diff --git a/charms/glance-k8s/tests/tests.yaml b/charms/glance-k8s/tests/tests.yaml
index 017bdb97..fab27bf9 100644
--- a/charms/glance-k8s/tests/tests.yaml
+++ b/charms/glance-k8s/tests/tests.yaml
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ target_deploy_status:
     workload-status-message-regex: '^$'
   mysql:
     workload-status: active
-    workload-status-message-regex: '^$'
+    workload-status-message-regex: '^.*$'
diff --git a/charms/glance-k8s/tox.ini b/charms/glance-k8s/tox.ini
index ea682f9a..9606489f 100644
--- a/charms/glance-k8s/tox.ini
+++ b/charms/glance-k8s/tox.ini
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ commands = stestr run --slowest {posargs}
 allowlist_externals =
   git
   charmcraft
-  fetch-libs.sh
-  rename.sh
+  {toxinidir}/fetch-libs.sh
+  {toxinidir}/rename.sh
 deps =
   -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ commands = {[testenv:lint]commands}
 description = Check code against coding style standards
 deps =
     black
-    # flake8==4.0.1 # Pin version until https://github.com/csachs/pyproject-flake8/pull/14 is merged
-    flake8
+    flake8<6
     flake8-docstrings
     flake8-copyright
     flake8-builtins