diff --git a/cypress.config.dist.js b/cypress.config.dist.js
index f57a47d3efd..c402c269e5d 100644
--- a/cypress.config.dist.js
+++ b/cypress.config.dist.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ module.exports = defineConfig({
     password: 'joomla-17082005',
     db_type: 'MySQLi',
     db_host: 'localhost',
+    db_port: '',
     db_name: 'test_joomla',
     db_user: 'root',
     db_password: '',
diff --git a/tests/System/plugins/db.js b/tests/System/plugins/db.js
index 8e7ce71739f..02ee7b83c89 100644
--- a/tests/System/plugins/db.js
+++ b/tests/System/plugins/db.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ function queryTestDB(joomlaQuery, config) {
   if (config.env.db_type === 'pgsql' || config.env.db_type === 'PostgreSQL (PDO)') {
     const connection = postgres({
       host: config.env.db_host,
+      port: config.env.db_port,
       database: config.env.db_name,
       username: config.env.db_user,
       password: config.env.db_password,
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ function queryTestDB(joomlaQuery, config) {
     // Create the connection and connect
     const connection = mysql.createConnection({
       host: config.env.db_host,
+      port: config.env.db_port,
       user: config.env.db_user,
       password: config.env.db_password,
       database: config.env.db_name,