diff --git a/.github/helper/install.sh b/.github/helper/install.sh
index 3485d8f5edb..9f7b77f2212 100644
--- a/.github/helper/install.sh
+++ b/.github/helper/install.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ cd ~ || exit
 
 sudo apt update
 sudo apt remove mysql-server mysql-client
-sudo apt install libcups2-dev redis-server mariadb-client
+sudo apt install libcups2-dev redis-server mariadb-client libmariadb-dev
 
 pip install frappe-bench
 
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ frappecommitish=${FRAPPE_BRANCH:-$githubbranch}
 mkdir frappe
 pushd frappe
 git init
-git remote add origin "https://github.com/${frappeuser}/frappe"
-git fetch origin "${frappecommitish}" --depth 1
+git remote add origin "https://github.com/ankush/frappe"
+git fetch origin "perf/mariadb_connector" --depth 1
 git checkout FETCH_HEAD
 popd
 
diff --git a/.github/helper/site_config_mariadb.json b/.github/helper/site_config_mariadb.json
index 8c86f73729f..90fb8e898ce 100644
--- a/.github/helper/site_config_mariadb.json
+++ b/.github/helper/site_config_mariadb.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  "mail_login": "test@example.com",
  "mail_password": "test",
  "admin_password": "admin",
+ "use_native_mariadb_connector": 1,
  "root_login": "root",
  "root_password": "root",
  "host_name": "http://test_site:8000",