942d86c5e..55b536ef30a 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -1163,9 +1163,9 @@ steps:
   name: wait-for-mysql-5.7
 - commands:
   - apk add --update build-base
-  - apk add --update mysql-client
-  - cat devenv/docker/blocks/mysql_tests/setup.sql | mysql -h mysql57 -P 3306 -u root
-    -prootpass
+  - apk add --update mariadb-client
+  - cat devenv/docker/blocks/mysql_tests/setup.sql | mariadb -h mysql57 -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' '{}' '+'
@@ -1184,9 +1184,9 @@ 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' '{}' '+'
@@ -2722,9 +2722,9 @@ steps:
   name: wait-for-mysql-5.7
 - commands:
   - apk add --update build-base
-  - apk add --update mysql-client
-  - cat devenv/docker/blocks/mysql_tests/setup.sql | mysql -h mysql57 -P 3306 -u root
-    -prootpass
+  - apk add --update mariadb-client
+  - cat devenv/docker/blocks/mysql_tests/setup.sql | mariadb -h mysql57 -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' '{}' '+'
@@ -2743,9 +2743,9 @@ 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' '{}' '+'
@@ -3306,9 +3306,9 @@ steps:
   name: wait-for-mysql-5.7
 - commands:
   - apk add --update build-base
-  - apk add --update mysql-client
-  - cat devenv/docker/blocks/mysql_tests/setup.sql | mysql -h mysql57 -P 3306 -u root
-    -prootpass
+  - apk add --update mariadb-client
+  - cat devenv/docker/blocks/mysql_tests/setup.sql | mariadb -h mysql57 -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' '{}' '+'
@@ -3327,9 +3327,9 @@ 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' '{}' '+'
@@ -5007,9 +5007,9 @@ steps:
   name: wait-for-mysql-5.7
 - commands:
   - apk add --update build-base
-  - apk add --update mysql-client
-  - cat devenv/docker/blocks/mysql_tests/setup.sql | mysql -h mysql57 -P 3306 -u root
-    -prootpass
+  - apk add --update mariadb-client
+  - cat devenv/docker/blocks/mysql_tests/setup.sql | mariadb -h mysql57 -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' '{}' '+'
@@ -5028,9 +5028,9 @@ 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' '{}' '+'
@@ -5705,6 +5705,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: gcr_credentials
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: ce64283d0b8f86c0dc8a10ce78dc9a9203718adb75e1e294d6093bf2c1127dfc
+hmac: a63863f55ce7646ca090c519b4ba3c4ff8103b071097f827eafb7bad1aafcaac
 
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
index c52039766a9..1750d1dcf47 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
@@ -1052,8 +1052,8 @@ 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)",
     ]