diff --git a/ci/build.sh b/ci/build.sh
index 019f6dbf08..3bfa653f1c 100755
--- a/ci/build.sh
+++ b/ci/build.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ elif [ "$RDBMS" == "cockroachdb" ]; then
   goal="-Pdb=cockroachdb"
 elif [ "$RDBMS" == "altibase" ]; then
   goal="-Pdb=altibase"
+elif [ "$RDBMS" == "informix" ]; then
+  goal="-Pdb=informix"
 fi
 
 # Only run checkstyle in the H2 build,
diff --git a/ci/database-start.sh b/ci/database-start.sh
index 525b5f8984..da8f3a3e78 100755
--- a/ci/database-start.sh
+++ b/ci/database-start.sh
@@ -32,4 +32,6 @@ elif [ "$RDBMS" == 'cockroachdb' ]; then
   bash $DIR/../docker_db.sh cockroachdb
 elif [ "$RDBMS" == 'hana' ]; then
   bash $DIR/../docker_db.sh hana
+elif [ "$RDBMS" == 'informix' ]; then
+  bash $DIR/../docker_db.sh informix
 fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker_db.sh b/docker_db.sh
index f48994c981..88d75eaecc 100755
--- a/docker_db.sh
+++ b/docker_db.sh
@@ -946,6 +946,58 @@ tidb_5_4() {
     fi
 }
 
+informix() {
+  informix_14_10
+}
+
+informix_14_10() {
+    $PRIVILEGED_CLI $CONTAINER_CLI rm -f informix || true
+    $PRIVILEGED_CLI $CONTAINER_CLI run --name informix --privileged -p 9088:9088 -e LICENSE=accept -d icr.io/informix/informix-developer-database:14.10.FC9W1DE
+    echo "Starting Informix. This can take a few minutes"
+    # Give the container some time to start
+    OUTPUT=
+    n=0
+    until [ "$n" -ge 10 ]
+    do
+        OUTPUT=$($CONTAINER_CLI logs informix 2>&1)
+        if [[ $OUTPUT == *"Server Started"* ]]; then
+          break;
+        fi
+        n=$((n+1))
+        echo "Waiting for Informix to start..."
+        sleep 30
+    done
+    if [ "$n" -ge 5 ]; then
+      echo "Informix failed to start and configure after 5 minutes"
+    else
+      echo "Informix successfully started"
+    fi
+}
+
+informix_12_10() {
+    $PRIVILEGED_CLI $CONTAINER_CLI rm -f informix || true
+    $PRIVILEGED_CLI $CONTAINER_CLI run --name informix --privileged -p 9088:9088 -e LICENSE=accept -d ibmcom/informix-developer-database:12.10.FC12W1DE
+    echo "Starting Informix. This can take a few minutes"
+    # Give the container some time to start
+    OUTPUT=
+    n=0
+    until [ "$n" -ge 10 ]
+    do
+        OUTPUT=$($CONTAINER_CLI logs informix 2>&1)
+        if [[ $OUTPUT == *"login Information"* ]]; then
+          break;
+        fi
+        n=$((n+1))
+        echo "Waiting for Informix to start..."
+        sleep 30
+    done
+    if [ "$n" -ge 5 ]; then
+      echo "Informix failed to start and configure after 5 minutes"
+    else
+      echo "Informix successfully started"
+    fi
+}
+
 if [ -z ${1} ]; then
     echo "No db name provided"
     echo "Provide one of:"
diff --git a/gradle/databases.gradle b/gradle/databases.gradle
index f767766995..0823daef7e 100644
--- a/gradle/databases.gradle
+++ b/gradle/databases.gradle
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ ext {
                         'connection.init_sql' : ''
                 ],
                 informix : [
-                        'db.dialect' : 'org.hibernate.dialect.InformixDialect',
+                        'db.dialect' : 'org.hibernate.community.dialect.InformixDialect',
                         'jdbc.driver': 'com.informix.jdbc.IfxDriver',
                         'jdbc.user'  : 'informix',
                         'jdbc.pass'  : 'in4mix',
diff --git a/gradle/java-module.gradle b/gradle/java-module.gradle
index df79d191ab..e3c6383cdf 100644
--- a/gradle/java-module.gradle
+++ b/gradle/java-module.gradle
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ dependencies {
 	else if ( db.startsWith( 'altibase' ) ) {
 		testRuntimeOnly dbLibs.altibase
 	}
+	else if ( db.startsWith( 'informix' ) ) {
+		testRuntimeOnly dbLibs.informix
+	}
 
 	annotationProcessor libs.loggingProcessor
 	annotationProcessor libs.logging
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 7901e2386b..f5952bf219 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             def hanaVersion = version "hana", "2.19.11"
             def h2gisVersion = version "h2gis", overrideableVersion( "gradle.libs.versions.h2gis", "2.2.0" )
             def hsqldbVersion = version "hsqldb", overrideableVersion( "gradle.libs.versions.hsqldb", "2.7.2" )
-            def informixVersion = version "informix", "4.10.12"
+            def informixVersion = version "informix", "4.50.10.1"
             def mariadbVersion = version "mariadb", "3.3.1"
             def mssqlVersion = version "mssql", "12.4.2.jre11"
             def mysqlVersion = version "mysql", "8.2.0"