diff --git a/gridscale/resource_gridscale_mysql_test.go b/gridscale/resource_gridscale_mysql_test.go
index ca92c05e3..1554cf57b 100644
--- a/gridscale/resource_gridscale_mysql_test.go
+++ b/gridscale/resource_gridscale_mysql_test.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func testAccCheckResourceGridscaleMySQLConfig_basic(name string) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "gridscale_mysql" "test" {
 	name = "%s"
-	release = "5.7"
+	release = "8.0"
 	performance_class = "standard"
 }
 `, name)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func testAccCheckResourceGridscaleMySQLConfig_basic_update() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`
 resource "gridscale_mysql" "test" {
 	name = "newname"
-	release = "5.7"
+	release = "8.0"
 	performance_class = "standard"
 	max_core_count = 20
 	mysql_max_connections = 2000