diff --git a/.github/config/nodejs-dev.jsonc b/.github/config/nodejs-dev.jsonc
index d5023eb78b..627ae0a1da 100644
--- a/.github/config/nodejs-dev.jsonc
+++ b/.github/config/nodejs-dev.jsonc
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
     "auth",
     "batch",
     "cloud-language",
+    "cloud-sql/mysql/mysql",
     "cloud-tasks/snippets",
     "cloud-tasks/tutorial-gcf/app",
     "cloud-tasks/tutorial-gcf/function",
diff --git a/.github/config/nodejs-prod.jsonc b/.github/config/nodejs-prod.jsonc
index 36697a34d7..8d66993653 100644
--- a/.github/config/nodejs-prod.jsonc
+++ b/.github/config/nodejs-prod.jsonc
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
     // TODO: fix these
     "ai-platform/snippets", // PERMISSION_DENIED: Permission denied: Consumer 'projects/undefined' has been suspended.
     "automl", // (untested) FAILED_PRECONDITION: Google Cloud AutoML Natural Language was retired on March 15, 2024. Please migrate to Vertex AI instead
-    "cloud-sql/mysql/mysql", // (untested) Error: expected 200 "OK", got 500 "Internal Server Error"
     "cloud-sql/mysql/mysql2", // (untested) Error: Cannot find module './connect-connector-with-iam-authn.js'
     "cloud-sql/postgres/knex", // (untested) CloudSQLConnectorError: Malformed instance connection name provided: expected format of "PROJECT:REGION:INSTANCE", got undefined
     "cloud-sql/sqlserver/mssql", // (untested) TypeError: The "config.server" property is required and must be of type string.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/utils/sql-proxy.sh b/.github/workflows/utils/sql-proxy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b27b7d24f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/utils/sql-proxy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+#!/bin/bash -ex
+
+# Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Shared Cloud SQL Proxy setup
+# Presumes the following variables in ci-setup.json:
+#  * CLOUD_SQL_CONNECTION_NAME - the project:region:instance of a Cloud SQL instance.
+#  * UNIX_SOCKET_DIR - a local directory to set the proxy to (default tmp/cloudsql)
+#
+# Note: in GitHub Actions environments, `/cloudsql` is not valid.
+# Ensure any INSTANCE_UNIX_SOCKET value is ~= $UNIX_SOCKET_DIR/$CLOUD_SQL_CONNECTION_NAME
+
+usage() {
+  cat << EOF
+# Usage:
+#    CLOUD_SQL_CONNECTION_NAME=project:region:instance sql-proxy.sh [..]
+#
+# Defaults to TCP socket proxy. Set `SOCKET=unix` for Unix sockets.
+#
+# Usage in package.json:
+#
+#    "proxy": "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/workflows/utils/sql-proxy.sh",
+#    "system-test": "npm run proxy -- c8 mocha test/... ",
+#    "system-test-unix": "SOCKET=unix npm run proxy -- c8 mocha test/... ",
+EOF
+}
+
+
+PROXY_VERSION="v2.15.1"
+SOCKET=${SOCKET:-tcp}
+
+echop(){  # Print Echo
+  echo "👾 $1"
+}
+
+exit_message() {  # Error Echo
+  echo "❌ $1"
+  usage
+  exit 1
+}
+
+if [[ -z "$CLOUD_SQL_CONNECTION_NAME" ]]; then
+    exit_message "Must provide CLOUD_SQL_CONNECTION_NAME"
+fi
+
+if [[ $SOCKET == "unix" ]]; then
+  UNIX_SOCKET_DIR=${UNIX_SOCKET_DIR:-"tmp/cloudsql"}
+
+  if [[ $UNIX_SOCKET_DIR == "/cloudsql" ]]; then
+    exit_message "Cannot use /cloudsql in a GitHub Actions context"
+  fi
+
+  mkdir -p $UNIX_SOCKET_DIR && chmod 777 $UNIX_SOCKET_DIR
+  socket="--unix-socket $UNIX_SOCKET_DIR"
+fi
+echop "Setting up cloud-sql-proxy for $SOCKET socket connections"
+
+# Download the Cloud SQL Auth Proxy (only once)
+if [[ ! -f cloud-sql-proxy ]]; then
+  curl -o cloud-sql-proxy https://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-sql-connectors/cloud-sql-proxy/${PROXY_VERSION}/cloud-sql-proxy.linux.amd64
+  if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+    echo "Failed to download cloud-sql-proxy"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  chmod +x cloud-sql-proxy
+else
+  echo "cloud-sql-proxy already downloaded"
+fi
+
+# Setup proxy
+./cloud-sql-proxy $socket $CLOUD_SQL_CONNECTION_NAME &
+sleep 5
+echop "Proxy ready for use"
+
+# Run whatever command was passed to this script
+$@ || STATUS=$?
+
+# Cleanup
+echop "Shutting down proxy process"
+pkill -f "cloud-sql-proxy"  || echo "cloud-sql-proxy process not found. Was it already stopped?"
+
+# Fail if the tests failed
+exit $STATUS
diff --git a/cloud-sql/mysql/mysql/ci-setup.json b/cloud-sql/mysql/mysql/ci-setup.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b1ee8cd4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cloud-sql/mysql/mysql/ci-setup.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "env": {
+    "INSTANCE_HOST": "127.0.0.1",
+    "INSTANCE_CONNECTION_NAME": "nodejs-docs-samples-tests:us-central1:mysql-ci",
+    "UNIX_SOCKET_DIR": "tmp/cloudsql",
+    "CLOUD_SQL_CONNECTION_NAME": "$INSTANCE_CONNECTION_NAME",
+    "INSTANCE_UNIX_SOCKET": "$UNIX_SOCKET_DIR/$INSTANCE_CONNECTION_NAME",
+    "DB_NAME": "kokoro_ci",
+    "DB_USER": "kokoro_ci"
+  },
+  "secrets": {
+    "DB_PASS": "nodejs-docs-samples-tests/nodejs-docs-samples-sql-password"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/cloud-sql/mysql/mysql/package.json b/cloud-sql/mysql/mysql/package.json
index a9ee12aa61..807370d86b 100644
--- a/cloud-sql/mysql/mysql/package.json
+++ b/cloud-sql/mysql/mysql/package.json
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "start": "node server/server.js",
-    "system-test": "c8 mocha -p -j 2 test/server.test.js --timeout=60000 --exit",
-    "system-test-unix": "c8 mocha -p -j 2 test/server-unix.test.js --timeout=60000 --exit",
+    "proxy": "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/.github/workflows/utils/sql-proxy.sh",
+    "system-test": "npm run proxy -- c8 mocha -p -j 2 test/server.test.js --colors --timeout=60000 --exit",
+    "system-test-unix": "SOCKET=unix npm run proxy -- c8 mocha -p -j 2 test/server-unix.test.js --colors --timeout=60000 --exit",
     "test": "npm run system-test && npm run system-test-unix"
   },
   "dependencies": {