diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2147205..3fbabb5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -182,8 +182,13 @@ jobs:
             composer-dependencies: lowest
   functional-tests:
     name: "Functional tests"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     needs: php-lint
+    env:
+      DB_DATABASE: typo3
+      DB_USER: root
+      DB_PASSWORD: root
+      DB_HOST: localhost
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -222,12 +227,15 @@ jobs:
           composer show
       - name: "Start MySQL"
         run: "sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start"
+      # This workaround for MySQL 8 can be removed once we drop support for PHP 7.2/7.3.
+      - name: "Configure the MySQL user to work with PHP 7.2/7.3"
+        run: mysql -u root --password=root -e "ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'root'"
       - name: "Run functional tests"
         run: |
-          export typo3DatabaseName="typo3";
-          export typo3DatabaseHost="127.0.0.1";
-          export typo3DatabaseUsername="root";
-          export typo3DatabasePassword="root";
+          export typo3DatabaseName="$DB_DATABASE";
+          export typo3DatabaseHost="$DB_HOST";
+          export typo3DatabaseUsername="$DB_USER";
+          export typo3DatabasePassword="$DB_PASSWORD";
           composer ci:tests:functional
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codecoverage.yml b/.github/workflows/codecoverage.yml
index 6c47540..5a4eec5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codecoverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codecoverage.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ on:
 jobs:
   code-coverage:
     name: "Calculate code coverage"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    env:
+      DB_DATABASE: typo3
+      DB_USER: root
+      DB_PASSWORD: root
+      DB_HOST: localhost
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -46,14 +51,17 @@ jobs:
           composer show
       - name: "Start MySQL"
         run: "sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start"
+      # This workaround for MySQL 8 can be removed once we drop support for PHP 7.2/7.3.
+      - name: "Configure the MySQL user to work with PHP 7.2/7.3"
+        run: mysql -u root --password=root -e "ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'root'"
       - name: "Run unit tests with coverage"
         run: composer ci:coverage:unit
       - name: "Run functional tests with coverage"
         run: |
-          export typo3DatabaseName="typo3";
-          export typo3DatabaseHost="127.0.0.1";
-          export typo3DatabaseUsername="root";
-          export typo3DatabasePassword="root";
+          export typo3DatabaseName="$DB_DATABASE";
+          export typo3DatabaseHost="$DB_HOST";
+          export typo3DatabaseUsername="$DB_USER";
+          export typo3DatabasePassword="$DB_PASSWORD";
           composer ci:coverage:functional
       - name: "Merge coverage results"
         run: composer ci:coverage:merge
diff --git a/.github/workflows/predefined.yml b/.github/workflows/predefined.yml
index e5625fa..6b41407 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/predefined.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/predefined.yml
@@ -202,8 +202,13 @@ jobs:
           - "^10.4"
   functional-tests:
     name: "Functional tests"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     needs: php-lint
+    env:
+      DB_DATABASE: typo3
+      DB_USER: root
+      DB_PASSWORD: root
+      DB_HOST: localhost
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -240,12 +245,15 @@ jobs:
           composer show
       - name: "Start MySQL"
         run: "sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start"
+      # This workaround for MySQL 8 can be removed once we drop support for PHP 7.2/7.3.
+      - name: "Configure the MySQL user to work with PHP 7.2/7.3"
+        run: mysql -u root --password=root -e "ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'root'"
       - name: "Run functional tests"
         run: |
-          export typo3DatabaseName="typo3";
-          export typo3DatabaseHost="127.0.0.1";
-          export typo3DatabaseUsername="root";
-          export typo3DatabasePassword="root";
+          export typo3DatabaseName="$DB_DATABASE";
+          export typo3DatabaseHost="$DB_HOST";
+          export typo3DatabaseUsername="$DB_USER";
+          export typo3DatabasePassword="$DB_PASSWORD";
           composer ci:tests:functional
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false