diff --git a/modules/common/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.enrich/common/enrichments/registry/sqlquery/Rdbms.scala b/modules/common/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.enrich/common/enrichments/registry/sqlquery/Rdbms.scala
index 85d40c9e0..308610660 100644
--- a/modules/common/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.enrich/common/enrichments/registry/sqlquery/Rdbms.scala
+++ b/modules/common/src/main/scala/com.snowplowanalytics.snowplow.enrich/common/enrichments/registry/sqlquery/Rdbms.scala
@@ -56,13 +56,12 @@ object Rdbms {
     database: String
   ) extends Rdbms {
 
-    val driver: Class[_] = Class.forName("com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver") // Load class
+    val driver: Class[_] = Class.forName("org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver") // Load class
+
+    val sslModeParam: String = if (sslMode) "&sslMode=trust" else "&sslMode=disable&allowPublicKeyRetrieval=true"
 
     val connectionString =
-      s"jdbc:mysql://$host:$port/$database?user=$username&password=$password" ++ (if (sslMode)
-                                                                                    "&sslMode=REQUIRED"
-                                                                                  else
-                                                                                    "&sslMode=PREFERRED")
+      s"jdbc:mysql://$host:$port/$database?permitMysqlScheme&user=$username&password=$password$sslModeParam"
   }
 
   val postgresqlDbDecoder: Decoder[PostgresqlDb] =
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index cf99f3761..73283ae08 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     val uaParser         = "1.5.4"
     val snakeYaml        = "2.2"
     val postgresDriver   = "42.7.2"
-    val mysqlConnector   = "8.3.0"
+    val mysqlClient      = "3.4.0"
     val hikariCP         = "5.0.1"
     val jaywayJsonpath   = "2.7.0"
     val jsonsmart        = "2.4.10"
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     val snakeYaml        = "org.yaml"                   %  "snakeyaml"                     % V.snakeYaml
     val uaParser         = "com.github.ua-parser"       %  "uap-java"                      % V.uaParser
     val postgresDriver   = "org.postgresql"             %  "postgresql"                    % V.postgresDriver
-    val mysqlConnector   = "com.mysql"                  %  "mysql-connector-j"             % V.mysqlConnector
+    val mysqlClient      = "org.mariadb.jdbc"           %  "mariadb-java-client"           % V.mysqlClient
     val hikariCP         = ("com.zaxxer"                %  "HikariCP"                      % V.hikariCP)
                              .exclude("org.slf4j", "slf4j-api")
     val jaywayJsonpath   = "com.jayway.jsonpath"        %  "json-path"                     % V.jaywayJsonpath
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ object Dependencies {
       uaParser,
       snakeYaml,
       postgresDriver,
-      mysqlConnector,
+      mysqlClient,
       hikariCP,
       jaywayJsonpath,
       jsonsmart,