diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-4.x.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-4.x.yml
index 4fb719c2a2..cbdfefd869 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-4.x.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-4.x.yml
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
         profile: [PostgreSQL-9,PostgreSQL-10,PostgreSQL-11,MySQL-8.0,MySQL-5.6,MySQL-5.7,MariaDB-10.4,MSSQL-2017-latest,MSSQL-2019-latest,DB2-11.5,Oracle-23,SQL-templates]
-        jdk: [8, 17]
+        jdk: [8, 25]
         exclude:
           - profile: Oracle-23
             jdk: 8
           - profile: DB2-11.5
-            jdk: 17
+            jdk: 25
       fail-fast: false
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
diff --git a/vertx-mysql-client/src/test/java/io/vertx/mysqlclient/MySQLTLSTest.java b/vertx-mysql-client/src/test/java/io/vertx/mysqlclient/MySQLTLSTest.java
index 13480dd7f0..281944ee28 100644
--- a/vertx-mysql-client/src/test/java/io/vertx/mysqlclient/MySQLTLSTest.java
+++ b/vertx-mysql-client/src/test/java/io/vertx/mysqlclient/MySQLTLSTest.java
@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ public void testTLSInvalidHostname(TestContext ctx) {
           .setCertPath("tls/files/client-cert.pem")
           .setKeyPath("tls/files/client-key.pem")),
       ctx.asyncAssertFailure(err -> {
-        ctx.assertEquals(err.getMessage(), "No name matching localhost found");
+        String expected = "No name matching localhost found";
+        ctx.assertTrue(err.getMessage().contains(expected), "Expecting <" + err.getMessage() + "> to contain <" + expected + ">");
       }));
   }