diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8da453539e..2e9ccc239d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Main (unreleased)
 
 - (_Experimental_) Capture schema name for query samples in `database_observability.mysql` (@cristiangreco)
 
+- (_Experimental_) Fix handling of view table types when detecting schema in `database_observability.mysql` (@matthewnolf)
+
 - Add json format support for log export via faro receiver (@ravishankar15)
 
 - Add livedebugging support for `prometheus.remote_write` (@ravishankar15)
diff --git a/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/schema_table.go b/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/schema_table.go
index 193cf4d8ac..1e88ea24ec 100644
--- a/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/schema_table.go
+++ b/internal/component/database_observability/mysql/collector/schema_table.go
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ const (
 	selectTableName = `
 	SELECT
 		TABLE_NAME,
-		CREATE_TIME,
 		TABLE_TYPE,
+		CREATE_TIME,
 		ifnull(UPDATE_TIME, CREATE_TIME) AS UPDATE_TIME
 	FROM
 		information_schema.tables