diff --git a/velocity/pom.xml b/velocity/pom.xml
index 647f81a0..64582e85 100644
--- a/velocity/pom.xml
+++ b/velocity/pom.xml
@@ -125,10 +125,9 @@
 
         <!--Velocity does not ship any database driver-->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>8.0.26</version>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
+            <version>2.7.4</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>