diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index b3b7a9ebbff..5f190d8181d 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -1160,9 +1160,9 @@ 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' '{}' '+'
@@ -1181,9 +1181,9 @@ 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' '{}' '+'
@@ -2713,9 +2713,9 @@ 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' '{}' '+'
@@ -2734,9 +2734,9 @@ 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' '{}' '+'
@@ -3297,9 +3297,9 @@ 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' '{}' '+'
@@ -3318,9 +3318,9 @@ 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' '{}' '+'
@@ -5041,9 +5041,9 @@ 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' '{}' '+'
@@ -5062,9 +5062,9 @@ 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' '{}' '+'
@@ -5739,6 +5739,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: gcr_credentials
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: f58217f51a17b707d2f40740303c3c736116a22d822379bb147fe1849e099ba4
+hmac: be19150e8d9c93d3e71e570e9e8c6a13310bbde351260ccc73f7b2c515f8d511
 
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
index 57f03ca326d..2f93bc972cd 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)",
     ]