diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/inspector_install.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/inspector_install.yml
index e243b15b0..b698dd703 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/inspector_install.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/inspector_install.yml
@@ -21,26 +21,22 @@
   include: pip_install.yml
     package=python-ironic-inspector-client
     state=latest
-# Note(TheJulia): Until support exists in the inspector database schema, to
-# allow for inspector to define its preferred database engine, MySQL cannot
-# be used with the default engine in the OpenStack CI.
-# See: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic-inspector/+bug/1506160
-#- name: "MySQL - Create database"
-#  mysql_db:
-#    login_user={{ mysql_username }}
-#    login_password={{ mysql_password }}
-#    name=inspector
-#    state=present
-#    encoding=utf8
-#  register: test_created_inspector_db
-#- name: "MySQL - Create user for inspector"
-#  mysql_user:
-#    login_user={{ mysql_username }}
-#    login_password={{ mysql_password }}
-#    name=inspector
-#    password={{ ironic_db_password }}
-#    priv=inspector.*:ALL
-#    state=present
+- name: "MySQL - Create database"
+  mysql_db:
+    login_user={{ mysql_username }}
+    login_password={{ mysql_password }}
+    name=inspector
+    state=present
+    encoding=utf8
+  register: test_created_inspector_db
+- name: "MySQL - Create user for inspector"
+  mysql_user:
+    login_user={{ mysql_username }}
+    login_password={{ mysql_password }}
+     name=inspector
+     password={{ ironic_db_password }}
+     priv=inspector.*:ALL
+     state=present
 - name: "Inspector - Ensure /etc/ironic-inspector/ exists"
   file:
     dest=/etc/ironic-inspector
@@ -72,7 +68,6 @@
 - name: "Upgrade inspector DB Schema"
   shell: ironic-inspector-dbsync --config-file /etc/ironic-inspector/inspector.conf upgrade
   become: true
-  become_user: ironic
   environment: "{{ bifrost_venv_env if enable_venv else '{}' }}"
 - name: "Inspector - Get ironic-inspector install location"
   shell: echo $(dirname $(which ironic-inspector))
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/templates/ironic-inspector.conf.j2 b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/templates/ironic-inspector.conf.j2
index fb233d49d..e8f6aee58 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/templates/ironic-inspector.conf.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/templates/ironic-inspector.conf.j2
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ auth_strategy = {{ inspector_auth }}
 debug = {{ inspector_debug | bool }}
 
 [database]
-connection=sqlite:///{{ inspector_data_dir }}/inspector.sqlite
+connection=mysql+pymysql://inspector:{{ ironic_db_password }}@localhost/inspector?charset=utf8
 
 [firewall]
 manage_firewall = {{ inspector_manage_firewall | bool }}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/change-inspector-to-use-mysql-17cb03cabb958ff9.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/change-inspector-to-use-mysql-17cb03cabb958ff9.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b60d9077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/change-inspector-to-use-mysql-17cb03cabb958ff9.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - Ironic inspector has been switched to using MySQL as
+    its back-end database. This was to correct a bug that
+    functionally broke inspection.
+fixes:
+  - A bug in file ownership resulted in the ironic-inspector
+    functionality not working as expected, and the test being
+    unable to be re-executed without manual clean-up. This has
+    been corrected by moving the database use to MySQL.