diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 0b97149975f..81952f009bd 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ services:
   image: redis
 - name: mysql
   image: mysql:8.0
+  command: [ "--default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password" ]
   environment:
     MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: owncloud
     MYSQL_USER: oc_autotest