diff --git a/nixos/tests/mysql/common.nix b/nixos/tests/mysql/common.nix
index 968253d109cc..040d360b6d99 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/mysql/common.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/mysql/common.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     inherit (pkgs.darwin) cctools;
     inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) CoreServices;
   });
-  mysqlPackage = {
+  mysqlPackages = {
     inherit (pkgs) mysql57 mysql80;
   };
   mkTestName = pkg: "mariadb_${builtins.replaceStrings ["."] [""] (lib.versions.majorMinor pkg.version)}";
diff --git a/nixos/tests/mysql/mysql.nix b/nixos/tests/mysql/mysql.nix
index a5e42f85a7fb..197e6da80e24 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/mysql/mysql.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/mysql/mysql.nix
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ let
 in
   lib.mapAttrs (_: package: makeMySQLTest {
     inherit package;
-    hasRocksDB = false; hasMroonga = false;
+    hasRocksDB = false; hasMroonga = false; useSocketAuth = false;
   }) mysqlPackages
   // (lib.mapAttrs (_: package: makeMySQLTest {
     inherit package;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.7.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.7.x.nix
index c1ce4d9e1e14..1c8b21f399eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.7.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.7.x.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 { lib, stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, bison, pkg-config
 , boost, libedit, libevent, lz4, ncurses, openssl, protobuf, readline, zlib, perl
 , cctools, CoreServices, developer_cmds
-, libtirpc, rpcsvc-proto
+, libtirpc, rpcsvc-proto, nixosTests
 }:
 
 # Note: zlib is not required; MySQL can use an internal zlib.
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 let
 self = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mysql";
-  version = "5.7.27";
+  version = "5.7.37";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://mysql/MySQL-5.7/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1fhv16zr46pxm1j8vb8x8mh3nwzglg01arz8gnazbmjqldr5idpq";
+    sha256 = "sha256-qZqaqGNdJWbat2Sy3la+0XMDZdNg4guyf1Y5LOVOGL0=";
   };
 
   preConfigure = lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ self = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     connector-c = self;
     server = self;
     mysqlVersion = "5.7";
+    tests = nixosTests.mysql.mysql57;
   };
 
   meta = with lib; {