diff --git a/ingestion/examples/workflows/mysql.json b/ingestion/examples/workflows/mysql.json
index d6114df6838..6149ce83c7d 100644
--- a/ingestion/examples/workflows/mysql.json
+++ b/ingestion/examples/workflows/mysql.json
@@ -7,10 +7,16 @@
         "type": "Mysql",
         "username": "openmetadata_user",
         "password": "openmetadata_password",
-        "hostPort": "localhost:3306"
+        "hostPort": "localhost:3306",
+        "connectionOptions": {},
+        "connectionArguments": {}
       }
     },
-    "sourceConfig": {"config": {"enableDataProfiler": false}}
+    "sourceConfig": {
+      "config": {
+        "enableDataProfiler": false
+      }
+    }
   },
   "sink": {
     "type": "metadata-rest",
diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/source_connections.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/source_connections.py
index e9a26bb0481..c2fc8d22e19 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/source_connections.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/utils/source_connections.py
@@ -91,7 +91,11 @@ def get_connection_url_common(connection):
     url += connection.hostPort
     url += f"/{connection.database}" if connection.database else ""
 
-    options = connection.connectionOptions
+    options = (
+        connection.connectionOptions.dict()
+        if connection.connectionOptions
+        else connection.connectionOptions
+    )
     if options:
         if not connection.database:
             url += "/"
diff --git a/ingestion/tests/unit/source/test_mysql.py b/ingestion/tests/unit/source/test_mysql.py
index 17b4c6d4c3b..f902ba17093 100644
--- a/ingestion/tests/unit/source/test_mysql.py
+++ b/ingestion/tests/unit/source/test_mysql.py
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ CONFIG = """
                 "username": "openmetadata_user",
                 "password": "openmetadata_password",
                 "hostPort": "localhost:3306",
-                "database": "openmetadata_db"
+                "database": "openmetadata_db",
+                "connectionOptions": {},
+                "connectionArguments": {}
             }
         },
         "sourceConfig": {