diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/JSONObjectNullStep.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/JSONObjectNullStep.java
index 832b585316..2ec9a5e58d 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/JSONObjectNullStep.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/JSONObjectNullStep.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public interface JSONObjectNullStep<T> extends JSONObjectReturningStep<T> {
      * <p>
      * Exclude <code>NULL</code> values in output JSON.
      */
-    @Support({ H2, POSTGRES, YUGABYTEDB })
+    @Support({ H2, MYSQL, POSTGRES, YUGABYTEDB })
     @NotNull @CheckReturnValue
     JSONObjectReturningStep<T> absentOnNull();
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONObject.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONObject.java
index 42af0a30b5..82974b9d85 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONObject.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/JSONObject.java
@@ -207,6 +207,31 @@ implements
                 break;
             }
 
+            case MYSQL: {
+
+                // [#13249] ABSENT ON NULL emulation using JSON_TABLE
+                if (onNull == JSONOnNull.ABSENT_ON_NULL) {
+                    Field<String> k = DSL.field(name("jt", "k"), VARCHAR);
+                    Field<JSON> o = DSL.field(name("j", "o"), JSON);
+
+                    ctx.visit(DSL.field(
+                        select(DSL.coalesce(
+                            DSL.jsonObjectAgg(k, DSL.function(N_JSON_EXTRACT, JSON, o, DSL.concat(inline("$.\""), k, inline("\"")))),
+                            DSL.jsonObject()))
+                        .from(
+                            select(CustomField.of("o", JSON, c -> acceptStandard(c)).as(o)).asTable("j"),
+                            jsonTable(function(N_JSON_KEYS, JSON, o), inline("$[*]"))
+                                .column("k", VARCHAR).path("$")
+                                .asTable("jt"))
+                        .where(DSL.function(N_JSON_EXTRACT, JSON, o, DSL.concat(inline("$.\""), k, inline("\""))).ne(DSL.inline("null").cast(JSON)))
+                    ));
+                }
+                else
+                    acceptStandard(ctx);
+
+                break;
+            }
+
             default:
                 acceptStandard(ctx);
                 break;
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Names.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Names.java
index 27bf8eaaea..bec460af22 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Names.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Names.java
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ final class Names {
     static final Name N_JSON_EXTRACT           = systemName("json_extract");
     static final Name N_JSON_GROUP_ARRAY       = systemName("json_group_array");
     static final Name N_JSON_GROUP_OBJECT      = systemName("json_group_object");
+    static final Name N_JSON_KEYS              = systemName("json_keys");
     static final Name N_JSON_MERGE             = systemName("json_merge");
     static final Name N_JSON_MERGE_PRESERVE    = systemName("json_merge_preserve");
     static final Name N_JSON_MODIFY            = systemName("json_modify");
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 47504f0c43..e166f737c7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <!-- JDBC drivers for jOOQ-xyz-extensions modules and vendor-specific API access -->
         <postgres.version>42.4.1</postgres.version>
         <sqlserver.version>10.2.0.jre11</sqlserver.version>
-        <oracle.version>21.5.0.0</oracle.version>
+        <oracle.version>21.7.0.0</oracle.version>
 
         <!-- R2DBC SPI version and some matching driver versions -->
         <io.r2dbc.version>0.9.1.RELEASE</io.r2dbc.version>