diff --git a/examples/run_examples.sh b/examples/run_examples.sh
index a184c805..69c08533 100755
--- a/examples/run_examples.sh
+++ b/examples/run_examples.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 SCRIPTPATH="$( cd "$(dirname "$0")" ; pwd -P )"
 
-mysql -u root -proot < $SCRIPTPATH/db_setup.sql
-./example_query_sync root root
-./example_query_async root root
-./example_metadata root root
\ No newline at end of file
+mysql -u root < $SCRIPTPATH/db_setup.sql
+./example_query_sync root ""
+./example_query_async root ""
+./example_metadata root ""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/db_setup.sh b/test/integration/db_setup.sh
index bea09857..76a05f0d 100755
--- a/test/integration/db_setup.sh
+++ b/test/integration/db_setup.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-mysql -u root -proot < db_setup.sql
+mysql -u root < db_setup.sql
diff --git a/test/integration/integration_test_common.hpp b/test/integration/integration_test_common.hpp
index 78e19921..01aca53b 100644
--- a/test/integration/integration_test_common.hpp
+++ b/test/integration/integration_test_common.hpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace test
 
 struct IntegTest : testing::Test
 {
-	mysql::connection_params connection_params {"root", "root", "awesome"};
+	mysql::connection_params connection_params {"root", "", "awesome"};
 	boost::asio::io_context ctx;
 	mysql::connection<boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket> conn {ctx};
 	mysql::error_code errc;