diff --git a/flowman-plugins/mariadb/pom.xml b/flowman-plugins/mariadb/pom.xml
index c515438f8..3aa9811f6 100644
--- a/flowman-plugins/mariadb/pom.xml
+++ b/flowman-plugins/mariadb/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <plugin.name>flowman-mariadb</plugin.name>
         <plugin.version>${project.version}</plugin.version>
         <plugin.jar>${project.build.finalName}.jar</plugin.jar>
-        <mariadb-java-client.version>3.5.4</mariadb-java-client.version>
+        <mariadb-java-client.version>3.5.9</mariadb-java-client.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>