diff --git a/bindings/mysql/mysql.go b/bindings/mysql/mysql.go
index c68ac1da8d..5c15f59910 100644
--- a/bindings/mysql/mysql.go
+++ b/bindings/mysql/mysql.go
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"database/sql/driver"
 	"encoding/json"
+	"encoding/pem"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
@@ -125,11 +127,26 @@ func (m *Mysql) Init(ctx context.Context, md bindings.Metadata) error {
 
 	// meta.PemContents supersedes meta.PemPath if both are provided.
 	if meta.PemContents != "" {
+		// Reformat the PEM to standard format
+		meta.PemContents = reformatPEM(meta.PemContents)
 		pemContents = []byte(meta.PemContents)
 	} else if meta.PemPath != "" {
 		pemContents, err = os.ReadFile(meta.PemPath)
 		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read pem file: %w", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read PEM file: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Decode PEM contents and parse certificate to ensure it's valid.
+	if len(pemContents) != 0 {
+		block, _ := pem.Decode(pemContents)
+		if block == nil {
+			return errors.New("failed to decode PEM")
+		}
+
+		_, err = x509.ParseCertificate(block.Bytes)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse PEM contents: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -296,6 +313,7 @@ func initDB(url string, pemContents []byte) (*sql.DB, error) {
 
 	if len(pemContents) != 0 {
 		rootCertPool := x509.NewCertPool()
+
 		ok := rootCertPool.AppendCertsFromPEM(pemContents)
 		if !ok {
 			return nil, errors.New("failed to append PEM")
@@ -323,6 +341,32 @@ func initDB(url string, pemContents []byte) (*sql.DB, error) {
 	return db, nil
 }
 
+// Helper function to reformat a single-line PEM into standard PEM format
+func reformatPEM(pemStr string) string {
+	// Ensure headers and footers are on their own lines
+	pemStr = strings.ReplaceAll(pemStr, "-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----", "\n-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\n")
+	pemStr = strings.ReplaceAll(pemStr, "-----END CERTIFICATE-----", "\n-----END CERTIFICATE-----")
+
+	// Split into base64-encoded content and reformat into 64-character lines
+	lines := strings.Split(pemStr, "\n")
+	if len(lines) >= 3 {
+		encodedContent := lines[1]
+		lines[1] = strings.Join(chunkString(encodedContent, 64), "\n")
+	}
+	return strings.Join(lines, "\n")
+}
+
+// Helper function to split a string into chunks of a given size
+func chunkString(s string, chunkSize int) []string {
+	var chunks []string
+	for len(s) > chunkSize {
+		chunks = append(chunks, s[:chunkSize])
+		s = s[chunkSize:]
+	}
+	chunks = append(chunks, s)
+	return chunks
+}
+
 func (m *Mysql) jsonify(rows *sql.Rows) ([]byte, error) {
 	columnTypes, err := rows.ColumnTypes()
 	if err != nil {