diff --git a/.github/actions/test-libmysqlclient/action.yml b/.github/actions/test-libmysqlclient/action.yml
index e408d0608f1..74474225e67 100644
--- a/.github/actions/test-libmysqlclient/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/test-libmysqlclient/action.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ runs:
         export PDO_MYSQL_TEST_HOST=127.0.0.1
         export PDO_MYSQL_TEST_USER=root
         export PDO_MYSQL_TEST_PASS=root
-        export REPORT_EXIT_STATUS=no
         sapi/cli/php run-tests.php -P -q \
           -g FAIL,BORK,LEAK,XLEAK \
           --no-progress --offline --show-diff --show-slow 1000 --set-timeout 120 \
diff --git a/ext/pdo_mysql/tests/gh11550.phpt b/ext/pdo_mysql/tests/gh11550.phpt
index 5bf0b26497c..6460a77b6a1 100644
--- a/ext/pdo_mysql/tests/gh11550.phpt
+++ b/ext/pdo_mysql/tests/gh11550.phpt
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ MySQLPDOTest::skip();
 require_once __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'mysql_pdo_test.inc';
 $pdo = MySQLPDOTest::factory();
 
+$pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_STRINGIFY_FETCHES, true);
+
 $pdo->exec(<<<'SQL'
 CREATE TABLE `test_gh11550`  (
   `id` int(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
@@ -51,9 +53,9 @@ array(1) {
   [0]=>
   array(4) {
     ["id"]=>
-    int(1)
+    string(1) "1"
     [0]=>
-    int(1)
+    string(1) "1"
     ["name"]=>
     string(5) "test1"
     [1]=>
@@ -66,9 +68,9 @@ array(1) {
   [0]=>
   array(6) {
     ["id"]=>
-    int(1)
+    string(1) "1"
     [0]=>
-    int(1)
+    string(1) "1"
     ["name"]=>
     string(5) "test1"
     [1]=>