diff --git a/demos/demo/pom.xml b/demos/demo/pom.xml
index 91629f90..afc50af8 100644
--- a/demos/demo/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/demo/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
 				<artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
-				<version>3.5.10</version>
+				<version>4.0.0</version>
 				<!-- https://mariadb.com/kb/en/about-mariadb-connector-j/#size-consideration -->
 				<exclusions>
 					<exclusion>