diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e453616..edeac80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
-        description: Version to publish (3.7, 3.8, all,...) (only one)
+        description: Version to publish (3.8, all,...) (only one)
         required: true
   push:
     branches:
       - 'main'
       - 'feature/*'
+      - 'feat/*'
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -21,6 +22,12 @@ jobs:
       MYSQL_PASSWORD: password
       MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: 'yes'
       MYSQL_PORT: 33061
+      MYSQL_8_HOST: 127.0.0.1
+      MYSQL_8_DATABASE: test_db
+      MYSQL_8_USER: test_user
+      MYSQL_8_PASSWORD: password
+      MYSQL_8_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: 'yes'
+      MYSQL_8_PORT: 33063
       MARIADB_HOST: 127.0.0.1
       MARIADB_DATABASE: test_db
       MARIADB_USER: test_user
@@ -65,6 +72,17 @@ jobs:
         ports:
           - 33061:3306
         options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3
+      mysql-8:
+        image: mysql:8
+        env:
+          MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: ${{env.MYSQL_8_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD}}
+          MYSQL_USER: ${{env.MYSQL_8_USER}}
+          MYSQL_PASSWORD: ${{env.MYSQL_8_PASSWORD}}
+          MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${{env.MYSQL_8_ROOT_PASSWORD}}
+          MYSQL_DATABASE: ${{env.MYSQL_8_DATABASE}}
+        ports:
+          - 33063:3306
+        options: --health-cmd="mysqladmin ping" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3
       mariadb:
         image: mariadb
         env:
@@ -92,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        version: [ "3.7","3.8","3.9","3.10","3.11","3.12","3.13" ]
+        version: [ "3.8","3.9","3.10","3.11","3.12","3.13" ]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -123,6 +141,10 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.changes.outputs.src == 'true' || steps.changes.outputs.docker == 'true' || github.event.inputs.version == 'all' || github.event.inputs.version == matrix.version
         run: |
           echo "GRANT ALL on *.* to '${{env.MYSQL_USER}}';"| mysql -u root  -h ${{env.MYSQL_HOST}} --port=${{env.MYSQL_PORT}}
+      - name: Mysql 8 Grant
+        if: steps.changes.outputs.src == 'true' || steps.changes.outputs.docker == 'true' || github.event.inputs.version == 'all' || github.event.inputs.version == matrix.version
+        run: |
+          echo "GRANT ALL on *.* to '${{env.MYSQL_8_USER}}';"| mysql -u root  -h ${{env.MYSQL_8_HOST}} --port=${{env.MYSQL_8_PORT}}
       - name: MariaDB Grant
         if: steps.changes.outputs.src == 'true' || steps.changes.outputs.docker == 'true' || github.event.inputs.version == 'all' || github.event.inputs.version == matrix.version
         run: |
@@ -130,7 +152,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test Databases
         if: steps.changes.outputs.src == 'true' || steps.changes.outputs.docker == 'true' || github.event.inputs.version == 'all' || github.event.inputs.version == matrix.version
         run: |
-          docker run --network host -v /"$(pwd)/tests":/app -w /app  -e MYSQL_HOST=$MYSQL_HOST -e MYSQL_DATABASE=$MYSQL_DATABASE -e MYSQL_USER=$MYSQL_USER -e MYSQL_PORT=$MYSQL_PORT -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=$MYSQL_PASSWORD -e MARIADB_HOST=$MARIADB_HOST -e MARIADB_DATABASE=$MARIADB_DATABASE -e MARIADB_USER=$MARIADB_USER -e MARIADB_PORT=$MARIADB_PORT -e MARIADB_PASSWORD=$MARIADB_PASSWORD -e POSTGRES_HOST=$POSTGRES_HOST -e POSTGRES_DB=$POSTGRES_DB -e POSTGRES_USER=$POSTGRES_USER -e POSTGRES_PORT=$POSTGRES_PORT -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$POSTGRES_PASSWORD -e MSSQL_HOST -e MSSQL_PORT -e MSSQL_DATABASE -e MSSQL_USER -e MSSQL_PASSWORD orbisk/django-test:${{env.PYTHON_VERSION}} sh -c "cd /app && pip install -r requirements.txt && python manage.py test"
+          docker run --network host -v /"$(pwd)/tests":/app -w /app  -e MYSQL_HOST=$MYSQL_HOST -e MYSQL_DATABASE=$MYSQL_DATABASE -e MYSQL_USER=$MYSQL_USER -e MYSQL_PORT=$MYSQL_PORT -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=$MYSQL_PASSWORD -e MYSQL_8_HOST=$MYSQL_8_HOST -e MYSQL_8_DATABASE=$MYSQL_8_DATABASE -e MYSQL_8_USER=$MYSQL_8_USER -e MYSQL_8_PORT=$MYSQL_8_PORT -e MYSQL_8_PASSWORD=$MYSQL_8_PASSWORD -e MARIADB_HOST=$MARIADB_HOST -e MARIADB_DATABASE=$MARIADB_DATABASE -e MARIADB_USER=$MARIADB_USER -e MARIADB_PORT=$MARIADB_PORT -e MARIADB_PASSWORD=$MARIADB_PASSWORD -e POSTGRES_HOST=$POSTGRES_HOST -e POSTGRES_DB=$POSTGRES_DB -e POSTGRES_USER=$POSTGRES_USER -e POSTGRES_PORT=$POSTGRES_PORT -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=$POSTGRES_PASSWORD -e MSSQL_HOST -e MSSQL_PORT -e MSSQL_DATABASE -e MSSQL_USER -e MSSQL_PASSWORD orbisk/django-test:${{env.PYTHON_VERSION}} sh -c "cd /app && pip install -r requirements.txt && python manage.py test"
       - name: Push Image
         if: (steps.changes.outputs.src == 'true' || steps.changes.outputs.docker == 'true' || github.event.inputs.version == 'all' || github.event.inputs.version == matrix.version) && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
         run: docker push -a orbisk/django-test
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 77f49eb..b2abaf2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,19 +48,20 @@ started.
 - 🟠 Beta/Experimental (please share your experiences)
 - 🔴 Currently not Supported (open an Issue or Pull request if needed)
 
