diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-query-compiler.yml b/.github/workflows/test-query-compiler.yml
index 57aa800aebd0..34498ae0f0ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-query-compiler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-query-compiler.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ jobs:
             should_fail_tests_list: query-compiler/query-engine-tests-todo/planetscale/fail
             relation_load_strategy: '["query"]'
 
+          - name: mysql2
+            setup_task: dev-mysql2-qc
+            ignored_tests_list: query-compiler/query-engine-tests-todo/mysql2/skip
+            should_fail_tests_list: query-compiler/query-engine-tests-todo/mysql2/fail
+            relation_load_strategy: '["query"]'
+
           - name: d1
             setup_task: dev-d1-qc
             ignored_tests_list: query-compiler/query-engine-tests-todo/d1/skip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-query-engine.yml b/.github/workflows/test-query-engine.yml
index 437d856ef679..bf9b12f652d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-query-engine.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-query-engine.yml
@@ -219,6 +219,8 @@ jobs:
         adapter:
           - name: 'planetscale (wasm)'
             setup_task: 'dev-planetscale-wasm'
+          - name: 'mysql2 (wasm)'
+            setup_task: 'dev-mysql2-wasm'
           - name: 'pg (wasm)'
             setup_task: 'dev-pg-wasm'
           - name: 'neon (wasm)'
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7eed1e149105..df2713157db1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -436,6 +436,17 @@ test-planetscale-qc: dev-planetscale-qc test-qe-st
 test-driver-adapter-planetscale: test-planetscale-js
 test-driver-adapter-planetscale-wasm: test-planetscale-wasm
 
+start-mysql2:
+	docker compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d --remove-orphans mysql-8-0
+
+dev-mysql2-wasm: start-mysql2 build-qe-wasm build-driver-adapters-kit-qe
+	cp $(CONFIG_PATH)/mysql2-wasm $(CONFIG_FILE)
+
+dev-mysql2-qc: start-mysql2 build-qc-wasm build-driver-adapters-kit-qc
+	cp $(CONFIG_PATH)/mysql2-qc $(CONFIG_FILE)
+
+test-mysql2-qc: dev-mysql2-qc test-qe-st
+
 ######################
 # Local dev commands #
 ######################
diff --git a/libs/driver-adapters/executor/package.json b/libs/driver-adapters/executor/package.json
index 948822332517..f7fcb2d99001 100644
--- a/libs/driver-adapters/executor/package.json
+++ b/libs/driver-adapters/executor/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@effect/schema": "0.64.20",
     "@prisma/adapter-better-sqlite3": "workspace:*",
+    "@prisma/adapter-mysql2": "workspace:*",
     "@prisma/adapter-d1": "workspace:*",
     "@prisma/adapter-libsql": "workspace:*",
     "@prisma/adapter-neon": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/libs/driver-adapters/executor/src/driver-adapters-manager/mysql2.ts b/libs/driver-adapters/executor/src/driver-adapters-manager/mysql2.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7240865ece82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/driver-adapters/executor/src/driver-adapters-manager/mysql2.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { PrismaMySQL2 } from '@prisma/adapter-mysql2'
+import type {
+  SqlDriverAdapter,
+  SqlMigrationAwareDriverAdapterFactory,
+} from '@prisma/driver-adapter-utils'
+import type { DriverAdaptersManager, SetupDriverAdaptersInput } from './index'
+import type { DriverAdapterTag, EnvForAdapter } from '../types'
+
+const TAG = 'mysql2' as const satisfies DriverAdapterTag
+type TAG = typeof TAG
+
+export class MySQL2Manager implements DriverAdaptersManager {
+  #factory: SqlMigrationAwareDriverAdapterFactory
+  #adapter?: SqlDriverAdapter
+
+  private constructor(
+    private env: EnvForAdapter<TAG>,
+    { url }: SetupDriverAdaptersInput,
+  ) {
+    const database = new URL(url).pathname.split('/').pop()
+    this.#factory = new PrismaMySQL2({
+      uri: url,
+      database,
+    })
+  }
+
+  static async setup(env: EnvForAdapter<TAG>, input: SetupDriverAdaptersInput) {
+    return new MySQL2Manager(env, input)
+  }
+
+  factory() {
+    return this.#factory
+  }
+
+  async connect() {
+    this.#adapter = await this.#factory.connect()
+    return this.#adapter
+  }
+
+  async teardown() {
+    await this.#adapter?.dispose()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libs/driver-adapters/executor/src/setup.ts b/libs/driver-adapters/executor/src/setup.ts
index 75ba284dc225..e884b1e2f1ec 100644
--- a/libs/driver-adapters/executor/src/setup.ts
+++ b/libs/driver-adapters/executor/src/setup.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { LibSQLManager } from './driver-adapters-manager/libsql'
 import { PlanetScaleManager } from './driver-adapters-manager/planetscale'
 import { D1Manager } from './driver-adapters-manager/d1'
 import { BetterSQLite3Manager } from './driver-adapters-manager/better-sqlite3'
+import { MySQL2Manager } from './driver-adapters-manager/mysql2'
 
