diff --git a/.github/workflows/rubyonrails.yml b/.github/workflows/rubyonrails.yml
index 41dd554..fab89b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rubyonrails.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rubyonrails.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# This workflow will install a prebuilt Ruby version, install dependencies, and
-# run tests and linters.
 name: "Ruby on Rails CI"
 on:
   push:
@@ -9,10 +7,23 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      RAILS_ENV: test
-      DB_ADAPTER: sqlite3
-      DATABASE_URL: db/test.sqlite3
+    services:
+      mysql:
+        image: mysql
+        ports:
+          - 3306:3306
+        env:
+          MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: mysql
+          MYSQL_DATABASE: test
+          MYSQL_USER: test
+          MYSQL_PASSWORD: test
+        # Set health checks to wait until mysql has started
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd "mysqladmin ping -h 127.0.0.1 -u root -p$$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD"
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -21,8 +32,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           bundler-cache: true
       - name: Run tests
+        env:
+          RAILS_ENV: test
+          DATABASE_URL: mysql2://test:test@127.0.0.1:3306/test
         run: |
+          sudo apt install -y libmariadb-dev
           bundle install
-          bundle exec rails db:create
+          bundle exec rails db:migrate
           bundle exec rails test