-| Python version |    | uv preinstalled |
-|----------------|----|-----------------|
-| `^3.13.0`      | 🟢 | 🟢 (`^3.13.0`)  |
-| `^3.12.4`      | 🟢 | 🟢 (`^3.12.7`)  |
-| `^3.11.2`      | 🟢 | 🟢 (`^3.11.10`) |
-| `^3.10.10`     | 🟢 | 🟢 (`^3.10.15`) |
-| `^3.9.16`      | 🟢 | 🟢 (`^3.9.20`)  |
-| `^3.8.16`      | 🟢 | 🟢 (`^3.8.20`)  |
-| `^3.7.16`      | 🟢 | 🔴              |
-| `^2.x`         | 🔴 | 🔴              |
+| Python version |                        | uv preinstalled |
+|----------------|------------------------|:----------------|
+| `^3.13.0`      | 🟢                     | 🟢 (`^3.13.0`)  |
+| `^3.12.4`      | 🟢                     | 🟢 (`^3.12.7`)  |
+| `^3.11.2`      | 🟢                     | 🟢 (`^3.11.10`) |
+| `^3.10.10`     | 🟢                     | 🟢 (`^3.10.15`) |
+| `^3.9.16`      | 🟢                     | 🟢 (`^3.9.20`)  |
+| `^3.8.16`      | 🟢                     | 🟢 (`^3.8.20`)  |
+| `^3.7.16`      | 🟡 ([see](#python-37)) | 🔴              |
+| `^2.x`         | 🔴                     | 🔴              |
 
 | MySQL*️⃣ |    |
 |----------|----|
+| `^9.0.0` | 🟢 |
 | `^8.0.0` | 🟢 |
 | `<=5.7`  | 🟡 |
 
@@ -138,3 +139,10 @@ MSSQL is currently only supported/tested with the following versions:
   Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server' does currently not work with mssql as ci service with self-signed ssl certs.
   If you have any solution, feel free to open an Issue or PR)
 
+## Limitations
+
+### Python 3.7
+
+Python 3.7 is not covered by our CI/CD tests anymore. This means that we can't guarantee that the image will work as
+expected with Python 3.7. The reason is that packages like `mssql-django` dropped support for Python 3.7, so we can't
+test it anymore. 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/app_mysql_8/__init__.py b/tests/app_mysql_8/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/app_mysql_8/migrations/0001_initial.py b/tests/app_mysql_8/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddd3b6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/app_mysql_8/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.1.7 on 2023-03-14 13:46
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='TestModel',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('value', models.IntegerField()),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/tests/app_mysql_8/migrations/__init__.py b/tests/app_mysql_8/migrations/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/app_mysql_8/models.py b/tests/app_mysql_8/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9262bc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/app_mysql_8/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+
+# Create your models here.
+
+
+class TestModel(models.Model):
+    value = models.IntegerField()
diff --git a/tests/app_mysql_8/router.py b/tests/app_mysql_8/router.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96a111c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/app_mysql_8/router.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from django.conf import settings
+
+from tests.base_db_router import BaseDBRouter
+
+
+class DBRouter(BaseDBRouter):
+    route_app_labels = {"app_mysql_8"}
+    db = settings.DB_MYSQL_8
diff --git a/tests/app_mysql_8/tests.py b/tests/app_mysql_8/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21c4cc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/app_mysql_8/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+
+class Test(TestCase):
+    databases = ['default', settings.DB_MYSQL_8]
+
+    def test(self):
+        self.assertTrue(True)
diff --git a/tests/tests/settings.py b/tests/tests/settings.py
index 88f1e82..9560b03 100644
--- a/tests/tests/settings.py
+++ b/tests/tests/settings.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
     "app_mysql",
+    "app_mysql_8",
     "app_mariadb",
     "app_postgres",
     "app_mssql",
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/ref/settings/#databases
 
 DB_MYSQL = "mysql"
+DB_MYSQL_8 = "mysql_8"
 DB_MARIADB = "mariadb"
 DB_MSSQL = "mssql"
 DB_POSTGRES = "postgres"
@@ -97,6 +99,14 @@
         "USER": env.str("MYSQL_USER"),
         "PASSWORD": env.str("MYSQL_PASSWORD"),
     },
+    DB_MYSQL_8: {
+        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.mysql",
+        "HOST": env.str("MYSQL_8_HOST"),
+        "PORT": env.int("MYSQL_8_PORT"),
+        "NAME": env.str("MYSQL_8_DATABASE"),
+        "USER": env.str("MYSQL_8_USER"),
+        "PASSWORD": env.str("MYSQL_8_PASSWORD"),
+    },
     DB_MARIADB: {
         "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.mysql",
         "HOST": env.str("MARIADB_HOST"),
@@ -125,6 +135,7 @@
 
 DATABASE_ROUTERS = [
     'app_mysql.router.DBRouter',
+    'app_mysql_8.router.DBRouter',
     'app_mariadb.router.DBRouter',
     'app_postgres.router.DBRouter',
     'app_mssql.router.DBRouter',