diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
index 09730d56c5..27cfa9be9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
@@ -61,12 +61,16 @@ jobs:
           --health-retries 5
         ports:
           - 3306:3306
-        volumes: 
-          - ${{ github.workspace }}/.github/workflows/mysql_options.cnf:/etc/mysql/conf.d/custom.cnf
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+      - name: Copy custom MySQL option file 
+        if: ${{ matrix.TESTING_DB == 'mysql' }}
+        run: |
+          sudo cp ${{ github.workspace }}/.github/workflows/mysql_options.cnf /etc/mysql/custom.cnf
+          sudo chown -R mysql:mysql /etc/mysql/custom.cnf
+
       # - name: Set up database (${{ matrix.TESTING_DB }})
       #   uses: ./.github/actions/setup-database
       #   with: