diff --git a/.github/workflows/install-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/install-testing.yml
index 648ff0485be94..dd9e674174541 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/install-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/install-testing.yml
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@ jobs:
           - db-version: '9.4'
           # MySQL 9.0+ will not work on PHP 7.2 & 7.3. See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/61218.
           - php: '7.2'
-            db-version: '9.5'
+            db-version: '9.6'
           - php: '7.3'
-            db-version: '9.5'
+            db-version: '9.6'
 
     services:
       database:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml
index de2de9091677c..de36d5a505187 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/phpunit-tests.yml
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ ubuntu-24.04 ]
         php: [ '7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4', '8.5' ]
         db-type: [ 'mysql', 'mariadb' ]
-        db-version: [ '9.5', '12.0' ]
+        db-version: [ '9.6', '12.1' ]
         multisite: [ false, true ]
         memcached: [ false ]
         db-innovation: [ true ]
@@ -211,9 +211,9 @@ jobs:
         exclude:
           # Exclude version combinations that don't exist.
           - db-type: 'mariadb'
-            db-version: '9.5'
+            db-version: '9.6'
           - db-type: 'mysql'
-            db-version: '12.0'
+            db-version: '12.1'
     with:
       os: ${{ matrix.os }}
       php: ${{ matrix.php }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/upgrade-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/upgrade-testing.yml
index 4f6025e054580..0370c8770bd58 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upgrade-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upgrade-testing.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ 'ubuntu-24.04' ]
         php: [ '7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3', '8.4', '8.5' ]
         db-type: [ 'mysql' ]
-        db-version: [ '5.7', '8.0', '8.4', '9.5' ]
+        db-version: [ '5.7', '8.0', '8.4', '9.6' ]
         wp: [ '6.7', '6.8' ]
         multisite: [ false, true ]
     with:
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ jobs:
         os: [ 'ubuntu-24.04' ]
         php: [ '7.4' ]
         db-type: [ 'mysql' ]
-        db-version: [ '5.7', '8.0', '8.4', '9.5' ]
+        db-version: [ '5.7', '8.0', '8.4', '9.6' ]
         wp: [ '4.7' ]
         multisite: [ false, true ]
     with:
diff --git a/.version-support-mysql.json b/.version-support-mysql.json
index 826942c5785b3..6a3385cf13e28 100644
--- a/.version-support-mysql.json
+++ b/.version-support-mysql.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"7-0": [
+		"9.6",
 		"9.5",
 		"9.4",
 		"9.3",