diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-test-plugins.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-test-plugins.yml
index a77a0ce..fd86b37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-test-plugins.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-test-plugins.yml
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ on:
 
 
 env:
-  mysql_version_file: "./ansible_collections/community/mysql/tests/integration/targets/setup_mysql/defaults/main.yml"
-  connector_version_file: "./ansible_collections/community/mysql/tests/integration/targets/setup_mysql/vars/main.yml"
+  mysql_version_file: "tests/integration/targets/setup_mysql/defaults/main.yml"
+  connector_version_file: "tests/integration/targets/setup_mysql/vars/main.yml"
 
 jobs:
   sanity:
-    name: "Sanity (Python: ${{ matrix.python }}, Ansible: ${{ matrix.ansible }})"
+    name: "Sanity (Ansible: ${{ matrix.ansible }})"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -30,48 +30,22 @@ jobs:
           - stable-2.13
           - stable-2.14
           - devel
-        python:
-          - 3.8
-          - 3.9
-        exclude:
-          - python: 3.8
-            ansible: stable-2.13
-          - python: 3.8
-            ansible: stable-2.14
-          - python: 3.8
-            ansible: devel
-          - python: 3.9
-            ansible: stable-2.11
-          - python: 3.9
-            ansible: stable-2.12
     steps:
-
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Perform sanity testing
+        uses: ansible-community/ansible-test-gh-action@release/v1
         with:
-          path: ansible_collections/community/mysql
-
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
-
-      - name: Install ansible-base (${{ matrix.ansible }})
-        run: pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/${{ matrix.ansible }}.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
-
-      - name: Run sanity tests
-        run: ansible-test sanity --docker -v --color
-        working-directory: ./ansible_collections/community/mysql
+          ansible-core-version: ${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          testing-type: sanity
 
   integration:
-    name: "Integration (Python: ${{ matrix.python }}, Ansible: ${{ matrix.ansible }}, MySQL: ${{ matrix.mysql }}, Connector: ${{ matrix.connector }})"
+    name: "Integration (Python: ${{ matrix.python }}, Ansible: ${{ matrix.ansible }}, MySQL: ${{ matrix.db_engine_version }}, Connector: ${{ matrix.connector }})"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        mysql:
-          - 5.7.31
-          - 8.0.22
+        db_engine_version:
+          - mysql_5.7.31
+          - mysql_8.0.22
         ansible:
           - stable-2.11
           - stable-2.12
@@ -87,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
           - pymysql==0.9.3
           - mysqlclient==2.0.1
         exclude:
-          - mysql: 8.0.22
+          - db_engine_version: mysql_8.0.22
             connector: pymysql==0.7.10
           - python: 3.6
             ansible: stable-2.12
@@ -111,37 +85,31 @@ jobs:
             ansible: stable-2.12
 
     steps:
-
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: >-
+          Perform integration testing against
+          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          under Python ${{ matrix.python }}
+        uses: ansible-community/ansible-test-gh-action@release/v1
         with:
-          path: ansible_collections/community/mysql
-
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
-
-      - name: Install ansible-base (${{ matrix.ansible }})
-        run: pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/${{ matrix.ansible }}.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
-
-      - name: Set MySQL version (${{ matrix.mysql }})
-        run: "sed -i 's/^mysql_version:.*/mysql_version: \"${{ matrix.mysql }}\"/g' ${{ env.mysql_version_file }}"
-
-      - name: Set Connector version (${{ matrix.connector }})
-        run: "sed -i 's/^python_packages:.*/python_packages: [${{ matrix.connector }}]/' ${{ env.connector_version_file }}"
-
-      - name: Run integration tests
-        run: ansible-test integration --docker -v --color --retry-on-error --continue-on-error --python ${{ matrix.python }} --diff --coverage
-        working-directory: ./ansible_collections/community/mysql
-
-      - name: Generate coverage report.
-        run: ansible-test coverage xml -v --requirements --group-by command --group-by version
-        working-directory: ./ansible_collections/community/mysql
-
-      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
-        with:
-          fail_ci_if_error: false
+          ansible-core-version: ${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          pre-test-cmd: >-
+            DB_ENGINE=$(echo '${{ matrix.db_engine_version }}' | awk -F_ '{print $1}');
+            DB_VERSION=$(echo '${{ matrix.db_engine_version }}' | awk -F_ '{print $2}');
+            DB_ENGINE_PRETTY=$([[ "${DB_ENGINE}" == 'mysql' ]] && echo 'MySQL' || echo 'MariaDB');
+            >&2 echo Matrix factor for the DB is ${{ matrix.db_engine_version }}...;
+            >&2 echo Setting ${DB_ENGINE_PRETTY} version to ${DB_VERSION}...;
+            sed -i -e "s/^${DB_ENGINE}_version:.*/${DB_ENGINE}_version: $DB_VERSION/g" -e 's/^mariadb_install: false/mariadb_install: true/g' '${{ env.mysql_version_file }}';
+            ${{
+              matrix.db_engine_version == 'mariadb_10.8.3'
+              && format(
+                '>&2 echo Set MariaDB v10.8.3 URL sub dir...; sed -i -e "s/^mariadb_url_subdir:.*/mariadb_url_subdir: linux-systemd/g" "{0}";', env.connector_version_file
+              )
+              || ''
+            }}
+            >&2 echo Setting Connector version to ${{ matrix.connector }}...;
+            sed -i 's/^python_packages:.*/python_packages: [${{ matrix.connector }}]/' ${{ env.connector_version_file }}
+          target-python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+          testing-type: integration
 
   units:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -173,30 +141,11 @@ jobs:
             ansible: stable-2.12
 
     steps:
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: >-
+          Perform unit testing against
+          Ansible version ${{ matrix.ansible }}
+        uses: ansible-community/ansible-test-gh-action@release/v1
         with:
-          path: ./ansible_collections/community/mysql
-
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
-
-      - name: Install ansible-base (${{matrix.ansible}})
-        run: pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/${{ matrix.ansible }}.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
-
-      # Run the unit tests
-      - name: Run unit test
-        run: ansible-test units -v --color --docker --coverage
-        working-directory: ./ansible_collections/community/mysql
-
-      # ansible-test support producing code coverage date
-      - name: Generate coverage report
-        run: ansible-test coverage xml -v --requirements --group-by command --group-by version
-        working-directory: ./ansible_collections/community/mysql
-
-      # See the reports at https://codecov.io/gh/GITHUBORG/REPONAME
-      - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
-        with:
-          fail_ci_if_error: false
+          ansible-core-version: ${{ matrix.ansible }}
+          target-python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+          testing-type: units