diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/table.spec.ts b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/table.spec.ts
index 6d2dd791b1..360c76d593 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/table.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/table.spec.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const ISO_REGEX_PATTERN = /^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d{3}Z$/
 describe.each([
   ["internal", undefined],
   [DatabaseName.POSTGRES, getDatasource(DatabaseName.POSTGRES)],
-  // [DatabaseName.MYSQL, getDatasource(DatabaseName.MYSQL)],
+  [DatabaseName.MYSQL, getDatasource(DatabaseName.MYSQL)],
   // [DatabaseName.SQL_SERVER, getDatasource(DatabaseName.SQL_SERVER)],
   // [DatabaseName.MARIADB, getDatasource(DatabaseName.MARIADB)],
 ])("/tables (%s)", (_, dsProvider) => {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sqlTable.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sqlTable.ts
index 0feecefb89..9718da0ad2 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sqlTable.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/base/sqlTable.ts
@@ -224,9 +224,8 @@ class SqlTableQueryBuilder {
           const tableName = schemaName
             ? `\`${schemaName}\`.\`${json.table.name}\``
             : `\`${json.table.name}\``
-          const externalType = json.table.schema[updatedColumn].externalType!
           return {
-            sql: `alter table ${tableName} change column \`${json.meta.renamed.old}\` \`${updatedColumn}\` ${externalType};`,
+            sql: `alter table ${tableName} rename column \`${json.meta.renamed.old}\` to \`${updatedColumn}\``,
             bindings: [],
           }
         }