diff --git a/test/tests/mysql-log-bin/run.sh b/test/tests/mysql-log-bin/run.sh
index bf05945f43..6e01e095e0 100755
--- a/test/tests/mysql-log-bin/run.sh
+++ b/test/tests/mysql-log-bin/run.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ dir="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$BASH_SOURCE")")"
 image="$1"
 
 cname="mysql-container-$RANDOM-$RANDOM"
+rootpass="secret$RANDOM-$RANDOM"
 cid="$(
 	docker run -d \
-		-e MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=1 \
+		-e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD="$rootpass" \
 		--name "$cname" \
 		"$image" \
 		--log-bin="foo-$RANDOM" \
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ mysql() {
 		"$image" \
 		-euc 'if command -v mariadb > /dev/null; then exec mariadb "$@"; else exec mysql "$@"; fi' -- \
 		-uroot \
+		-p"$rootpass" \
 		-hmysql \
 		--silent \
 		"$@"