diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ PRIMARY = {
   'yaml'       => "yaml://#{temp_db_dir}/primary_yaml",
   'sqlite3'    => 'sqlite3::memory:',
 #  'sqlite3_fs' => "sqlite3://#{temp_db_dir}/primary.db",
-  'mysql'      => 'mysql://localhost/dm_core_test',
+  'mysql'      => 'mysql://root@localhost/dm_core_test',
   'postgres'   => 'postgres://postgres@localhost/dm_core_test'
 }
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ ALTERNATE = {
   'yaml'       => "yaml://#{temp_db_dir}/secondary_yaml",
   'sqlite3'    => "sqlite3://#{temp_db_dir}/alternate.db",  # use a FS for the alternate because there can only be one memory db at a time in SQLite3
 #  'sqlite3_fs' => "sqlite3://#{temp_db_dir}/alternate.db",
-  'mysql'      => 'mysql://localhost/dm_core_test2',
+  'mysql'      => 'mysql://root@localhost/dm_core_test2',
   'postgres'   => 'postgres://postgres@localhost/dm_core_test2'
 }
Updated specs to run with root user explicitly when using MySQL adapter