diff --git a/packages/core/database/lib/dialects/mysql/database-inspector.js b/packages/core/database/lib/dialects/mysql/database-inspector.js
index d978732f47..4138a134fe 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/lib/dialects/mysql/database-inspector.js
+++ b/packages/core/database/lib/dialects/mysql/database-inspector.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const { MARIADB, MYSQL } = require('../../utils/constants');
+const { MARIADB, MYSQL, UNKNOWN } = require('../../utils/constants');
 
 const SQL_QUERIES = {
   VERSION: `SELECT version() as version`,
@@ -12,11 +12,20 @@ class MysqlDatabaseInspector {
   }
 
   async getInformation() {
-    const [results] = await this.db.connection.raw(SQL_QUERIES.VERSION);
-    const version = results[0].version;
-
-    const [versionNumber, databaseName] = version.split('-');
-    const database = databaseName && databaseName.toLowerCase() === 'mariadb' ? MARIADB : MYSQL;
+    let database;
+    let versionNumber;
+    try {
+      const [results] = await this.db.connection.raw(SQL_QUERIES.VERSION);
+      const versionSplit = results[0].version.split('-');
+      const databaseName = versionSplit[1];
+      versionNumber = versionSplit[0];
+      database = databaseName && databaseName.toLowerCase() === 'mariadb' ? MARIADB : MYSQL;
+      throw new Error('oups');
+    } catch (e) {
+      database = UNKNOWN;
+      versionNumber = UNKNOWN;
+      strapi.log.warn(`Database version couldn't be retrieved: ${e.message}`);
+    }
 
     return {
       database,
diff --git a/packages/core/database/lib/dialects/postgresql/database-inspector.js b/packages/core/database/lib/dialects/postgresql/database-inspector.js
index d52cff826f..1ec6c04f51 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/lib/dialects/postgresql/database-inspector.js
+++ b/packages/core/database/lib/dialects/postgresql/database-inspector.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const { POSTGRES } = require('../../utils/constants');
+const { POSTGRES, UNKNOWN } = require('../../utils/constants');
 
 const SQL_QUERIES = {
   VERSION: `SELECT current_setting('server_version') as version`,
@@ -12,12 +12,18 @@ class PostgresqlDatabaseInspector {
   }
 
   async getInformation() {
-    const { rows } = await this.db.connection.raw(SQL_QUERIES.VERSION);
-    const version = rows[0].version;
+    let version;
+    try {
+      const { rows } = await this.db.connection.raw(SQL_QUERIES.VERSION);
+      version = rows[0].version.split(' ')[0];
+    } catch (e) {
+      version = UNKNOWN;
+      strapi.log.warn(`Database version couldn't be retrieved: ${e.message}`);
+    }
 
     return {
       database: POSTGRES,
-      version: version.split(' ')[0],
+      version,
     };
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/database/lib/dialects/sqlite/database-inspector.js b/packages/core/database/lib/dialects/sqlite/database-inspector.js
index a4243d7931..8640145256 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/lib/dialects/sqlite/database-inspector.js
+++ b/packages/core/database/lib/dialects/sqlite/database-inspector.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const { SQLITE } = require('../../utils/constants');
+const { SQLITE, UNKNOWN } = require('../../utils/constants');
 
 const SQL_QUERIES = {
   VERSION: `SELECT sqlite_version() as version`,
@@ -12,9 +12,14 @@ class SqliteDatabaseInspector {
   }
 
   async getInformation() {
-    const results = await this.db.connection.raw(SQL_QUERIES.VERSION);
-    const version = results[0].version;
-
+    let version;
+    try {
+      const results = await this.db.connection.raw(SQL_QUERIES.VERSION);
+      version = results[0].version;
+    } catch (e) {
+      version = UNKNOWN;
+      strapi.log.warn(`Database version couldn't be retrieved: ${e.message}`);
+    }
     return {
       database: SQLITE,
       version,
diff --git a/packages/core/database/lib/entity-manager/regular-relations.js b/packages/core/database/lib/entity-manager/regular-relations.js
index 06abf74bfd..855ba93bca 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/lib/entity-manager/regular-relations.js
+++ b/packages/core/database/lib/entity-manager/regular-relations.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const { map, isEmpty } = require('lodash/fp');
 const semver = require('semver');
-const { MYSQL } = require('../utils/constants');
+const { MYSQL, UNKNOWN } = require('../utils/constants');
 const {
   isBidirectional,
   isOneToAny,
@@ -199,7 +199,12 @@ const cleanOrderColumns = async ({ id, attribute, db, inverseRelIds, transaction
 
   // Handle databases that don't support window function ROW_NUMBER
   const { database, version } = strapi.db.getDatabaseInformation();
-  if (database === MYSQL && semver.lt(version, '8.0.0')) {
+  if (
+    strapi.db.dialect.client === 'mysql' &&
+    [MYSQL, UNKNOWN].includes(database) &&
+    (!semver.valid(version) || semver.lt(version, '8.0.0'))
+  ) {
+    console.log('DEDANS');
     await cleanOrderColumnsForOldDatabases({ id, attribute, db, inverseRelIds, transaction: trx });
     return;
   }
diff --git a/packages/core/database/lib/utils/constants.js b/packages/core/database/lib/utils/constants.js
index 6938187da1..cc6659c372 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/lib/utils/constants.js
+++ b/packages/core/database/lib/utils/constants.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 module.exports = {
+  UNKNOWN: 'unknown',
   SQLITE: 'SQLite',
   POSTGRES: 'Postgres',
   MYSQL: 'MySQL',