diff --git a/src/server/database/Updater/DBUpdater.cpp b/src/server/database/Updater/DBUpdater.cpp
index e1a1518f1..f5d8f65a3 100644
--- a/src/server/database/Updater/DBUpdater.cpp
+++ b/src/server/database/Updater/DBUpdater.cpp
@@ -447,6 +447,9 @@ void DBUpdater<T>::ApplyFile(DatabaseWorkerPool<T>& pool, std::string const& hos
     args.emplace_back("-h" + host);
     args.emplace_back("-u" + user);
 
+    if (!password.empty())
+        args.emplace_back("-p" + password);
+
     // Check if we want to connect through ip or socket (Unix only)
 #ifdef _WIN32
 
@@ -498,8 +501,6 @@ void DBUpdater<T>::ApplyFile(DatabaseWorkerPool<T>& pool, std::string const& hos
 
     auto env = boost::process::environment();
 
-    if (!password.empty())
-        env["MYSQL_PWD"]=password;
 
     // Invokes a mysql process which doesn't leak credentials to logs
     int const ret = Acore::StartProcess(DBUpdaterUtil::GetCorrectedMySQLExecutable(), args,