diff --git a/api/src/exceptions/database/dialects/mysql.ts b/api/src/exceptions/database/dialects/mysql.ts
index 02a551753b..4309b0cee4 100644
--- a/api/src/exceptions/database/dialects/mysql.ts
+++ b/api/src/exceptions/database/dialects/mysql.ts
@@ -43,28 +43,51 @@ function uniqueViolation(error: MySQLError) {
 
 	if (!matches) return error;
 
-	const collection = matches[1].slice(1, -1).split('.')[0];
-
-	let field = null;
-
 	/**
 	 * MySQL's error doesn't return the field name in the error. In case the field is created through
 	 * Directus (/ Knex), the key name will be `<collection>_<field>_unique` in which case we can pull
 	 * the field name from the key name
 	 */
-	const indexName = matches[1].slice(1, -1).split('.')[1];
 
-	if (indexName?.startsWith(`${collection}_`) && indexName.endsWith('_unique')) {
-		field = indexName.slice(collection.length + 1, -7);
+	/** MySQL 8+ style error message */
+	if (matches[1].includes('.')) {
+		const collection = matches[1].slice(1, -1).split('.')[0];
+
+		let field = null;
+
+		const indexName = matches[1].slice(1, -1).split('.')[1];
+
+		if (indexName?.startsWith(`${collection}_`) && indexName.endsWith('_unique')) {
+			field = indexName.slice(collection.length + 1, -7);
+		}
+
+		const invalid = matches[0].slice(1, -1);
+
+		return new RecordNotUniqueException(field, {
+			collection,
+			field,
+			invalid,
+		});
+	} else {
+		/** MySQL 5.7 style error message */
+		const indexName = matches[1].slice(1, -1);
+
+		const collection = indexName.split('_')[0];
+
+		let field = null;
+
+		if (indexName?.startsWith(`${collection}_`) && indexName.endsWith('_unique')) {
+			field = indexName.slice(collection.length + 1, -7);
+		}
+
+		const invalid = matches[0].slice(1, -1);
+
+		return new RecordNotUniqueException(field, {
+			collection,
+			field,
+			invalid,
+		});
 	}
-
-	const invalid = matches[0].slice(1, -1);
-
-	return new RecordNotUniqueException(field, {
-		collection,
-		field,
-		invalid,
-	});
 }
 
 function numericValueOutOfRange(error: MySQLError) {
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 6ff2543c8d..0fa0559953 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
 #
 # Ports:
 #   Postgres:        5100
-#   MySQL:           5101
+#   MySQL (8):       5101
 #   MariaDB:         5102
 #   MS SQL:          5103
 #   Oracle:          5104
 #   Redis:           5105
 #   Minio (S3):      5106
 #   Azure            5107
+#   MySQL (5.7):     5108
 #
 # Credentials:
 #   Postgres:
@@ -107,3 +108,11 @@ services:
     image: mcr.microsoft.com/azure-storage/azurite
     ports:
       - 5107:10000
+
+  mysql5:
+    image: mysql:5
+    environment:
+      MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: secret
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: directus
+    ports:
+      - 5108:3306