diff --git a/apps/accounts/automations/change_secret/database/mysql/main.yml b/apps/accounts/automations/change_secret/database/mysql/main.yml
index b1d606668..12e3fa47b 100644
--- a/apps/accounts/automations/change_secret/database/mysql/main.yml
+++ b/apps/accounts/automations/change_secret/database/mysql/main.yml
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@
         client_cert: "{{ ssl_cert if check_ssl and ssl_cert | length > 0 else omit }}"
         client_key: "{{ ssl_key if check_ssl and ssl_key | length > 0 else omit }}"
         name: "{{ account.username }}"
-        password: "{{ account.secret }}"
         host: "%"
+        plugin: "{{ 'caching_sha2_password' if ('MariaDB' not in db_info.version.full and (db_info.version.full is version('8.0', '>='))) else omit }}"
+        plugin_auth_string: "{{ account.secret if ('MariaDB' not in db_info.version.full and (db_info.version.full is version('8.0', '>='))) else omit }}"
+        password: "{{ account.secret if ('MariaDB' in db_info.version.full or (db_info.version.full is version('8.0', '<'))) else omit }}"
         priv: "{{ omit if db_name == '' else db_name + '.*:ALL' }}"
         append_privs: "{{ db_name != '' | bool }}"
       ignore_errors: true