diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a4e851d..d9273a9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -32,4 +32,4 @@ build/
 ### VS Code ###
 .vscode/
 
-!**/src/main/resources/application.properties
+/src/main/resources/application.properties
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f38313e..d55c78f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
             <version>3.1.3</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.microsoft.sqlserver/mssql-jdbc -->
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.mysql/mysql-connector-j -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mssql-jdbc</artifactId>
-            <version>12.4.1.jre11</version>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
+            <version>8.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>