 export async function setupDriverAdaptersManager(
   env: Env,
@@ -40,5 +41,9 @@ export async function setupDriverAdaptersManager(
       { DRIVER_ADAPTER: 'better-sqlite3' },
       async (env) => await BetterSQLite3Manager.setup(env, input),
     )
+    .with(
+      { DRIVER_ADAPTER: 'mysql2' },
+      async (env) => await MySQL2Manager.setup(env, input),
+    )
     .exhaustive()
 }
diff --git a/libs/driver-adapters/executor/src/types/env.ts b/libs/driver-adapters/executor/src/types/env.ts
index b298791124f2..a793985073c7 100644
--- a/libs/driver-adapters/executor/src/types/env.ts
+++ b/libs/driver-adapters/executor/src/types/env.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,13 @@ export const Env = S.extend(
     EnvPlanetScale,
     EnvNeonWS,
     S.struct({
-      DRIVER_ADAPTER: S.literal('pg', 'libsql', 'd1', 'better-sqlite3'),
+      DRIVER_ADAPTER: S.literal(
+        'pg',
+        'libsql',
+        'd1',
+        'better-sqlite3',
+        'mysql2',
+      ),
     }),
   ),
   S.union(
diff --git a/libs/driver-adapters/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/libs/driver-adapters/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index 3626be09c869..70f00d85016b 100644
--- a/libs/driver-adapters/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/libs/driver-adapters/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 packages:
   - '../../../prisma/packages/adapter-d1'
   - '../../../prisma/packages/adapter-better-sqlite3'
+  - '../../../prisma/packages/adapter-mysql2'
   - '../../../prisma/packages/adapter-libsql'
   - '../../../prisma/packages/adapter-neon'
   - '../../../prisma/packages/adapter-pg'
diff --git a/quaint/src/connector/external.rs b/quaint/src/connector/external.rs
index 7c103f2ff1b4..c70c20a77358 100644
--- a/quaint/src/connector/external.rs
+++ b/quaint/src/connector/external.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pub enum AdapterName {
     LibSQL,
     BetterSQLite3,
     Planetscale,
+    MySQL2,
     Mssql,
     Unknown,
 }
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ impl FromStr for AdapterName {
                 "d1-http" => Ok(Self::D1(AdapterD1::HTTP)),
                 "libsql" => Ok(Self::LibSQL),
                 "better-sqlite3" => Ok(Self::BetterSQLite3),
+                "mysql2" => Ok(Self::MySQL2),
                 "planetscale" => Ok(Self::Planetscale),
                 "mssql" => Ok(Self::Mssql),
                 _ => Ok(Self::Unknown),
diff --git a/query-compiler/query-engine-tests-todo/mysql2/fail/query b/query-compiler/query-engine-tests-todo/mysql2/fail/query
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..811899c6c7fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/query-compiler/query-engine-tests-todo/mysql2/fail/query
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+new::interactive_tx::interactive_tx::batch_queries_failure
+new::regressions::prisma_7434::not_in_chunking::not_in_batch_filter
+queries::aggregation::group_by::aggregation_group_by::group_by_ordering_sum_aggregation
+queries::chunking::chunking::order_by_aggregation_should_fail
+queries::filters::self_relation_regression::sr_regression::all_categories
+writes::nested_mutations::already_converted::nested_connect_inside_update::connect_inside_update::p1_c1req_rel_child_idempotent
diff --git a/query-compiler/query-engine-tests-todo/mysql2/skip/query b/query-compiler/query-engine-tests-todo/mysql2/skip/query
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8b137891791f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/query-compiler/query-engine-tests-todo/mysql2/skip/query
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/qe-setup/src/driver_adapters.rs b/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/qe-setup/src/driver_adapters.rs
index 9a31d5a8d861..33e880c92334 100644
--- a/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/qe-setup/src/driver_adapters.rs
+++ b/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/qe-setup/src/driver_adapters.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ pub enum DriverAdapter {
     #[serde(rename = "better-sqlite3")]
     BetterSQLite3,
 
+    #[serde(rename = "mysql2")]
+    MySQL2,
+
     #[serde(rename = "mssql")]
     Mssql,
 }
diff --git a/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-tests-setup/src/connector_tag/mod.rs b/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-tests-setup/src/connector_tag/mod.rs
index c98837df2149..593a4321175f 100644
--- a/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-tests-setup/src/connector_tag/mod.rs
+++ b/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-tests-setup/src/connector_tag/mod.rs
@@ -135,13 +135,17 @@ pub(crate) fn connection_string(
         ConnectorVersion::MySql(v) => match v {
             Some(MySqlVersion::V5_6) if is_ci => format!("mysql://root:prisma@test-db-mysql-5-6:3306/{database}"),
             Some(MySqlVersion::V5_7) if is_ci => format!("mysql://root:prisma@test-db-mysql-5-7:3306/{database}"),
-            Some(MySqlVersion::V8) if is_ci => format!("mysql://root:prisma@test-db-mysql-8:3306/{database}"),
+            Some(MySqlVersion::V8 | MySqlVersion::Mysql2JsWasm) if is_ci => {
+                format!("mysql://root:prisma@test-db-mysql-8:3306/{database}")
+            }
             Some(MySqlVersion::MariaDb) if is_ci => {
                 format!("mysql://root:prisma@test-db-mysql-mariadb:3306/{database}")
             }
             Some(MySqlVersion::V5_6) => format!("mysql://root:prisma@127.0.0.1:3309/{database}"),
             Some(MySqlVersion::V5_7) => format!("mysql://root:prisma@127.0.0.1:3306/{database}"),
-            Some(MySqlVersion::V8) => format!("mysql://root:prisma@127.0.0.1:3307/{database}"),
+            Some(MySqlVersion::V8 | MySqlVersion::Mysql2JsWasm) => {
+                format!("mysql://root:prisma@127.0.0.1:3307/{database}")
+            }
             Some(MySqlVersion::MariaDb) => {
                 format!("mysql://root:prisma@127.0.0.1:3308/{database}")
             }
diff --git a/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-tests-setup/src/connector_tag/mysql.rs b/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-tests-setup/src/connector_tag/mysql.rs
index d08462391d86..2cafe314100a 100644
--- a/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-tests-setup/src/connector_tag/mysql.rs
+++ b/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/query-tests-setup/src/connector_tag/mysql.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ pub enum MySqlVersion {
     V5_7,
     V8,
     MariaDb,
+    Mysql2JsWasm,
 }
 
 impl TryFrom<&str> for MySqlVersion {
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ impl TryFrom<&str> for MySqlVersion {
             "5.7" => Self::V5_7,
             "8" => Self::V8,
             "mariadb" => Self::MariaDb,
+            "mysql2.js.wasm" => Self::Mysql2JsWasm,
             _ => return Err(TestError::parse_error(format!("Unknown MySQL version `{s}`"))),
         };
 
