diff --git a/airflow/hooks/dbapi.py b/airflow/hooks/dbapi.py
index f86fe2681134c..5aabd03c7c6da 100644
--- a/airflow/hooks/dbapi.py
+++ b/airflow/hooks/dbapi.py
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ class DbApiHook(BaseHook):
     supports_autocommit = False
     # Override with the object that exposes the connect method
     connector = None  # type: Optional[ConnectorProtocol]
+    # Override with db-specific query to check connection
+    _test_connection_sql = "select 1"
 
     def __init__(self, *args, schema: Optional[str] = None, **kwargs):
         super().__init__()
@@ -346,10 +348,10 @@ def bulk_load(self, table, tmp_file):
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
     def test_connection(self):
-        """Tests the connection by executing a select 1 query"""
+        """Tests the connection using db-specific query"""
         status, message = False, ''
         try:
-            if self.get_first("select 1"):
+            if self.get_first(self._test_connection_sql):
                 status = True
                 message = 'Connection successfully tested'
         except Exception as e:
diff --git a/airflow/providers/oracle/hooks/oracle.py b/airflow/providers/oracle/hooks/oracle.py
index 6843d8f5c4469..84c0f5d6a1e33 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/oracle/hooks/oracle.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/oracle/hooks/oracle.py
@@ -339,3 +339,18 @@ def handler(cursor):
         )
 
         return result
+
+    # TODO: Merge this implementation back to DbApiHook when dropping
+    # support for Airflow 2.2.
+    def test_connection(self):
+        """Tests the connection by executing a select 1 from dual query"""
+        status, message = False, ''
+        try:
+            if self.get_first("select 1 from dual"):
+                status = True
+                message = 'Connection successfully tested'
+        except Exception as e:
+            status = False
+            message = str(e)
+
+        return status, message
diff --git a/tests/providers/oracle/hooks/test_oracle.py b/tests/providers/oracle/hooks/test_oracle.py
index c837c0d7db99b..db2e9f41ade98 100644
--- a/tests/providers/oracle/hooks/test_oracle.py
+++ b/tests/providers/oracle/hooks/test_oracle.py
@@ -347,3 +347,9 @@ def bindvar(value):
         expected = [1, 0, 0.0, False, '']
         assert self.cur.execute.mock_calls == [mock.call('BEGIN proc(:1,:2,:3,:4,:5); END;', expected)]
         assert result == expected
+
+    def test_test_connection_use_dual_table(self):
+        status, message = self.db_hook.test_connection()
+        self.cur.execute.assert_called_once_with("select 1 from dual")
+        assert status is True
+        assert message == 'Connection successfully tested'