diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 74d94fd..22e7b81 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   "joda-time"                       %  "joda-time"                    % "2.9.9",
   "com.novell.ldap"                 %  "jldap"                        % "2009-10-07",
   "com.h2database"                  %  "h2"                           % "1.4.195",
-  "mysql"                           %  "mysql-connector-java"         % "6.0.6",
+  "org.mariadb.jdbc"                %  "mariadb-java-client"          % "2.0.3",
   "org.postgresql"                  %  "postgresql"                   % "42.0.0",
   "ch.qos.logback"                  %  "logback-classic"              % "1.2.3",
   "com.zaxxer"                      %  "HikariCP"                     % "2.6.1",
diff --git a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/util/DatabaseConfig.scala b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/util/DatabaseConfig.scala
index 072b583..1ef20dc 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/util/DatabaseConfig.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/util/DatabaseConfig.scala
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
   }
 
   object MySQL extends DatabaseType {
-    val jdbcDriver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
+    val jdbcDriver = "org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver"
     val slickDriver = BlockingMySQLDriver
     val liquiDriver = new MySQLDatabase()
   }