diff --git a/src/main/resources/jdbc_PROD.properties b/src/main/resources/jdbc_PROD.properties
index 4b1bb7f85..93971580f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/jdbc_PROD.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/jdbc_PROD.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ jpa.generateDdl=false
 jpa.showSql=false
 
 # JDBC Settings (The url, username and password are fetched from the Jetty context file.)
-jdbc.driverClassName=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
+jdbc.driverClassName=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
 jdbc.url=
 jdbc.username=
 jdbc.password=