diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index eb2fef28d..80122b71b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         sudo systemctl start mysql.service
         sudo mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE DATABASE rhymix CHARSET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci"
-        sudo mysql -uroot -proot -e "ALTER USER root@localhost IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'root'"
+        sudo mysql -uroot -proot -e "CREATE USER rhymix@localhost IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'rhymix'"
+        sudo mysql -uroot -proot -e "GRANT ALL ON rhymix.* to rhymix@localhost; FLUSH PRIVILEGES"
+        sudo mysql -uroot -proot -e "SELECT VERSION()"
 
     - name: PHP Lint
       run: if find . -name "*.php" ! -path "./vendor/*" -print0 | xargs -0 -n 1 -P 8 php -l | grep -v "No syntax errors detected"; then exit 1; fi
diff --git a/tests/install.suite.dist.yml b/tests/install.suite.dist.yml
index 147996603..bc98ba3bd 100644
--- a/tests/install.suite.dist.yml
+++ b/tests/install.suite.dist.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ modules:
                 CURLOPT_TIMEOUT: 180
         DbDropTablesHelper:
             dsn: 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=rhymix'
-            user: 'root'
-            password: 'root'
+            user: 'rhymix'
+            password: 'rhymix'
         Db:
             dsn: 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=rhymix'
-            user: 'root'
-            password: 'root'
+            user: 'rhymix'
+            password: 'rhymix'
             cleanup: true