diff --git a/.github/workflows/ansible-test-plugins.yml b/.github/workflows/ansible-test-plugins.yml
index 3c34ee6..f3e7839 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ansible-test-plugins.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ansible-test-plugins.yml
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@ jobs:
             connector: pymysql==0.7.10
           - db_engine_version: mariadb_10.5.9
             connector: pymysql==0.7.10
-          - db_engine_version: mariadb_10.3.34
-            connector: mysqlclient==2.0.1
-          - db_engine_version: mariadb_10.5.9
-            connector: mysqlclient==2.0.1
           - python: 3.8
             ansible: stable-2.9
           - python: 3.8
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/0-mysqlclient.yml b/changelogs/fragments/0-mysqlclient.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c058d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/0-mysqlclient.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- Collection core functions - fixes related to the mysqlclient Python connector (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.mysql/issues/292).
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/user.py b/plugins/module_utils/user.py
index a523534..13b0f25 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/user.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/user.py
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ def privileges_get(cursor, user, host, maria_role=False):
     if not maria_role:
         cursor.execute("SHOW GRANTS FOR %s@%s", (user, host))
     else:
-        cursor.execute("SHOW GRANTS FOR %s", (user))
+        cursor.execute("SHOW GRANTS FOR %s", (user,))
     grants = cursor.fetchall()
 
     def pick(x):
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ def privileges_revoke(cursor, user, host, db_table, priv, grant_option, maria_ro
         params = (user, host)
     else:
         query.append("FROM %s")
-        params = (user)
+        params = (user,)
 
     query = ' '.join(query)
     cursor.execute(query, params)
@@ -644,6 +644,10 @@ def privileges_grant(cursor, user, host, db_table, priv, tls_requires, maria_rol
     if 'GRANT' in priv:
         query.append("WITH GRANT OPTION")
     query = ' '.join(query)
+
+    if isinstance(params, str):
+        params = (params,)
+
     try:
         cursor.execute(query, params)
     except (mysql_driver.ProgrammingError, mysql_driver.OperationalError, mysql_driver.InternalError) as e:
diff --git a/plugins/modules/mysql_role.py b/plugins/modules/mysql_role.py
index 8525ac6..34cccd3 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/mysql_role.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/mysql_role.py
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ class MariaDBQueryBuilder():
         Returns:
             tuple: (query_string, tuple_containing_parameters).
         """
-        return "SELECT count(*) FROM mysql.user WHERE user = %s AND is_role  = 'Y'", (self.name)
+        return "SELECT count(*) FROM mysql.user WHERE user = %s AND is_role  = 'Y'", (self.name,)
 
     def role_grant(self, user):
         """Return a query to grant a role to a user or role.
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_mysql_role.py b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_mysql_role.py
index 2ed5a2c..3c24719 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_mysql_role.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/modules/test_mysql_role.py
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ module = Module()
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'builder,output',
     [
-        (MariaDBQueryBuilder('role0'), ("SELECT count(*) FROM mysql.user WHERE user = %s AND is_role  = 'Y'", ('role0'))),
+        (MariaDBQueryBuilder('role0'), ("SELECT count(*) FROM mysql.user WHERE user = %s AND is_role  = 'Y'", ('role0',))),
         (MySQLQueryBuilder('role0', '%'), ('SELECT count(*) FROM mysql.user WHERE user = %s AND host = %s', ('role0', '%'))),
-        (MariaDBQueryBuilder('role1'), ("SELECT count(*) FROM mysql.user WHERE user = %s AND is_role  = 'Y'", ('role1'))),
+        (MariaDBQueryBuilder('role1'), ("SELECT count(*) FROM mysql.user WHERE user = %s AND is_role  = 'Y'", ('role1',))),
         (MySQLQueryBuilder('role1', 'fake'), ('SELECT count(*) FROM mysql.user WHERE user = %s AND host = %s', ('role1', 'fake'))),
     ]
 )