diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3b1a564..796ba83 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ dependencies {
 	runtimeOnly 'io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-jackson:0.11.5'
 	compileOnly 'org.projectlombok:lombok'
 	developmentOnly 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools'
-	runtimeOnly 'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:3.3.3'
+//	runtimeOnly 'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:3.3.3'
+	runtimeOnly 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.33'
 	annotationProcessor 'org.projectlombok:lombok'
 	testImplementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
 	testImplementation 'org.springframework.restdocs:spring-restdocs-mockmvc'
diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index a32d7d2..0c2a2b3 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 services:
-  mariadb:
-    image: 'mariadb:latest'
+  mysql:
+    image: 'mysql:8.0'
     environment:
       - 'MYSQL_DATABASE=hi_meow'
       - 'MYSQL_USER=admin'
       - 'MYSQL_PASSWORD=1234'
-      - 'MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD=1234'
+      - 'MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=1234'
     ports:
       - '3306:3306'
     volumes:
-      - mariadb_data:/var/lib/mysql
+      - mysql_data:/var/lib/mysql
     healthcheck:
-      test: mariadb --user=root --password=1234 -e 'SELECT 1;'
+      test: mysql --user=root --password=1234 -e 'SELECT 1;'
       interval: 1s
       timeout: 1s
       retries: 5
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ services:
       - '8080:8080'
     environment:
       - 'SPRING_PROFILES_ACTIVE=local'
-      - 'SPRING_DATASOURCE_URL=jdbc:mariadb://mariadb:3306/hi_meow'
+      - 'SPRING_DATASOURCE_URL=jdbc:mysql://mysql:3306/hi_meow'
       - 'SPRING_DATASOURCE_USERNAME=admin'
       - 'SPRING_DATASOURCE_PASSWORD=1234'
       - 'LOGGING_LEVEL_ROOT=INFO'
       - 'LOGGING_LEVEL_COM_EXAMPLE=DEBUG'
     depends_on:
-      mariadb:
+      mysql:
         condition: service_healthy
 
 volumes:
-  mariadb_data:
\ No newline at end of file
+  mysql_data:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-local.yml b/src/main/resources/application-local.yml
index c7b764f..2d1d7e0 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application-local.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-local.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 spring:
   datasource:
-    url: jdbc:mariadb://localhost:3306/hi_meow
+    url: jdbc:mysql://mysql_spring:3306/hi_meow
     username: admin
     password: 1234
-    driver-class-name: org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
+    driver-class-name: com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
   jpa:
     hibernate:
       ddl-auto: update
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ spring:
     properties:
       hibernate:
         format_sql: true
-        dialect: org.hibernate.dialect.MariaDBDialect
+        dialect: org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
   mvc:
     cors:
       allowed-origins: http://localhost:80,http://localhost:3000