diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 4cd71420e..f7fa1777d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -21,20 +21,21 @@ jobs:
           POSTGRES_USER: thredded
           POSTGRES_PASSWORD: thredded
 
-    #   mysql:
-    #     image: mysql
-    #     ports:
-    #       - 3306:3306
-    #     options: >-
-    #       --health-cmd mysqladmin ping
-    #       --health-interval 10s
-    #       --health-timeout 5s
-    #       --health-retries 3
-    #     env:
-    #       MYSQL_DATABASE: thredded_gem_test
-    #       MYSQL_USER: thredded
-    #       MYSQL_PASSWORD: thredded
-    #       MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: thredded
+      mysql:
+        image: mysql:8.0
+        env:
+          MYSQL_ROOT_HOST: "%"
+          MYSQL_DATABASE: thredded_gem_test
+          MYSQL_USER: thredded
+          MYSQL_PASSWORD: thredded
+          MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: thredded
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd "mysqladmin ping"
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 3
+        ports:
+          - "3306:3306"
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false