diff --git a/docker/mysql/init/init.sql b/docker/mysql/init/init.sql
index 871fe39c3baf..78cdcd03aa94 100644
--- a/docker/mysql/init/init.sql
+++ b/docker/mysql/init/init.sql
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS diesel_test;
 CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS diesel_unit_test;
-GRANT ALL ON `diesel_%`.* TO ''@'localhost;
+GRANT ALL ON `diesel_%`.* TO 'root'@'localhost';