diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
index dcc9849c675..721ee9ee045 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_cataloger_test.go
@@ -116,6 +116,17 @@ func Test_Cataloger_PositiveCases(t *testing.T) {
 				Metadata:  metadata("mysql-binary"),
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			logicalFixture: "mysql/8.0.37/linux-amd64",
+			expected: pkg.Package{
+				Name:      "mysql",
+				Version:   "8.0.37",
+				Type:      "binary",
+				PURL:      "pkg:generic/mysql@8.0.37",
+				Locations: locations("mysql"),
+				Metadata:  metadata("mysql-binary"),
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			logicalFixture: "percona-server/8.0.35/linux-amd64",
 			expected: pkg.Package{
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
index 0d491f25feb..5f4d3aa6651 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifiers.go
@@ -294,8 +294,12 @@ func DefaultClassifiers() []Classifier {
 		{
 			Class:    "mysql-binary",
 			FileGlob: "**/mysql",
-			EvidenceMatcher: FileContentsVersionMatcher(
-				`(?m).*/mysql-(?P<version>[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(\.[0-9]+)?(alpha[0-9]|beta[0-9]|rc[0-9])?)`),
+			EvidenceMatcher: evidenceMatchers(
+				// shutdown[NUL]8.0.37[NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL][NUL]mysql_real_esc
+				FileContentsVersionMatcher(`\x00(?P<version>[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(\.[0-9]+)?(alpha[0-9]|beta[0-9]|rc[0-9])?)\x00+mysql`),
+				// /export/home/pb2/build/sb_0-26781090-1516292385.58/release/mysql-8.0.4-rc/mysys_ssl/my_default.cc
+				FileContentsVersionMatcher(`(?m).*/mysql-(?P<version>[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?(\.[0-9]+)?(alpha[0-9]|beta[0-9]|rc[0-9])?)`),
+			),
 			Package: "mysql",
 			PURL:    mustPURL("pkg:generic/mysql@version"),
 			CPEs:    singleCPE("cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"),
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/mysql/8.0.34/linux-amd64/mysql b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/mysql/8.0.34/linux-amd64/mysql
index 571e977876d..9ff7ddd39ce 100644
Binary files a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/mysql/8.0.34/linux-amd64/mysql and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/mysql/8.0.34/linux-amd64/mysql differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/mysql/8.0.37/linux-amd64/mysql b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/mysql/8.0.37/linux-amd64/mysql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..45109e6f731
Binary files /dev/null and b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/classifiers/snippets/mysql/8.0.37/linux-amd64/mysql differ
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml
index 50dd6bcc8ed..9ea3c2de71f 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/config.yaml
@@ -157,6 +157,13 @@ from-images:
     paths:
       - /usr/bin/mysql
 
+  - version: 8.0.37
+    images:
+      - ref: mysql:8.0.37-bookworm@sha256:bad55a5bb69d6710927792384b5eb55669ee15dc85dca1888874e4a7993eecd8
+        platform: linux/amd64
+    paths:
+      - /usr/bin/mysql
+
   - name: percona-server
     version: 8.0.35
     images: