diff --git a/zipkin-server/server-starter/pom.xml b/zipkin-server/server-starter/pom.xml
index b5471748397..f106b88e663 100644
--- a/zipkin-server/server-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/zipkin-server/server-starter/pom.xml
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@
 
     <!-- for mysql -->
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
-      <version>8.0.33</version>
+      <groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
+      <version>${mariadb-java-client.version}</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/zipkin-server/server-starter/src/main/resources/application.yml b/zipkin-server/server-starter/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 10b6fc569ff..3ccc985e91e 100644
--- a/zipkin-server/server-starter/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/zipkin-server/server-starter/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ storage: &storage
   mysql:
     properties:
       jdbcUrl: ${ZIPKIN_JDBC_URL:"jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/swtest?rewriteBatchedStatements=true&allowMultiQueries=true"}
+      driverClassName: org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
       dataSource.user: ${ZIPKIN_DATA_SOURCE_USER:root}
       dataSource.password: ${ZIPKIN_DATA_SOURCE_PASSWORD:root@1234}
       dataSource.cachePrepStmts: ${ZIPKIN_DATA_SOURCE_CACHE_PREP_STMTS:true}