diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_user/tasks/test_user_plugin_auth.yml b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_user/tasks/test_user_plugin_auth.yml
index b4e28d3..d85153d 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_user/tasks/test_user_plugin_auth.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/test_mysql_user/tasks/test_user_plugin_auth.yml
@@ -310,62 +310,71 @@
     - include: remove_user.yml user_name={{ test_user_name }} user_password={{ test_plugin_auth_string }}
 
     # ============================================================
-    # Test plugin auth switching from one type of plugin to another.
+    # Test plugin auth switching from one type of plugin to another. The only other plugins that are loaded by default
+    # are sha2*, but these aren't compatible with pymysql < 0.9, so skip these tests for those versions.
     #
+    - name: Get pymysql version
+      shell: pip show pymysql | awk '/Version/ {print $2}'
+      register: pymysql_version
 
-    - name: Create user with plugin auth (empty auth string)
-      mysql_user:
-        <<: *mysql_params
-        name: '{{ test_user_name }}'
-        plugin: '{{ test_plugin_type }}'
-        priv: '{{ test_default_priv }}'
-      register: result
+    - name: Test plugin auth switching which doesn't work on pymysql < 0.9
+      when: pymysql_version.stdout is version('0.9', '>=')
+      block:
 
-    - name: Check that the module made a change
-      assert:
-        that:
-          - "result.changed == true"
+      - name: Create user with plugin auth (empty auth string)
+        mysql_user:
+          <<: *mysql_params
+          name: '{{ test_user_name }}'
+          plugin: '{{ test_plugin_type }}'
+          priv: '{{ test_default_priv }}'
+        register: result
 
-    - include: assert_user.yml user_name={{ test_user_name }} priv={{ test_default_priv_type }}
 
-    - name: Get the MySQL version using an empty password for the newly created user
-      mysql_info:
-        login_user: '{{ test_user_name }}'
-        login_password: ''
-        login_host: '{{ mysql_host }}'
-        login_port: '{{ mysql_primary_port }}'
-        filter: version
-      register: result
-      ignore_errors: true
+      - name: Check that the module made a change
+        assert:
+          that:
+            - "result.changed == true"
 
-    - name: Assert that mysql_info was successful
-      assert:
-        that:
-          - "result.failed == false"
+      - include: assert_user.yml user_name={{ test_user_name }} priv={{ test_default_priv_type }}
 
-    - name: Switch user to sha256_password auth plugin
-      mysql_user:
-        <<: *mysql_params
-        name: '{{ test_user_name }}'
-        plugin: sha256_password
-        plugin_auth_string: '{{ test_plugin_auth_string }}'
-        priv: '{{ test_default_priv }}'
-      register: result
+      - name: Get the MySQL version using an empty password for the newly created user
+        mysql_info:
+          login_user: '{{ test_user_name }}'
+          login_password: ''
+          login_host: '{{ mysql_host }}'
+          login_port: '{{ mysql_primary_port }}'
+          filter: version
+        register: result
+        ignore_errors: true
 
-    - name: Get the MySQL version using the new plugin auth string
-      mysql_info:
-        login_user: '{{ test_user_name }}'
-        login_password: '{{ test_plugin_auth_string }}'
-        login_host: '{{ mysql_host }}'
-        login_port: '{{ mysql_primary_port }}'
-        filter: version
-      register: result
-      ignore_errors: true
+      - name: Assert that mysql_info was successful
+        assert:
+          that:
+            - "result.failed == false"
 
-    - name: Assert that mysql_info was successful
-      assert:
-        that:
-          - "result.failed == false"
+      - name: Switch user to sha256_password auth plugin
+        mysql_user:
+          <<: *mysql_params
+          name: '{{ test_user_name }}'
+          plugin: sha256_password
+          plugin_auth_string: '{{ test_plugin_auth_string }}'
+          priv: '{{ test_default_priv }}'
+        register: result
 
-    # Cleanup
-    - include: remove_user.yml user_name={{ test_user_name }} user_password={{ test_plugin_auth_string }}
+      - name: Get the MySQL version using the new plugin auth string
+        mysql_info:
+          login_user: '{{ test_user_name }}'
+          login_password: '{{ test_plugin_auth_string }}'
+          login_host: '{{ mysql_host }}'
+          login_port: '{{ mysql_primary_port }}'
+          filter: version
+        register: result
+        ignore_errors: true
+
+      - name: Assert that mysql_info was successful
+        assert:
+          that:
+            - "result.failed == false"
+
+      # Cleanup
+      - include: remove_user.yml user_name={{ test_user_name }} user_password={{ test_plugin_auth_string }}