diff --git a/mysql-init/build.yml b/mysql-init/build.yml
index 7f783dfe1..7c176da0e 100644
--- a/mysql-init/build.yml
+++ b/mysql-init/build.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ repository: monasca/mysql-init
 variants:
   - tag: latest
     aliases:
-      - :1.5.4
+      - :1.5.5
       - :1.5
       - :1
diff --git a/mysql-init/mysql-init.d/02-users.sql.j2 b/mysql-init/mysql-init.d/02-users.sql.j2
index 00c7512b6..bd4410238 100644
--- a/mysql-init/mysql-init.d/02-users.sql.j2
+++ b/mysql-init/mysql-init.d/02-users.sql.j2
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ GRANT ALL ON {{ db }}.* TO '{{ monapi_user }}'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '{{ monapi_pw }
 GRANT ALL ON {{ db }}.* TO '{{ monapi_user }}'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '{{ monapi_pw }}';
 GRANT ALL ON {{ db }}.* TO '{{ thresh_user }}'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '{{ thresh_pw }}';
 GRANT ALL ON {{ db }}.* TO '{{ thresh_user }}'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '{{ thresh_pw }}';
+FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
 {%- endif %}