diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 18fce3e7..5224e1b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,24 @@ jobs:
           - 3306
         options: --health-cmd "mysql -proot -e \"show databases;\"" --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
 
+      mysql8:
+        image: mysql:8.0
+        env:
+          MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
+          MYSQL_DATABASE: dex
+        ports:
+          - 3306
+        options: --health-cmd "mysql -proot -e \"show databases;\"" --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
+
+      mysql8-ent:
+        image: mysql:8.0
+        env:
+          MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
+          MYSQL_DATABASE: dex
+        ports:
+          - 3306
+        options: --health-cmd "mysql -proot -e \"show databases;\"" --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
+
       etcd:
         image: gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd:v3.5.0
         ports:
@@ -124,6 +142,18 @@ jobs:
           DEX_MYSQL_ENT_HOST: 127.0.0.1
           DEX_MYSQL_ENT_PORT: ${{ job.services.mysql-ent.ports[3306] }}
 
+          DEX_MYSQL8_DATABASE: dex
+          DEX_MYSQL8_USER: root
+          DEX_MYSQL8_PASSWORD: root
+          DEX_MYSQL8_HOST: 127.0.0.1
+          DEX_MYSQL8_PORT: ${{ job.services.mysql8.ports[3306] }}
+
+          DEX_MYSQL8_ENT_DATABASE: dex
+          DEX_MYSQL8_ENT_USER: root
+          DEX_MYSQL8_ENT_PASSWORD: root
+          DEX_MYSQL8_ENT_HOST: 127.0.0.1
+          DEX_MYSQL8_ENT_PORT: ${{ job.services.mysql8-ent.ports[3306] }}
+
           DEX_POSTGRES_DATABASE: postgres
           DEX_POSTGRES_USER: postgres
           DEX_POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
diff --git a/docker-compose.override.yaml.dist b/docker-compose.override.yaml.dist
index b9eefac5..30591add 100644
--- a/docker-compose.override.yaml.dist
+++ b/docker-compose.override.yaml.dist
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ services:
         ports:
             - "127.0.0.1:3306:3306"
 
+    mysql8:
+        ports:
+            - "127.0.0.1:3307:3306"
+
     postgres:
         ports:
             - "127.0.0.1:5432:5432"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index cfaf739c..6c5a052a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ services:
             MYSQL_PASSWORD: mysql
             MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
 
+    mysql8:
+        image: mysql:8.0
+        command: --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
+        environment:
+            MYSQL_DATABASE: dex
+            MYSQL_USER: mysql
+            MYSQL_PASSWORD: mysql
+            MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: root
+
     postgres:
         image: postgres:10.15
         environment:
diff --git a/storage/ent/mysql_test.go b/storage/ent/mysql_test.go
index a1baffb3..b602e4a5 100644
--- a/storage/ent/mysql_test.go
+++ b/storage/ent/mysql_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ const (
 	MySQLEntDatabaseEnv = "DEX_MYSQL_ENT_DATABASE"
 	MySQLEntUserEnv     = "DEX_MYSQL_ENT_USER"
 	MySQLEntPasswordEnv = "DEX_MYSQL_ENT_PASSWORD"
+
+	MySQL8EntHostEnv     = "DEX_MYSQL8_ENT_HOST"
+	MySQL8EntPortEnv     = "DEX_MYSQL8_ENT_PORT"
+	MySQL8EntDatabaseEnv = "DEX_MYSQL8_ENT_DATABASE"
+	MySQL8EntUserEnv     = "DEX_MYSQL8_ENT_USER"
+	MySQL8EntPasswordEnv = "DEX_MYSQL8_ENT_PASSWORD"
 )
 
 func mysqlTestConfig(host string, port uint64) *MySQL {
@@ -40,6 +46,35 @@ func mysqlTestConfig(host string, port uint64) *MySQL {
 	}
 }
 
+func mysql8TestConfig(host string, port uint64) *MySQL {
+	return &MySQL{
+		NetworkDB: NetworkDB{
+			Database: getenv(MySQL8EntDatabaseEnv, "mysql"),
+			User:     getenv(MySQL8EntUserEnv, "mysql"),
+			Password: getenv(MySQL8EntPasswordEnv, "mysql"),
+			Host:     host,
+			Port:     uint16(port),
+		},
+		SSL: SSL{
+			Mode: mysqlSSLFalse,
+		},
+		params: map[string]string{
+			"innodb_lock_wait_timeout": "1",
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func newMySQL8Storage(t *testing.T, host string, port uint64) storage.Storage {
+	logger := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(t.Output(), &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: slog.LevelDebug}))
+
+	cfg := mysql8TestConfig(host, port)
+	s, err := cfg.Open(logger)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
 func newMySQLStorage(t *testing.T, host string, port uint64) storage.Storage {
 	logger := slog.New(slog.NewTextHandler(t.Output(), &slog.HandlerOptions{Level: slog.LevelDebug}))
 
@@ -72,6 +107,27 @@ func TestMySQL(t *testing.T) {
 	conformance.RunTransactionTests(t, newStorage)
 }
 
+func TestMySQL8(t *testing.T) {
+	host := os.Getenv(MySQL8EntHostEnv)
+	if host == "" {
+		t.Skipf("test environment variable %s not set, skipping", MySQL8EntHostEnv)
+	}
+
+	port := uint64(3306)
+	if rawPort := os.Getenv(MySQL8EntPortEnv); rawPort != "" {
+		var err error
+
+		port, err = strconv.ParseUint(rawPort, 10, 32)
+		require.NoError(t, err, "invalid mysql port %q: %s", rawPort, err)
+	}
+
+	newStorage := func(t *testing.T) storage.Storage {
+		return newMySQL8Storage(t, host, port)
+	}
+	conformance.RunTests(t, newStorage)
+	conformance.RunTransactionTests(t, newStorage)
+}
+
 func TestMySQLDSN(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name       string
diff --git a/storage/sql/config_test.go b/storage/sql/config_test.go
index 93a593ea..606c95a8 100644
--- a/storage/sql/config_test.go
+++ b/storage/sql/config_test.go
@@ -275,3 +275,40 @@ func TestMySQL(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	testDB(t, s, true)
 }
+
+const testMySQL8Env = "DEX_MYSQL8_HOST"
+
+func TestMySQL8(t *testing.T) {
+	host := os.Getenv(testMySQL8Env)
+	if host == "" {
+		t.Skipf("test environment variable %q not set, skipping", testMySQL8Env)
+	}
+
+	port := uint64(3306)
+	if rawPort := os.Getenv("DEX_MYSQL8_PORT"); rawPort != "" {
+		var err error
+
+		port, err = strconv.ParseUint(rawPort, 10, 32)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("invalid mysql port %q: %s", rawPort, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	s := &MySQL{
+		NetworkDB: NetworkDB{
+			Database:          getenv("DEX_MYSQL8_DATABASE", "mysql"),
+			User:              getenv("DEX_MYSQL8_USER", "mysql"),
+			Password:          getenv("DEX_MYSQL8_PASSWORD", "mysql"),
+			Host:              host,
+			Port:              uint16(port),
+			ConnectionTimeout: 5,
+		},
+		SSL: SSL{
+			Mode: mysqlSSLFalse,
+		},
+		params: map[string]string{
+			"innodb_lock_wait_timeout": "3",
+		},
+	}
+	testDB(t, s, true)
+}