I defined my connection string using 'initial catalogue' instead of 'database'. However, this line of code then does not work correctly: https://github.com/DbUp/DbUp/blob/c8f94a2ff915e651b5b573328e0f01d50d8241c4/src/dbup-mysql/MySqlExtensions.cs#L27 I suggesting using the MySqlConnectionStringBuilder to parse the connection string.