diff --git a/.github/workflows/functional_extra.yml b/.github/workflows/functional_extra.yml
index f08318e181ff..084a53cb45fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/functional_extra.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/functional_extra.yml
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Verify Cleanup
         if: always() && steps.azlogin.outcome == 'success'
-        uses: azure/cli@v2
-        with:
-            echo "Verifying cleanup..."
-            az resource list --resource-group "${{ env.MINIKUBE_AZ_RESOURCE_GROUP }}" --query "[].{Name:name, Type:type, Created:createdTime}" --output table
+        run: |
+          echo "Verifying cleanup..."
+          az resource list --resource-group "${{ env.MINIKUBE_AZ_RESOURCE_GROUP }}" --query "[].{Name:name, Type:type, Created:createdTime}" --output table
diff --git a/test/integration/functional_test.go b/test/integration/functional_test.go
index 12654c9e8810..d013ef14c638 100644
--- a/test/integration/functional_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/functional_test.go
@@ -1795,11 +1795,6 @@ func validateCpCmd(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) {
 
 // validateMySQL validates a minimalist MySQL deployment
 func validateMySQL(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) {
-	// docs(skip): Skips for ARM64 architecture since it's not supported by MySQL
-	if arm64Platform() {
-		t.Skip("arm64 is not supported by mysql. Skip the test. See https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/10144")
-	}
-
 	defer PostMortemLogs(t, profile)
 
 	// docs: Run `kubectl replace --force -f testdata/mysql/yaml`
diff --git a/test/integration/testdata/mysql.yaml b/test/integration/testdata/mysql.yaml
index 1f936e4885e3..2b960e95c540 100644
--- a/test/integration/testdata/mysql.yaml
+++ b/test/integration/testdata/mysql.yaml
@@ -26,17 +26,28 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - image: public.ecr.aws/docker/library/mysql:8.4
         name: mysql
+        args:
+          # 1. Existing optimization
+          - "--performance-schema=OFF"
+          # 2. CRITICAL: Reduce buffer pool to fit in 384Mi limit
+          # 64M is safe for dev; allows room for OS + connections
+          - "--innodb-buffer-pool-size=64M"
+          # 3. Disable binary logging (saves I/O and CPU)
+          - "--disable-log-bin"
+          # 4. Limit connections to save per-thread memory
+          - "--max-connections=50"
+          # 5. Skip DNS lookups (saves a tiny bit of CPU/latency on connect)
+          - "--skip-name-resolve"
         resources:
           requests:
-            memory: "512Mi"
-            cpu: "600m"           
+            memory: "256Mi"
+            cpu: "100m"
           limits:
-            memory: "700Mi"
-            cpu: "700m"
+            memory: "384Mi"
+            cpu: "500m"
         env:
-          # Use secret in real usage
         - name: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD
           value: password
         ports:
         - containerPort: 3306
-          name: mysql
+          name: mysql
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