diff --git a/src/EFCore.MySql/Infrastructure/MySqlServerVersion.cs b/src/EFCore.MySql/Infrastructure/MySqlServerVersion.cs
index 6a82a5611..6d73ead8d 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.MySql/Infrastructure/MySqlServerVersion.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.MySql/Infrastructure/MySqlServerVersion.cs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ internal MySqlServerVersionSupport([NotNull] ServerVersion serverVersion)
             public override bool InformationSchemaCheckConstraintsTable => ServerVersion.Version >= new Version(8, 0, 16); // MySQL is missing the explicit TABLE_NAME column that MariaDB supports, so always join the TABLE_CONSTRAINTS table when accessing CHECK_CONSTRAINTS for any database server that supports CHECK_CONSTRAINTS.
             public override bool MySqlBugLimit0Offset0ExistsWorkaround => true;
             public override bool DescendingIndexes => ServerVersion.Version >= new Version(8, 0, 1);
-            public override bool Returning => ServerVersion.Version >= new Version(8, 0, 21);
+            public override bool Returning => false; // MySQL does not support the RETURNING clause
             public override bool CommonTableExpressions => ServerVersion.Version >= new Version(8, 0, 1);
             public override bool LimitWithinInAllAnySomeSubquery => false;
             public override bool LimitWithNonConstantValue => false;
diff --git a/src/EFCore.MySql/Update/Internal/MySqlUpdateSqlGenerator.cs b/src/EFCore.MySql/Update/Internal/MySqlUpdateSqlGenerator.cs
index db5370991..5d4c3b4ad 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.MySql/Update/Internal/MySqlUpdateSqlGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.MySql/Update/Internal/MySqlUpdateSqlGenerator.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ public override ResultSetMapping AppendInsertReturningOperation(
             AppendValuesHeader(commandStringBuilder, writeOperations);
             AppendValues(commandStringBuilder, name, schema, writeOperations);
             
-            // MySQL supports RETURNING clause starting from version 8.0.21
+            // RETURNING is not supported by MySQL. MariaDB supports INSERT/DELETE RETURNING but not UPDATE RETURNING,
+            // so we disable it for both databases to ensure consistent behavior across all DML operations.
             if (_options.ServerVersion.Supports.Returning && readOperations.Count > 0)
             {
                 AppendReturningClause(commandStringBuilder, readOperations);
@@ -226,7 +227,8 @@ protected override ResultSetMapping AppendUpdateReturningOperation(
             AppendUpdateCommandHeader(commandStringBuilder, name, schema, writeOperations);
             AppendWhereClause(commandStringBuilder, conditionOperations);
             
-            // MySQL supports RETURNING clause starting from version 8.0.21
+            // RETURNING is not supported by MySQL. MariaDB supports INSERT/DELETE RETURNING but not UPDATE RETURNING,
+            // so we disable it for both databases to ensure consistent behavior across all DML operations.
             if (_options.ServerVersion.Supports.Returning)
             {
                 AppendReturningClause(commandStringBuilder, readOperations, anyReadOperations ? null : "1");
@@ -271,7 +273,8 @@ protected override ResultSetMapping AppendDeleteReturningOperation(
             AppendDeleteCommandHeader(commandStringBuilder, name, schema);
             AppendWhereClause(commandStringBuilder, conditionOperations);
             
-            // MySQL supports RETURNING clause starting from version 8.0.21  
+            // RETURNING is not supported by MySQL. MariaDB supports INSERT/DELETE RETURNING but not UPDATE RETURNING,
+            // so we disable it for both databases to ensure consistent behavior across all DML operations.
             if (_options.ServerVersion.Supports.Returning)
             {
                 AppendReturningClause(commandStringBuilder, [], "1");