diff --git a/org.bridgedb.rdb.construct/pom.xml b/org.bridgedb.rdb.construct/pom.xml
index fe55c4414..dc64e183c 100644
--- a/org.bridgedb.rdb.construct/pom.xml
+++ b/org.bridgedb.rdb.construct/pom.xml
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
-			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+			<groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
 			<version>${mysql.version}</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
diff --git a/org.bridgedb.rdb/pom.xml b/org.bridgedb.rdb/pom.xml
index fdeffdc43..bb546516b 100644
--- a/org.bridgedb.rdb/pom.xml
+++ b/org.bridgedb.rdb/pom.xml
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
-			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+			<groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
 			<version>${mysql.version}</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
diff --git a/org.bridgedb.sql/pom.xml b/org.bridgedb.sql/pom.xml
index 5ccd3e6d0..e33449052 100644
--- a/org.bridgedb.sql/pom.xml
+++ b/org.bridgedb.sql/pom.xml
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
-			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+			<groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
 			<version>${mysql.version}</version>
 			<type>jar</type>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
diff --git a/org.bridgedb.tools.qc/pom.xml b/org.bridgedb.tools.qc/pom.xml
index d9145e1d0..04e125150 100644
--- a/org.bridgedb.tools.qc/pom.xml
+++ b/org.bridgedb.tools.qc/pom.xml
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@
                         <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
                         <exclusions>
                                 <exclusion>
-                                        <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-                                        <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+                                        <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+                                        <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
                                 </exclusion>
                         </exclusions>
                 </dependency>
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@
                         <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
                         <exclusions>
                                 <exclusion>
-                                        <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-                                        <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+                                        <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+                                        <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
                                 </exclusion>
                         </exclusions>
                 </dependency>
diff --git a/org.bridgedb.tools.voidtool/pom.xml b/org.bridgedb.tools.voidtool/pom.xml
index 96e160566..e592e3388 100644
--- a/org.bridgedb.tools.voidtool/pom.xml
+++ b/org.bridgedb.tools.voidtool/pom.xml
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@
                         <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
                         <exclusions>
                                 <exclusion>
-                                        <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-                                        <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+                                        <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+                                        <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
                                 </exclusion>
                         </exclusions>
                 </dependency>
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@
                         <version>${project.parent.version}</version>
                         <exclusions>
                                 <exclusion>
-                                        <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-                                        <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+                                        <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+                                        <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
                                 </exclusion>
                         </exclusions>
                 </dependency>
diff --git a/org.bridgedb.uri.sql/pom.xml b/org.bridgedb.uri.sql/pom.xml
index f671bda7d..00a76920c 100644
--- a/org.bridgedb.uri.sql/pom.xml
+++ b/org.bridgedb.uri.sql/pom.xml
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@
                 <scope>compile</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
-                <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-                <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+                <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+                <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
                 <version>${mysql.version}</version>
                 <type>jar</type>
                 <scope>compile</scope>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d19e892e8..e3887cf7b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
         <jersey.version>1.10</jersey.version>
         <log4j.version>2.22.0</log4j.version>
-        <mysql.version>8.0.33</mysql.version>
+        <mysql.version>9.0.0</mysql.version>
         <netbeans.hint.deploy.server>Tomcat</netbeans.hint.deploy.server>
         <owlapi-api.version>3.4</owlapi-api.version>
         <rdf4j.version>4.3.8</rdf4j.version>
@@ -317,4 +317,11 @@
     <url>https://github.com/bridgedb/BridgeDb/issues</url>
   </issueManagement>
 
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>mvnrepository</id>
+      <url>https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/</url>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+
 </project>