diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
index 03609d57f0..6946fb7734 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ jobs:
             character-set-server=utf8mb4
             collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
             innodb_default_row_format=DYNAMIC
+            innodb_file_per_table=1
 
       - name: Set up database (mysql)
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-database