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ impl Display for MySqlVersion {
             MySqlVersion::V5_7 => f.write_str("5.7"),
             MySqlVersion::V8 => f.write_str("8"),
             MySqlVersion::MariaDb => f.write_str("mariadb"),
+            MySqlVersion::Mysql2JsWasm => f.write_str("mysql2.js.wasm"),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/test-configs/mysql2-js b/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/test-configs/mysql2-js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2c1ec188d947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/test-configs/mysql2-js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "connector": "mysql",
+    "version": "mysql2.js",
+    "driver_adapter": "mysql2",
+    "external_test_executor": "Napi"
+}
diff --git a/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/test-configs/mysql2-qc b/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/test-configs/mysql2-qc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..340a70dd8f8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/query-engine/connector-test-kit-rs/test-configs/mysql2-qc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "connector": "mysql",
+    "version": "mysql2.js.wasm",
+    "driver_adapter": "mysql2",
+    "external_test_executor": "QueryCompiler"
+}
diff --git a/query-engine/core/src/query_graph_builder/write/update.rs b/query-engine/core/src/query_graph_builder/write/update.rs
index 153fd3331490..ba4f3e1c612c 100644
--- a/query-engine/core/src/query_graph_builder/write/update.rs
+++ b/query-engine/core/src/query_graph_builder/write/update.rs
@@ -39,32 +39,16 @@ pub(crate) fn update_record(
         Some(&field),
     )?;
 
-    if query_schema.relation_mode().is_prisma() {
-        let read_parent_node = graph.create_node(utils::read_id_infallible(
-            model.clone(),
-            model.shard_aware_primary_identifier(),
-            filter,
-        ));
+    let read_parent_node = graph.create_node(utils::read_id_infallible(
+        model.clone(),
+        model.shard_aware_primary_identifier(),
+        filter,
+    ));
 
-        utils::insert_emulated_on_update(graph, query_schema, &model, &read_parent_node, &update_node)?;
+    let needs_read_parent = query_schema.relation_mode().is_prisma() || !can_use_atomic_update;
 
-        graph.create_edge(
-            &read_parent_node,
-            &update_node,
-            QueryGraphDependency::ProjectedDataDependency(
-                model.shard_aware_primary_identifier(),
-                Box::new(move |mut update_node, parent_ids| {
-                    if let Node::Query(Query::Write(WriteQuery::UpdateRecord(ref mut ur))) = update_node {
-                        ur.set_record_filter(parent_ids.into());
-                    }
-
-                    Ok(update_node)
-                }),
-                Some(DataExpectation::non_empty_rows(
-                    MissingRecord::builder().operation(DataOperation::Update).build(),
-                )),
-            ),
-        )?;
+    if query_schema.relation_mode().is_prisma() {
+        utils::insert_emulated_on_update(graph, query_schema, &model, &read_parent_node, &update_node)?;
     }
 
     // If the update can be done in a single operation (which includes getting the result back),
@@ -107,6 +91,26 @@ pub(crate) fn update_record(
         )?;
     }
 
+    if needs_read_parent {
+        graph.create_edge(
+            &read_parent_node,
+            &update_node,
+            QueryGraphDependency::ProjectedDataDependency(
+                model.shard_aware_primary_identifier(),
+                Box::new(move |mut update_node, parent_ids| {
+                    if let Node::Query(Query::Write(WriteQuery::UpdateRecord(ref mut ur))) = update_node {
+                        ur.set_record_filter(parent_ids.into());
+                    }
+
+                    Ok(update_node)
+                }),
+                Some(DataExpectation::non_empty_rows(
+                    MissingRecord::builder().operation(DataOperation::Update).build(),
+                )),
+            ),
+        )?;
+    }
+
     Ok(())
 }