diff --git a/plugins/outputs/sql/sql_test.go b/plugins/outputs/sql/sql_test.go
index aedb8eb7c..42d1acb9b 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/sql/sql_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/sql/sql_test.go
@@ -235,8 +235,9 @@ func TestMysqlIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 			bytes, err := io.ReadAll(out)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 
+			fmt.Println(string(bytes))
 			return strings.Contains(string(bytes), string(expected))
-		}, 5*time.Second, 500*time.Millisecond)
+		}, 10*time.Second, 500*time.Millisecond, tc.expectedFile)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/sql/testdata/mariadb/expected_metric_one.sql b/plugins/outputs/sql/testdata/mariadb/expected_metric_one.sql
index c1cd22f69..44e782127 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/sql/testdata/mariadb/expected_metric_one.sql
+++ b/plugins/outputs/sql/testdata/mariadb/expected_metric_one.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
 CREATE TABLE `metric_one` (
-  `timestamp` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT current_timestamp(),
+  `timestamp` timestamp NULL DEFAULT NULL,
   `tag_one` text DEFAULT NULL,
   `tag_two` text DEFAULT NULL,
   `int64_one` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/sql/testdata/mariadb/expected_metric_three.sql b/plugins/outputs/sql/testdata/mariadb/expected_metric_three.sql
index 62fef63d8..8c75bcf8f 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/sql/testdata/mariadb/expected_metric_three.sql
+++ b/plugins/outputs/sql/testdata/mariadb/expected_metric_three.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
 CREATE TABLE `metric three` (
-  `timestamp` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT current_timestamp(),
+  `timestamp` timestamp NULL DEFAULT NULL,
   `tag four` text DEFAULT NULL,
   `string two` text DEFAULT NULL
 );
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/sql/testdata/mariadb/expected_metric_two.sql b/plugins/outputs/sql/testdata/mariadb/expected_metric_two.sql
index 535a22d87..92be4e8bc 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/sql/testdata/mariadb/expected_metric_two.sql
+++ b/plugins/outputs/sql/testdata/mariadb/expected_metric_two.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*!40101 SET character_set_client = utf8 */;
 CREATE TABLE `metric_two` (
-  `timestamp` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT current_timestamp(),
+  `timestamp` timestamp NULL DEFAULT NULL,
   `tag_three` text DEFAULT NULL,
   `string_one` text DEFAULT NULL
 );