diff --git a/hibernate-reactive-core/build.gradle b/hibernate-reactive-core/build.gradle
index 050c2fd85..1e9758722 100644
--- a/hibernate-reactive-core/build.gradle
+++ b/hibernate-reactive-core/build.gradle
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ dependencies {
     testRuntimeOnly "com.microsoft.sqlserver:mssql-jdbc:12.8.1.jre11"
 
     // JDBC driver for Testcontainers with MariaDB Server
-    testRuntimeOnly "org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:3.1.4"
+    testRuntimeOnly "org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:3.5.1"
 
     // JDBC driver for Testcontainers with MYSQL Server
     testRuntimeOnly "com.mysql:mysql-connector-j:8.0.33"
diff --git a/tooling/jbang/MariaDBReactiveTest.java.qute b/tooling/jbang/MariaDBReactiveTest.java.qute
index cb452a8b4..b7592b05b 100755
--- a/tooling/jbang/MariaDBReactiveTest.java.qute
+++ b/tooling/jbang/MariaDBReactiveTest.java.qute
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 //// Testcontainer needs the JDBC drivers to start the container
 //// Hibernate Reactive doesn't need it
-//DEPS org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:3.1.4
+//DEPS org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:3.5.1
 
 import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
 import jakarta.persistence.Id;
diff --git a/tooling/jbang/ReactiveTest.java b/tooling/jbang/ReactiveTest.java
index 599542790..ef9f64407 100755
--- a/tooling/jbang/ReactiveTest.java
+++ b/tooling/jbang/ReactiveTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 //// Hibernate Reactive doesn't use them
 //DEPS org.postgresql:postgresql:42.7.4
 //DEPS com.mysql:mysql-connector-j:8.0.33
-//DEPS org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:3.1.4
+//DEPS org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:3.5.1
 //
 
 import java.util.function.Supplier;