diff --git a/.github/templates/db.yaml b/.github/templates/db.yaml
index 5316feb..3288f16 100644
--- a/.github/templates/db.yaml
+++ b/.github/templates/db.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ spec:
             # Create databases
             CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS \`pm4_ci-{{INSTANCE}}\`;
             CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS \`pm4_ci-{{INSTANCE}}_ai\`;
+            # Create User
+            CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS '{{MYSQL_USERNAME}}'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '{{MYSQL_PASSWORD}}';
             # Grant permissions to admin user (no need to create instance-specific users for multitenancy)
             GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON \`pm4_ci-{{INSTANCE}}\`.* TO '{{MYSQL_USERNAME}}'@'%';
             GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON \`pm4_ci-{{INSTANCE}}_ai\`.* TO '{{MYSQL_USERNAME}}'@'%';
@@ -46,4 +48,4 @@ spec:
               secretKeyRef:
                 name: mysql-secrets
                 key: DB_PASSWORD
-      restartPolicy: Never
\ No newline at end of file
+      restartPolicy: Never