diff --git a/fineract-provider/build.gradle b/fineract-provider/build.gradle
index a048fbac2..4baaa31e0 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/build.gradle
+++ b/fineract-provider/build.gradle
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ configurations {
     driver
 }
 dependencies {
-    driver 'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:2.7.5'
+    driver 'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:3.0.3'
     driver 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.3.3'
 }