diff --git a/go/mysql/binlog_dump.go b/go/mysql/binlog_dump.go
index de91484fc64..cfa37cc0878 100644
--- a/go/mysql/binlog_dump.go
+++ b/go/mysql/binlog_dump.go
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ func (c *Conn) parseComBinlogDumpGTID(data []byte) (logFile string, logPos uint6
 		return logFile, logPos, position, readPacketErr
 	}
 	if gtid := string(data[pos : pos+int(dataSize)]); gtid != "" {
-		position, err = replication.DecodePosition(gtid)
+		// ComBinlogDumpGTID is a MySQL specific protocol. The GTID flavor is necessarily MySQL 56
+		position, _, err = replication.DecodePositionMySQL56(gtid)
 		if err != nil {
 			return logFile, logPos, position, err
 		}
diff --git a/go/mysql/replication_test.go b/go/mysql/replication_test.go
index ded22d838f6..ca69ec05f2a 100644
--- a/go/mysql/replication_test.go
+++ b/go/mysql/replication_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
+	"vitess.io/vitess/go/mysql/replication"
 	"vitess.io/vitess/go/test/utils"
 
 	binlogdatapb "vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/proto/binlogdata"
@@ -88,14 +89,46 @@ func TestComBinlogDumpGTID(t *testing.T) {
 		cConn.Close()
 	}()
 
+	t.Run("WriteComBinlogDumpGTIDEmptyGTID", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// Write ComBinlogDumpGTID packet, read it, compare.
+		var flags uint16 = 0x0d0e
+		err := cConn.WriteComBinlogDumpGTID(0x01020304, "moofarm", 0x05060708090a0b0c, flags, []byte{})
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		data, err := sConn.ReadPacket()
+		require.NoError(t, err, "sConn.ReadPacket - ComBinlogDumpGTID failed: %v", err)
+		require.NotEmpty(t, data)
+		require.EqualValues(t, data[0], ComBinlogDumpGTID)
+
+		expectedData := []byte{
+			ComBinlogDumpGTID,
+			0x0e, 0x0d, // flags
+			0x04, 0x03, 0x02, 0x01, // server-id
+			0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // binlog-filename-len
+			'm', 'o', 'o', 'f', 'a', 'r', 'm', // bilog-filename
+			0x0c, 0x0b, 0x0a, 0x09, 0x08, 0x07, 0x06, 0x05, // binlog-pos
+			0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // data-size is zero, no GTID payload
+		}
+		assert.Equal(t, expectedData, data)
+		logFile, logPos, pos, err := sConn.parseComBinlogDumpGTID(data)
+		require.NoError(t, err, "parseComBinlogDumpGTID failed: %v", err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "moofarm", logFile)
+		assert.Equal(t, uint64(0x05060708090a0b0c), logPos)
+		assert.True(t, pos.IsZero())
+	})
+
 	t.Run("WriteComBinlogDumpGTID", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// Write ComBinlogDumpGTID packet, read it, compare.
 		var flags uint16 = 0x0d0e
 		assert.Equal(t, flags, flags|BinlogThroughGTID)
-		err := cConn.WriteComBinlogDumpGTID(0x01020304, "moofarm", 0x05060708090a0b0c, flags, []byte{0xfa, 0xfb})
+		gtidSet, err := replication.ParseMysql56GTIDSet("16b1039f-22b6-11ed-b765-0a43f95f28a3:1-243")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		// dataSize := uint32(len(gtidSet.String()))
+		err = cConn.WriteComBinlogDumpGTID(0x01020304, "moofarm", 0x05060708090a0b0c, flags, []byte(gtidSet.String()))
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		data, err := sConn.ReadPacket()
 		require.NoError(t, err, "sConn.ReadPacket - ComBinlogDumpGTID failed: %v", err)
+		require.NotEmpty(t, data)
+		require.EqualValues(t, data[0], ComBinlogDumpGTID)
 
 		expectedData := []byte{
 			ComBinlogDumpGTID,
@@ -104,10 +137,15 @@ func TestComBinlogDumpGTID(t *testing.T) {
 			0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // binlog-filename-len
 			'm', 'o', 'o', 'f', 'a', 'r', 'm', // bilog-filename
 			0x0c, 0x0b, 0x0a, 0x09, 0x08, 0x07, 0x06, 0x05, // binlog-pos
-			0x02, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // data-size
-			0xfa, 0xfb, // data
+			0x02a, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // data-size
+			0x31, 0x36, 0x62, 0x31, 0x30, 0x33, 0x39, 0x66, 0x2d, 0x32, 0x32, 0x62, 0x36, 0x2d, 0x31, 0x31, 0x65, 0x64, 0x2d, 0x62, 0x37, 0x36, 0x35, 0x2d, 0x30, 0x61, 0x34, 0x33, 0x66, 0x39, 0x35, 0x66, 0x32, 0x38, 0x61, 0x33, 0x3a, 0x31, 0x2d, 0x32, 0x34, 0x33, // data
 		}
 		assert.Equal(t, expectedData, data)
+		logFile, logPos, pos, err := sConn.parseComBinlogDumpGTID(data)
+		require.NoError(t, err, "parseComBinlogDumpGTID failed: %v", err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "moofarm", logFile)
+		assert.Equal(t, uint64(0x05060708090a0b0c), logPos)
+		assert.Equal(t, gtidSet, pos.GTIDSet)
 	})
 
 	sConn.sequence = 0