diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-bats-macos.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-bats-macos.yaml
index 70c30e1e07..27f769d14c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-bats-macos.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-bats-macos.yaml
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ jobs:
           pip install mysql-connector-python
           pip install pandas
           pip install pyarrow
+      - name: Install MySQL client LTS release (8.4)
+        run: |
+          brew update
+          brew install mysql-client@8.4
+          echo 'PATH="/opt/homebrew/opt/mysql-client@8.4/bin:$PATH"' >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          mysql --version
       - name: Install Dolt
         working-directory: ./go
         run: |