diff --git a/tests/Support/CanSkipTests.php b/tests/Support/CanSkipTests.php
index b29fdf88cd..9aea1574e3 100644
--- a/tests/Support/CanSkipTests.php
+++ b/tests/Support/CanSkipTests.php
@@ -6,15 +6,30 @@ trait CanSkipTests
 {
     public function markIncompleteIfMySQL($message = 'Test skipped due to database driver being MySQL.')
     {
-        if (config('database.default') === 'mysql') {
+        if ($this->currentDatabaseDriver() === 'mysql') {
             $this->markTestIncomplete($message);
         }
     }
 
     public function markIncompleteIfSqlite($message = 'Test skipped due to database driver being sqlite.')
     {
-        if (config('database.default') === 'sqlite') {
+        if ($this->currentDatabaseDriver() === 'sqlite') {
             $this->markTestIncomplete($message);
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Resolve the driver of the current default database connection.
+     * The default connection can be named anything (sqlite, sqlite_testing,
+     * mysql, mysql_ci, etc.), so keying off the connection NAME misses
+     * anything that isn't the canonical name. Reading the driver via the
+     * connections config makes the skip helpers work regardless of what
+     * .env.testing calls the connection.
+     */
+    private function currentDatabaseDriver(): ?string
+    {
+        $default = config('database.default');
+
+        return config("database.connections.$default.driver");
+    }
 }