diff --git a/.github/workflows/l5-swagger-generate.yml b/.github/workflows/l5-swagger-generate.yml
index c9864683..8c7d7fa1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/l5-swagger-generate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/l5-swagger-generate.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
 
         services:
             mysql:
-                image: mysql:8.0
+                image: mysql:8.4
                 env:
                     MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${{env.DB_PASSWORD}}
                     MYSQL_DATABASE: ${{env.DB_DATABASE}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly_unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly_unit_tests.yml
index 01dd2112..c9b7d6d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly_unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly_unit_tests.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       PHP_VERSION: 8.3
     services:
       mysql:
-        image: mysql:8.0
+        image: mysql:8.4
         env:
           MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD:  ${{env.DB_PASSWORD}}
           MYSQL_DATABASE: ${{env.DB_DATABASE}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request_unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request_unit_tests.yml
index 462317c3..f150ee00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request_unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request_unit_tests.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       OTEL_SERVICE_ENABLED: false
     services:
       mysql:
-        image: mysql:8.0
+        image: mysql:8.4
         env:
           MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD:  ${{env.DB_PASSWORD}}
           MYSQL_DATABASE: ${{env.DB_DATABASE}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index ad2ede65..88d4189a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       OTEL_SERVICE_ENABLED: false
     services:
       mysql:
-        image: mysql:8.0
+        image: mysql:8.4
         env:
           MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD:  ${{env.DB_PASSWORD}}
           MYSQL_DATABASE: ${{env.DB_DATABASE}}
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a185686e..8d998a0b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ services:
       - idp-local-net
     env_file: ./.env
   db:
-    image: mysql:8.0
+    image: mysql:8.4
     container_name: idp-db-local
-    command: --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password --sql-require-primary-key=ON
+    command: --mysql-native-password=ON --sql-require-primary-key=ON
     restart: unless-stopped
     ports:
       - "30780:3306"