diff --git a/environment-provisioner/workflow-template.yaml b/environment-provisioner/workflow-template.yaml
index 19f6933..01ef0be 100644
--- a/environment-provisioner/workflow-template.yaml
+++ b/environment-provisioner/workflow-template.yaml
@@ -287,7 +287,14 @@ spec:
           DB_INIT_SQL="${DB_INIT_SQL}
         FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"
 
+          # Format SQL for YAML embedding (20 spaces indent for content under init-databases.sql: |)
+          DB_INIT_SQL_FORMATTED=$(echo "$DB_INIT_SQL" | sed 's/^/                    /')
+
           # Create ArgoCD Application for shared MySQL
+          # Write the SQL to a temp file for insertion
+          INIT_SQL_FILE="/tmp/init-sql-$$.txt"
+          echo "$DB_INIT_SQL_FORMATTED" > "$INIT_SQL_FILE"
+
           cat > "manifests/${INSTANCE_NAME}-application.yaml" <<EOF
         apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
         kind: Application
@@ -305,7 +312,7 @@ spec:
           source:
             repoURL: https://helm.wso2.com
             chart: mysql
-            targetRevision: "1.6.9"
+            targetRevision: "$VERSION"
             helm:
               values: |
                 image: mysql
@@ -314,6 +321,9 @@ spec:
                 mysqlUser: "mysql_user"
                 mysqlPassword: "local-mysql-pass"
                 fullnameOverride: "$INSTANCE_NAME"
+                initializationFiles:
+                  init-databases.sql: |
+                    INIT_SQL_PLACEHOLDER
                 persistence:
                   enabled: true
                   size: 8Gi
@@ -333,6 +343,17 @@ spec:
               - ServerSideApply=true
         EOF
 
+          # Replace placeholder with actual SQL content using awk
+          awk -v sqlfile="$INIT_SQL_FILE" '
+            /INIT_SQL_PLACEHOLDER/ {
+              while ((getline line < sqlfile) > 0) print line
+              next
+            }
+            { print }
+          ' "manifests/${INSTANCE_NAME}-application.yaml" > "manifests/${INSTANCE_NAME}-application.yaml.tmp"
+          mv "manifests/${INSTANCE_NAME}-application.yaml.tmp" "manifests/${INSTANCE_NAME}-application.yaml"
+          rm -f "$INIT_SQL_FILE"
+
           echo "Created ArgoCD Application for $INSTANCE_NAME"
         done