diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a2809d55..c0dae9a0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
-			<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-			<scope>runtime</scope>
+			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+			<version>8.0.25</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 	</dependencies>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/educative/ecommerce/controllers/CategoryController.java b/src/main/java/com/educative/ecommerce/controllers/CategoryController.java
index 706b0d67..b2aa864d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/educative/ecommerce/controllers/CategoryController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/educative/ecommerce/controllers/CategoryController.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 @RestController
 @RequestMapping("/category")
-
 public class CategoryController {
 
 	@Autowired
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index bc2fdde8..2ee32d73 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:mem:testdb
-spring.datasource.driverClassName=org.h2.Driver
-spring.datasource.username=sa
-spring.datasource.password=password
-spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
+spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/ecommerce_v2
+spring.datasource.username=root
+spring.datasource.password=root
+
+spring.datasource.driver-class-name=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
+spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update