diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 18b9e2339b..6945857ead 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -3,13 +3,20 @@ on: [push]
 jobs:
   linux-gcc-make:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    services:
+      mysql:
+        image: mysql:latest
+        env:
+          MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: yes
+          MYSQL_USER: pocotest
+          MYSQL_PASSWORD: pocotest
+          MYSQL_DATABASE: pocotest
+        ports:
+          - 3306:3306
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install libssl-dev unixodbc-dev redis-server mariadb-server libmariadb-dev
+      - run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install libssl-dev unixodbc-dev redis-server libmysqlclient-dev
       - run: ./configure --everything --omit=PDF && make all -s -j4 && sudo make install
-      - run: sudo Data/MySQL/testsuite/run-db-setup.sh
-      - run: sudo ln -s /usr/include/mariadb/ /usr/include/mysql
-      - run: sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmariadb.so /usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so
       - run: >-
           sudo -s
           EXCLUDE_TESTS="Data/ODBC Data/PostgreSQL MongoDB"