diff --git a/debezium-ddl-parser/src/main/antlr4/io/debezium/ddl/parser/mysql/generated/MySqlParser.g4 b/debezium-ddl-parser/src/main/antlr4/io/debezium/ddl/parser/mysql/generated/MySqlParser.g4
index e3c06678b..4effd91c2 100644
--- a/debezium-ddl-parser/src/main/antlr4/io/debezium/ddl/parser/mysql/generated/MySqlParser.g4
+++ b/debezium-ddl-parser/src/main/antlr4/io/debezium/ddl/parser/mysql/generated/MySqlParser.g4
@@ -1861,7 +1861,7 @@ flushStatement
 
 killStatement
     : KILL connectionFormat=(CONNECTION | QUERY)?
-      decimalLiteral+
+      (decimalLiteral+ | mysqlVariable)
     ;
 
 loadIndexIntoCache
diff --git a/debezium-ddl-parser/src/test/resources/mysql/examples/kill.sql b/debezium-ddl-parser/src/test/resources/mysql/examples/kill.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a18e5a221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debezium-ddl-parser/src/test/resources/mysql/examples/kill.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#begin
+KILL CONNECTION 12345;
+KILL QUERY 12345;
+KILL CONNECTION @conn_variable;
+KILL QUERY @query_variable;
+KILL CONNECTION @@global_variable;
+KILL QUERY @@global_variable;
+#end