diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 8c7a394..f10c4a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         perl:
-          - '5.36'
           - '5.38'
         mysql:
-          - 'mysql-5.6'
           - 'mysql-5.7'
           - 'mysql-8.0'
           - 'mariadb'
@@ -25,14 +23,17 @@ jobs:
         uses: shogo82148/actions-setup-perl@v1
         with:
           perl-version: ${{ matrix.perl }}
-      - run: |
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
           author/ci_install_mysql.sh
           cpanm --quiet --installdeps --notest .
-          if [[ "DATABASE_ADAPTER" == "mariadb" ]]; then
-            cpanm DBD::MariaDB
+          if [[ "$DATABASE_ADAPTER" == "mariadb" ]]; then
+            cpanm --quiet --notest DBD::MariaDB
           else
-            cpanm DBD::mysql
+            cpanm --quiet --notest DBD::mysql
           fi
-          prove -lvr
         env:
           DATABASE_ADAPTER: ${{ matrix.mysql }}
+      - run: mysql --version
+      - name: test
+        run: prove -lvr
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3541dbd..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-language: perl
-perl:
-    - "5.14"
-    - "5.22"
-    - "5.26"
-env:
-  - "DATABASE_ADAPTER=mysql-5.5"
-  - "DATABASE_ADAPTER=mysql-5.6"
-  - "DATABASE_ADAPTER=mysql-5.7"
-  - "DATABASE_ADAPTER=mariadb-10.0"
-before_install:
-  - "sudo apt-get update -qq"
-  - bash author/travis_install_mysql.sh
-install:
-  - cpanm --installdeps --notest .
-before_script:
-  - mysql --version
-script:
-  - prove -lvr
diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 5cd3d7b..459f79a 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Revision history for Perl extension Test::mysqld.
 
 {{$NEXT}}
+    - Support DBD::MariaDB
 
 1.0020 2024-04-05T16:35:54Z
     - introduce GitHub Actions for CI
diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index 07939a3..5c3e3aa 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -42,9 +42,12 @@
          }
       },
       "runtime" : {
+         "recommends" : {
+            "DBD::MariaDB" : "0",
+            "DBD::mysql" : "0"
+         },
          "requires" : {
             "Class::Accessor::Lite" : "0",
-            "DBD::mysql" : "0",
             "DBI" : "0",
             "File::Copy::Recursive" : "0",
             "File::Temp" : "0",
@@ -82,11 +85,11 @@
       "John Napiorkowski <jjn1056@yahoo.com>",
       "Kazuho Oku <kazuho@li1.kazuhooku.com>",
       "Kazuho Oku <kazuhooku@gmail.com>",
-      "Masayuki Matsuki <y.songmu@gmail.com>",
       "Matthew Horsfall <wolfsage@gmail.com>",
       "NAKAGAWA Masaki <masaki.nakagawa@gmail.com>",
       "Naoto Nakamura <naoto.nakamura@showroom.co.jp>",
       "Petr Písař <ppisar@redhat.com>",
+      "Songmu <y.songmu@gmail.com>",
       "Yoshikazu Sawa <883514+yoshikazusawa@users.noreply.github.com>",
       "Yusuke Watase <ywatase@gmail.com>",
       "Zhenjun Wang <zjwang0414@gmail.com>",
diff --git a/author/ci_install_mysql.sh b/author/ci_install_mysql.sh
index a98bf16..5fb1ea6 100755
--- a/author/ci_install_mysql.sh
+++ b/author/ci_install_mysql.sh
@@ -1,26 +1,27 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -ex
 
