diff --git a/.github/workflows/ruby_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ruby_ci.yml
index 479d81f4..41f089fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ruby_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ruby_ci.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     services:
       mysql:
         # Use the Mysql docker image https://hub.docker.com/_/mysql
-        image: mysql:5.7 # Using 5.7 to map to what is used in production.
+        image: mysql:8.0 # Using 8.0 to map to what is used in production.
         ports:
          - 3306:3306 # Default port mappings
          # Monitor the health of the container to mesaure when it is ready