diff --git a/gemp-lotr/gemp-lotr-common/src/main/resources/gemp-lotr.properties b/gemp-lotr/gemp-lotr-common/src/main/resources/gemp-lotr.properties
index 3336bd60b..2ec663464 100644
--- a/gemp-lotr/gemp-lotr-common/src/main/resources/gemp-lotr.properties
+++ b/gemp-lotr/gemp-lotr-common/src/main/resources/gemp-lotr.properties
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 application.root=/etc/gemp-lotr
 
 ## DB connection
-db.connection.class=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
+db.connection.class=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
 db.connection.url=jdbc:mysql://db:3306/gemp_db
 db.connection.username=gempuser
 db.connection.password=gemppassword