diff --git a/materialize-mysql/docker-compose.yaml b/materialize-mysql/docker-compose.yaml
index ff83de0876..f9121232e6 100644
--- a/materialize-mysql/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/materialize-mysql/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ services:
     networks:
       - flow-test
     healthcheck:
-      test: [ "CMD", "mysql", "-h", "127.0.0.1", "-u", "$MYSQL_USER", "--password=$MYSQL_PASSWORD", "--port", "3306", "--execute", "SHOW DATABASES;"]
+      test: ["CMD", "healthcheck.sh", "--connect", "--innodb_initialized"]
       interval: 1s
       retries: 30
     ports: