diff --git a/UPGRADE.md b/UPGRADE.md
index 9639a6065a6..ad366845ef7 100644
--- a/UPGRADE.md
+++ b/UPGRADE.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Upgrade to 2.10
 
+## Deprecated `Doctrine\DBAL\Driver::getName()`
+
+Relying on the name of the driver is discouraged. For referencing the driver, use its class name.
+
 ## Deprecated usage of user-provided `PDO` instance
 
 The usage of user-provided `PDO` instance is deprecated. The known use cases are:
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver.php
index dcb03b29492..8a80d4a428a 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver.php
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ public function getSchemaManager(Connection $conn);
     /**
      * Gets the name of the driver.
      *
+     * @deprecated
+     *
      * @return string The name of the driver.
      */
     public function getName();
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/DrizzlePDOMySql/Driver.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/DrizzlePDOMySql/Driver.php
index 851f0ee23c4..dbf342814f9 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/DrizzlePDOMySql/Driver.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/DrizzlePDOMySql/Driver.php
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ public function getSchemaManager(\Doctrine\DBAL\Connection $conn)
 
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
+     *
+     * @deprecated
      */
     public function getName()
     {
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/IBMDB2/DB2Driver.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/IBMDB2/DB2Driver.php
index 43497fd6026..fe79fe6bd37 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/IBMDB2/DB2Driver.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/IBMDB2/DB2Driver.php
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ public function connect(array $params, $username = null, $password = null, array
 
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
+     *
+     * @deprecated
      */
     public function getName()
     {
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/OCI8/Driver.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/OCI8/Driver.php
index 48195f1517e..edda32d6a56 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/OCI8/Driver.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/OCI8/Driver.php
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ protected function _constructDsn(array $params)
 
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
+     *
+     * @deprecated
      */
     public function getName()
     {
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOIbm/Driver.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOIbm/Driver.php
index 4291e1e17f0..12fb14ef5cb 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOIbm/Driver.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOIbm/Driver.php
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ private function _constructPdoDsn(array $params)
 
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
+     *
+     * @deprecated
      */
     public function getName()
     {
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOMySql/Driver.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOMySql/Driver.php
index 59d27d3844f..dcd4ff51895 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOMySql/Driver.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOMySql/Driver.php
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ protected function constructPdoDsn(array $params)
 
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
+     *
+     * @deprecated
      */
     public function getName()
     {
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOPgSql/Driver.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOPgSql/Driver.php
index 972dbadcd5d..f25cd5cded3 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOPgSql/Driver.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOPgSql/Driver.php
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ private function _constructPdoDsn(array $params)
 
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
+     *
+     * @deprecated
      */
     public function getName()
     {
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOSqlite/Driver.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOSqlite/Driver.php
index 7a28b831027..d08c6a2c848 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOSqlite/Driver.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOSqlite/Driver.php
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ protected function _constructPdoDsn(array $params)
 
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
+     *
+     * @deprecated
      */
     public function getName()
     {
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOSqlsrv/Driver.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOSqlsrv/Driver.php
index 8bc8671620f..6d6c4844d57 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOSqlsrv/Driver.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/PDOSqlsrv/Driver.php
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ private function getConnectionOptionsDsn(array $connectionOptions) : string
 
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
+     *
+     * @deprecated
      */
     public function getName()
     {
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/SQLAnywhere/Driver.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/SQLAnywhere/Driver.php
index 294d5c7a5e9..9564dc2981d 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/SQLAnywhere/Driver.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/SQLAnywhere/Driver.php
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ public function connect(array $params, $username = null, $password = null, array
 
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
+     *
+     * @deprecated
      */
     public function getName()
     {
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/SQLSrv/Driver.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/SQLSrv/Driver.php
index a9be26e9dea..848ab5eef91 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/SQLSrv/Driver.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Driver/SQLSrv/Driver.php
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ public function connect(array $params, $username = null, $password = null, array
 
     /**
      * {@inheritdoc}
+     *
+     * @deprecated
      */
     public function getName()
     {
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Driver/PDOConnectionTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Driver/PDOConnectionTest.php
index 9a12cb8f714..94c8bf00223 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Driver/PDOConnectionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Driver/PDOConnectionTest.php
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@
 
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDOConnection;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDOException;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDOOracle\Driver as PDOOracleDriver;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDOPgSql\Driver as PDOPgSQLDriver;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Driver\PDOSqlsrv\Driver as PDOSQLSRVDriver;
 use Doctrine\Tests\DbalFunctionalTestCase;
 use PDO;
 use function extension_loaded;
+use function get_class;
 use function sprintf;
 
 class PDOConnectionTest extends DbalFunctionalTestCase
@@ -66,10 +70,24 @@ public function testThrowsWrappedExceptionOnExec()
 
     public function testThrowsWrappedExceptionOnPrepare()
     {
-        if ($this->connection->getDriver()->getName() === 'pdo_sqlsrv') {
+        $driver = $this->connection->getDriver();
+
+        if ($driver instanceof PDOSQLSRVDriver) {
             $this->markTestSkipped('pdo_sqlsrv does not allow setting PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES at connection level.');
         }
 
+        // Some PDO adapters do not check the query server-side
+        // even though emulated prepared statements are disabled,
+        // so an exception is thrown only eventually.
+        if ($driver instanceof PDOOracleDriver
+            || $driver instanceof PDOPgSQLDriver
+        ) {
+            self::markTestSkipped(sprintf(
+                'The underlying implementation of the %s driver does not check the query to be prepared server-side.',
+                get_class($driver)
+            ));
+        }
+
         // Emulated prepared statements have to be disabled for this test
         // so that PDO actually communicates with the database server to check the query.
         $this->driverConnection->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, false);
@@ -77,18 +95,6 @@ public function testThrowsWrappedExceptionOnPrepare()
         $this->expectException(PDOException::class);
 
         $this->driverConnection->prepare('foo');
-
-        // Some PDO adapters like PostgreSQL do not check the query server-side
-        // even though emulated prepared statements are disabled,
-        // so an exception is thrown only eventually.
-        // Skip the test otherwise.
-        $this->markTestSkipped(
-            sprintf(
-                'The PDO adapter %s does not check the query to be prepared server-side, ' .
-                'so no assertions can be made.',
-                $this->connection->getDriver()->getName()
-            )
-        );
     }
 
     public function testThrowsWrappedExceptionOnQuery()
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/SchemaManagerFunctionalTestCase.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/SchemaManagerFunctionalTestCase.php
index aeb9f4c90dd..c9b95066010 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/SchemaManagerFunctionalTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/SchemaManagerFunctionalTestCase.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 use function end;
 use function explode;
 use function in_array;
+use function sprintf;
 use function str_replace;
 use function strcasecmp;
 use function strlen;
@@ -130,8 +131,12 @@ public function testDropsDatabaseWithActiveConnections()
      */
     public function testDropAndCreateSequence()
     {
-        if (! $this->connection->getDatabasePlatform()->supportsSequences()) {
-            $this->markTestSkipped($this->connection->getDriver()->getName() . ' does not support sequences.');
+        $platform = $this->connection->getDatabasePlatform();
+
+        if (! $platform->supportsSequences()) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped(
+                sprintf('The "%s" platform does not support sequences.', $platform->getName())
+            );
         }
 
         $name = 'dropcreate_sequences_test_seq';
@@ -158,8 +163,12 @@ static function (AbstractAsset $item) use ($name) : bool {
 
     public function testListSequences()
     {
-        if (! $this->connection->getDatabasePlatform()->supportsSequences()) {
-            $this->markTestSkipped($this->connection->getDriver()->getName() . ' does not support sequences.');
+        $platform = $this->connection->getDatabasePlatform();
+
+        if (! $platform->supportsSequences()) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped(
+                sprintf('The "%s" platform does not support sequences.', $platform->getName())
+            );
         }
 
         $sequence = new Sequence('list_sequences_test_seq', 20, 10);