diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index cf76f80..fdabb76 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
   "com.github.takezoe"              %% "blocking-slick-32"           % "0.0.12" cross CrossVersion.for3Use2_13,
   "com.novell.ldap"                 % "jldap"                        % "2009-10-07",
   "com.h2database"                  % "h2"                           % "1.4.199",
-  "org.mariadb.jdbc"                % "mariadb-java-client"          % "2.7.5",
+  "org.mariadb.jdbc"                % "mariadb-java-client"          % "3.0.4",
   "org.postgresql"                  % "postgresql"                   % "42.3.5",
   "ch.qos.logback"                  % "logback-classic"              % "1.2.11",
   "com.zaxxer"                      % "HikariCP"                     % "4.0.3" exclude ("org.slf4j", "slf4j-api"),
diff --git a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/util/DatabaseConfig.scala b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/util/DatabaseConfig.scala
index e80d3ef..75420d0 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/util/DatabaseConfig.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/gitbucket/core/util/DatabaseConfig.scala
@@ -38,8 +38,18 @@
 
   private lazy val dbUrl = getValue("db.url", config.getString) //config.getString("db.url")
 
-  def url(directory: Option[String]): String =
-    dbUrl.replace("${DatabaseHome}", directory.getOrElse(DatabaseHome))
+  def url(directory: Option[String]): String = {
+    val sb = new StringBuilder()
+    sb.append(dbUrl)
+    if (dbUrl.startsWith("jdbc:mysql:") && dbUrl.indexOf("permitMysqlScheme") == -1) {
+      if (dbUrl.indexOf("?") == -1) {
+        sb.append("?permitMysqlScheme")
+      } else {
+        sb.append("&permitMysqlScheme")
+      }
+    }
+    sb.toString().replace("${DatabaseHome}", directory.getOrElse(DatabaseHome))
+  }
 
   lazy val url: String = url(None)
   lazy val user: String = getValue("db.user", config.getString)
diff --git a/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/GitBucketCoreModuleSpec.scala b/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/GitBucketCoreModuleSpec.scala
index eba373d..39704e4 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/GitBucketCoreModuleSpec.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/gitbucket/core/GitBucketCoreModuleSpec.scala
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
       val container = new MySQLContainer() {
         override val container = new org.testcontainers.containers.MySQLContainer(s"mysql:$tag") {
           override def getDriverClassName = "org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver"
+          override def getJdbcUrl: String = super.getJdbcUrl + "?permitMysqlScheme"
         }
         // TODO https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/CONJ-663
         container.withCommand("mysqld --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password")
@@ -38,7 +39,11 @@
       container.start()
       try {
         new Solidbase().migrate(
-          DriverManager.getConnection(s"${container.jdbcUrl}?useSSL=false", container.username, container.password),
+          DriverManager.getConnection(
+            container.jdbcUrl,
+            container.username,
+            container.password
+          ),
           Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader(),
           new MySQLDatabase(),
           new Module(GitBucketCoreModule.getModuleId, GitBucketCoreModule.getVersions)