diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8d297a52..10971872 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
-			<version>2.7.3</version>
+			<version>3.0.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- for access to endpoints -->