-if [[ $DATABASE_ADAPTER =~ (mariadb|mysql-(5\.[67]|8\.0)) ]]; then
+if [[ $DATABASE_ADAPTER =~ (mariadb|mysql-(5\.7|8\.0)) ]]; then
   sudo service mysql stop
   sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
-  sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com B7B3B788A8D3785C
   if [[ $DATABASE_ADAPTER =~ mariadb ]]; then
+    sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com B7B3B788A8D3785C
     # https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb-package-repository-setup-and-usage/
     curl -LsS https://r.mariadb.com/downloads/mariadb_repo_setup | sudo bash
-    sudo apt-get update
-    sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get -q --yes --force-yes -f --option DPkg::Options::=--force-confnew install mariadb-server
-    sudo apt-get install libmariadb-dev
+    sudo apt-get update -q
+    sudo apt-get install -q --yes --force-yes -f --option DPkg::Options::=--force-confnew mariadb-server libmariadb-dev
     sudo mariadb-upgrade
-  elif [[ $DATABASE_ADAPTER =~ mysql-(5\.[67]|8\.0) ]]; then
+  elif [[ $DATABASE_ADAPTER =~ mysql-(5\.7|8\.0) ]]; then
+    sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 467B942D3A79BD29
+    # XXX: The switch to mysql 5.7 is not currently working....
     cat <<EOC | sudo debconf-set-selections
 mysql-apt-config mysql-apt-config/select-server select $DATABASE_ADAPTER
-mysql-apt-config mysql-apt-config/repo-distro   select  ubuntu
+mysql-apt-config mysql-apt-config/repo-codename select bionic
+mysql-apt-config mysql-apt-config/repo-distro   select ubuntu
 EOC
     wget https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-apt-config_0.8.29-1_all.deb
     sudo dpkg --install mysql-apt-config_0.8.29-1_all.deb
     sudo apt-get update -q
-    sudo apt-get install -q -y -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confnew mysql-server
-    sudo mysql_upgrade
+    sudo apt-get install -q --yes --option Dpkg::Options::=--force-confnew mysql-server libmysqlclient-dev
   fi
 fi
diff --git a/lib/Test/mysqld.pm b/lib/Test/mysqld.pm
index f3839ef..458830f 100644
--- a/lib/Test/mysqld.pm
+++ b/lib/Test/mysqld.pm
@@ -13,18 +13,16 @@ use POSIX qw(SIGTERM WNOHANG);
 use Time::HiRes qw(sleep);
 
 my $driver = 'mysql';
-BEGIN {
+eval {
+    require DBD::mysql;
+};
+if ($@) {
     eval {
-        require DBD::mysql;
+        require DBD::MariaDB;
+        $driver = 'MariaDB';
     };
     if ($@) {
-        eval {
-            require DBD::MariaDB;
-            $driver = 'MariaDB';
-        };
-        if ($@) {
-            die "DBD::mysql or DBD::MariaDB is required to use Test::mysqld";
-        }
+        die "DBD::mysql or DBD::MariaDB is required to use Test::mysqld";
     }
 }
 
@@ -42,8 +40,8 @@ my %Defaults = (
     mysql_install_db      => undef,
     pid                   => undef,
     copy_data_from        => undef,
-    _owner_pid            => undef,
     driver                => $driver,
+    _owner_pid            => undef,
 );
 
 Class::Accessor::Lite->mk_accessors(keys %Defaults);
@@ -108,7 +106,8 @@ sub dsn {
             # <https://mariadb.com/kb/en/authentication-from-mariadb-104/>
         }
     } else {
-        $args{mysql_socket} ||= $self->my_cnf->{socket};
+        my $socket_attr = $self->{driver} eq 'MariaDB' ? 'mariadb_socket' : 'mysql_socket';
+        $args{$socket_attr} ||= $self->my_cnf->{socket};
         if (!$self->_use_unix_socket_auth) {
             $args{user} ||= 'root';
         }
diff --git a/t/01-raii.t b/t/01-raii.t
index af5f67b..290118b 100644
--- a/t/01-raii.t
+++ b/t/01-raii.t
@@ -16,11 +16,20 @@ plan tests => 5;
 my $base_dir = $mysqld->base_dir;
 my $dsn = $mysqld->dsn;
 
+my %expect = (
+    mysql => {
+        1 => "DBI:mysql:dbname=test;mysql_socket=$base_dir/tmp/mysql.sock",
+        0 => "DBI:mysql:dbname=test;mysql_socket=$base_dir/tmp/mysql.sock;user=root",
+    },
+    MariaDB => {
+        1 => "DBI:MariaDB:dbname=test;mariadb_socket=$base_dir/tmp/mysql.sock",
+        0 => "DBI:MariaDB:dbname=test;mariadb_socket=$base_dir/tmp/mysql.sock;user=root",
+    },
+);
+
 is(
     $dsn,
-    $mysqld->_use_unix_socket_auth ?
-        "DBI:mysql:dbname=test;mysql_socket=$base_dir/tmp/mysql.sock" :
-        "DBI:mysql:dbname=test;mysql_socket=$base_dir/tmp/mysql.sock;user=root",
+    $expect{$mysqld->{driver}}{$mysqld->_use_unix_socket_auth ? 1 : 0},
     'check dsn',
 );