diff --git a/CHANGELOG-3.1.md b/CHANGELOG-3.1.md
index 4634e7cef0..0e58924332 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-3.1.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG-3.1.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   - [composer] Correct Composer 2 compatibilty.
   - [translations] Fix non-working extraction of translation with `@Translate` annotation (#4694).
   - [CoreBundle] Added clearing of OPCache (if in use) to standard clearcache operation (#4507).
+  - [CoreInstallerBundle] Use DBAL for cross-database determination of existing tables (#4688).
   - [Admin] Add missing numeric casts to admin module setting usages (#4709).
   - [Groups] Fix some non-working translations (#4694).
   - [Menu] Fixed handling of menu items without URI in custom request voter.
diff --git a/src/Zikula/CoreInstallerBundle/Validator/Constraints/ValidPdoConnectionValidator.php b/src/Zikula/CoreInstallerBundle/Validator/Constraints/ValidPdoConnectionValidator.php
index cf737dc678..a4fa24852d 100644
--- a/src/Zikula/CoreInstallerBundle/Validator/Constraints/ValidPdoConnectionValidator.php
+++ b/src/Zikula/CoreInstallerBundle/Validator/Constraints/ValidPdoConnectionValidator.php
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
 
 namespace Zikula\Bundle\CoreInstallerBundle\Validator\Constraints;
 
-use PDO;
-use PDOException;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Configuration;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\DBALException;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
 use Symfony\Contracts\Translation\TranslatorInterface;
@@ -40,31 +41,42 @@ public function validate($object, Constraint $constraint)
             return;
         }
 
-        $dbName = $object['database_name'];
-        $dsn = $object['database_driver'] . ':host=' . $object['database_host'] . ';dbname=' . $dbName;
+        $connectionParams = [
+            'url' => $this->buildDsn($object),
+        ];
+
         try {
-            $dbh = new PDO($dsn, $object['database_user'], $object['database_password']);
-            $dbh->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
-            $sql = in_array($object['database_driver'], ['mysql', 'mysqli'])
-                ? 'SHOW TABLES FROM `' . $dbName . "` LIKE '%'"
-                : 'SHOW TABLES FROM ' . $dbName . " LIKE '%'";
-            $tables = $dbh->query($sql);
-            if (!is_object($tables)) {
-                $this->context
-                    ->buildViolation($this->trans('Error! Determination existing tables failed.') . ' SQL: ' . $sql)
-                    ->addViolation()
-                ;
-            } elseif ($tables->rowCount() > 0) {
+            $connection = DriverManager::getConnection($connectionParams, new Configuration());
+            if (!$connection->connect()) {
                 $this->context
-                    ->buildViolation($this->trans('Error! The database exists and contains tables. Please delete all tables before proceeding or select a new database.'))
+                    ->buildViolation($this->trans('Error! Could not connect to the database. Please check that you have entered the correct database information and try again.'))
                     ->addViolation()
                 ;
+            } else {
+                $tables = $connection->getSchemaManager()->listTableNames();
+                if (0 < count($tables)) {
+                    $this->context
+                        ->buildViolation($this->trans('Error! The database exists and contains tables. Please delete all tables before proceeding or select a new database.'))
+                        ->addViolation()
+                    ;
+                }
             }
-        } catch (PDOException $exception) {
+        } catch (DBALException $exception) {
             $this->context
-                ->buildViolation($this->trans('Error! Could not connect to the database. Please check that you have entered the correct database information and try again. ') . $exception->getMessage())
+                ->buildViolation($this->trans('Error! Could not connect to the database. Please check that you have entered the correct database information and try again.') . ' ' . $exception->getMessage())
                 ->addViolation()
             ;
         }
     }
+
+    private function buildDsn($object): string
+    {
+        $dsn = $object['database_driver'] . '://' . $object['database_user'] . ':' . $object['database_password']
+            . '@' . $object['database_host'] . (!empty($object['database_port']) ? ':' . $object['database_port'] : '')
+                . '/' . $object['database_name']
+                . '?serverVersion=' . ($object['database_server_version'] ?? '5.7') // any value for serverVersion will work (bypasses DBALException)
+        ;
+
+        return $dsn;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/translations/messages.en.yaml b/translations/messages.en.yaml
index 206566ee57..806b8ed81d 100644
--- a/translations/messages.en.yaml
+++ b/translations/messages.en.yaml
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ Entity: Entity
 'Error! A category by this name already exists.': 'Error! A category by this name already exists.'
 'Error! Activation of %name% not allowed.': 'Error! Activation of %name% not allowed.'
 'Error! Controller helper needs a request.': 'Error! Controller helper needs a request.'
-'Error! Could not connect to the database. Please check that you have entered the correct database information and try again. ': 'Error! Could not connect to the database. Please check that you have entered the correct database information and try again. '
+'Error! Could not connect to the database. Please check that you have entered the correct database information and try again.': 'Error! Could not connect to the database. Please check that you have entered the correct database information and try again.'
 'Error! Could not determine workflow actions.': 'Error! Could not determine workflow actions.'
 'Error! Could not get module name for id %moduleId%.': 'Error! Could not get module name for id %moduleId%.'
 'Error! Could not load data for %extension%.': 'Error! Could not load data for %extension%.'
@@ -614,7 +614,6 @@ Entity: Entity
 'Error! Could not save configuration: unknown permission rule ID.': 'Error! Could not save configuration: unknown permission rule ID.'
 'Error! Creation attempt failed.': 'Error! Creation attempt failed.'
 'Error! Deletion attempt failed.': 'Error! Deletion attempt failed.'
-'Error! Determination existing tables failed.': 'Error! Determination existing tables failed.'
 'Error! In your permalink settings, strings cannot be terminated with a comma.': 'Error! In your permalink settings, strings cannot be terminated with a comma.'
 'Error! In your permalink settings, the search list and the replacement list for permalink cleansing have a different number of comma-separated elements. If you have 3 elements in the search list then there must be 3 elements in the replacement list.': 'Error! In your permalink settings, the search list and the replacement list for permalink cleansing have a different number of comma-separated elements. If you have 3 elements in the search list then there must be 3 elements in the replacement list.'
 'Error! Invalid %identifier% received.': 'Error! Invalid %identifier% received.'