diff --git a/databases.go b/databases.go
index cd02a38..254395e 100644
--- a/databases.go
+++ b/databases.go
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ const (
 	SQLModeTraditional           = "TRADITIONAL"
 )
 
+// SQL Auth constants allow for MySQL-specific user auth plugins
+const (
+	SQLAuthPluginNative      = "mysql_native_password"
+	SQLAuthPluginCachingSHA2 = "caching_sha2_password"
+)
+
 // DatabasesService is an interface for interfacing with the databases endpoints
 // of the DigitalOcean API.
 // See: https://developers.digitalocean.com/documentation/v2#databases
diff --git a/databases_test.go b/databases_test.go
index 6391291..b4e259d 100644
--- a/databases_test.go
+++ b/databases_test.go
@@ -1306,18 +1306,18 @@ func TestDatabases_CreateDatabaseUserWithMySQLSettings(t *testing.T) {
 
 	path := fmt.Sprintf("/v2/databases/%s/users", dbID)
 
-	responseJSON := []byte(`{
+	responseJSON := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{
 		"user": {
 			"name": "foo",
 			"mysql_settings": {
-				"auth_plugin": "native"
+				"auth_plugin": "%s"
 			}	
 		}
-	}`)
+	}`, SQLAuthPluginNative))
 	expectedUser := &DatabaseUser{
 		Name: "foo",
 		MySQLSettings: &DatabaseMySQLUserSettings{
-			AuthPlugin: "native",
+			AuthPlugin: SQLAuthPluginNative,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -1343,21 +1343,21 @@ func TestDatabases_ListDatabaseUsersWithMySQLSettings(t *testing.T) {
 
 	path := fmt.Sprintf("/v2/databases/%s/users", dbID)
 
-	responseJSON := []byte(`{
+	responseJSON := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{
 		"users": [
 			{
 				"name": "foo",
 				"mysql_settings": {
-					"auth_plugin": "native"
+					"auth_plugin": "%s"
 				}
 			}
 		]
-	}`)
+	}`, SQLAuthPluginNative))
 	expectedUsers := []DatabaseUser{
 		{
 			Name: "foo",
 			MySQLSettings: &DatabaseMySQLUserSettings{
-				AuthPlugin: "native",
+				AuthPlugin: SQLAuthPluginNative,
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -1382,18 +1382,18 @@ func TestDatabases_GetDatabaseUserWithMySQLSettings(t *testing.T) {
 
 	path := fmt.Sprintf("/v2/databases/%s/users/%s", dbID, userID)
 
-	responseJSON := []byte(`{
+	responseJSON := []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`{
 		"user": {
 			"name": "foo",
 			"mysql_settings": {
-				"auth_plugin": "native"
+				"auth_plugin": "%s"
 			}
 		}
-	}`)
+	}`, SQLAuthPluginNative))
 	expectedUser := &DatabaseUser{
 		Name: "foo",
 		MySQLSettings: &DatabaseMySQLUserSettings{
-			AuthPlugin: "native",
+			AuthPlugin: SQLAuthPluginNative,
 		},
 	}