diff --git a/UserFront/pom.xml b/UserFront/pom.xml
index 902ec2b3..326e4bec 100644
--- a/UserFront/pom.xml
+++ b/UserFront/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+		<mysql.version>8.0.28</mysql.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -48,6 +49,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+					<artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/UserFront/src/main/resources/application.properties b/UserFront/src/main/resources/application.properties
index d7e04942..74b16c0d 100644
--- a/UserFront/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/UserFront/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 # Connection url for the database "netgloo_blog"
 spring.datasource.url = jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/onlinebanking
+spring.datasource.driver-class-name = com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
 
 # Username and secret
 spring.datasource.username = root