diff --git a/src/NHibernate.Config.Templates/MySql.cfg.xml b/src/NHibernate.Config.Templates/MySql.cfg.xml
index be2366cd660..524deb631d3 100644
--- a/src/NHibernate.Config.Templates/MySql.cfg.xml
+++ b/src/NHibernate.Config.Templates/MySql.cfg.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ for your own use before compile tests in VisualStudio.
 		<property name="connection.driver_class">NHibernate.Driver.MySqlDataDriver</property>
 		<property name="connection.connection_string">
 			Database=nhibernate;Data Source=localhost;User Id=nhibernate;Password=;
-			Protocol=memory;Old Guids=True;
+			Old Guids=True;
 		</property>
 		<property name="dialect">NHibernate.Dialect.MySQL5Dialect</property>
 	</session-factory>
diff --git a/src/NHibernate.Test/NHibernate.Test.csproj b/src/NHibernate.Test/NHibernate.Test.csproj
index 7bf52906ad0..d091128c724 100644
--- a/src/NHibernate.Test/NHibernate.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/NHibernate.Test/NHibernate.Test.csproj
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.NET.Test.Sdk" Version="16.9.4" />
     <PackageReference Include="FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient" Version="6.6.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Npgsql" Version="4.0.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="MySql.Data" Version="8.0.22" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MySql.Data" Version="8.0.25" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition="$(NhNetFx)">
     <Reference Include="System.Configuration" />
diff --git a/src/NHibernate/Dialect/MySQLDialect.cs b/src/NHibernate/Dialect/MySQLDialect.cs
index 5ecbf270402..d7b4be07d63 100644
--- a/src/NHibernate/Dialect/MySQLDialect.cs
+++ b/src/NHibernate/Dialect/MySQLDialect.cs
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ public MySQLDialect()
 			"separator",
 			"show",
 			"shutdown",
+			"source_ssl_verify_server_cert",
 			"spatial",
 			"sql_big_result",
 			"sql_calc_found_rows",
diff --git a/teamcity.build b/teamcity.build
index 1aebbf13cbb..7e90e13e430 100644
--- a/teamcity.build
+++ b/teamcity.build
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 		<property name="db-service" value="MySQL57" />
 		<property name="nhibernate.connection.driver_class" value="NHibernate.Driver.MySqlDataDriver" />
 		<property name="nhibernate.dialect"	value="NHibernate.Dialect.MySQL5Dialect" />
-		<property name="nhibernate.connection.connection_string" value="Data Source=localhost;Database=nhibernate;User ID=nhibernate;Password=nhibernate;Protocol=memory;Old Guids=True;" />
+		<property name="nhibernate.connection.connection_string" value="Data Source=localhost;Database=nhibernate;User ID=nhibernate;Password=nhibernate;Old Guids=True;" />
 	</target>
 
 	<target name="setup-teamcity-sqlanywhere">