diff --git a/ci/docker-db.sh b/ci/docker-db.sh
index 9bb69b73..61c24f77 100755
--- a/ci/docker-db.sh
+++ b/ci/docker-db.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if [[ "$DB" == "mysql" ]]; then
     # ref server: https://hub.docker.com/_/mysql/
     # ref client: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/setting-environment-variables.html
     #
-    DOCKER_RUN_ARGS="-p 3306:3306 --env MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=1 mysql:5.7"
+    DOCKER_RUN_ARGS="-p 3306:3306 --env MYSQL_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD=1 mysql:8.0"
     READINESS_CHECK="mysql --user root --execute \q"
 elif [[ "$DB" == "postgres" ]]; then
     # Environment variables can influence both the postgresql server in the
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ elif [[ "$DB" == "postgres" ]]; then
     # used by the postgresql client psql, so we configure the user based on how
     # we want to connect.
     #
-    DOCKER_RUN_ARGS="-p 5432:5432 --env "POSTGRES_USER=${PGUSER}" --env "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${PGPASSWORD}" postgres:9.5"
+    DOCKER_RUN_ARGS="-p 5432:5432 --env "POSTGRES_USER=${PGUSER}" --env "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${PGPASSWORD}" postgres:15.1"
     READINESS_CHECK="psql --command \q"
 else
     echo '$DB must be mysql or postgres'
diff --git a/ci/init-db.sh b/ci/init-db.sh
index 46672cf6..a26c30ab 100755
--- a/ci/init-db.sh
+++ b/ci/init-db.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Configure a set of databases in the database server for upgrade tests
+# this list must be in sync with versions in test_db.py:test_upgrade
 set -x
-for SUFFIX in '' _upgrade_100 _upgrade_122 _upgrade_130 _upgrade_150 _upgrade_211; do
+for SUFFIX in '' _upgrade_110 _upgrade_122 _upgrade_130 _upgrade_150 _upgrade_211; do
     $SQL_CLIENT "DROP DATABASE jupyterhub${SUFFIX};" 2>/dev/null || true
     $SQL_CLIENT "CREATE DATABASE jupyterhub${SUFFIX} ${EXTRA_CREATE_DATABASE_ARGS:-};"
 done
diff --git a/jupyterhub/tests/test_db.py b/jupyterhub/tests/test_db.py
index 9284df0d..9c89abb6 100644
--- a/jupyterhub/tests/test_db.py
+++ b/jupyterhub/tests/test_db.py
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ def generate_old_db(env_dir, hub_version, db_url):
     check_call([env_py, populate_db, db_url])
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize('hub_version', ['1.0.0', "1.2.2", "1.3.0", "1.5.0", "2.1.1"])
+# changes to this version list must also be reflected
+# in ci/init-db.sh
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('hub_version', ["1.1.0", "1.2.2", "1.3.0", "1.5.0", "2.1.1"])
 async def test_upgrade(tmpdir, hub_version):
     db_url = os.getenv('JUPYTERHUB_TEST_DB_URL')
     if db_url: