diff --git a/exposed/build.gradle.kts b/exposed/build.gradle.kts
index 248fa39863..df0eccceac 100644
--- a/exposed/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/exposed/build.gradle.kts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ repositories {
     jcenter()
 }
 
+val dialect: String by project
+
 dependencies {
     api(kotlin("stdlib"))
     api(kotlin("reflect"))
@@ -24,16 +26,22 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation("log4j", "log4j", "1.2.17")
     testImplementation("junit", "junit", "4.12")
     testImplementation("org.hamcrest", "hamcrest-library", "1.3")
-    testImplementation("com.h2database", "h2", "1.4.199")
 
-    testImplementation("mysql", "mysql-connector-java", "5.1.47")
-    testImplementation("mysql", "mysql-connector-mxj", "5.0.12")
-    testImplementation("org.mariadb.jdbc", "mariadb-java-client", "2.4.1")
-    testImplementation("org.postgresql", "postgresql", "42.2.5.jre6")
     testImplementation("com.opentable.components", "otj-pg-embedded", "0.12.0")
+    testImplementation("mysql", "mysql-connector-mxj", "5.0.12")
     testImplementation("org.xerial", "sqlite-jdbc", "3.23.1")
-    testImplementation("com.oracle", "ojdbc6", "12.1.0.1-atlassian-hosted")
-    testImplementation("com.microsoft.sqlserver", "mssql-jdbc", "7.2.2.jre8")
+
+    when (dialect) {
+        "mariadb" ->    testImplementation("org.mariadb.jdbc", "mariadb-java-client", "2.4.1")
+        "mysql" ->      testImplementation("mysql", "mysql-connector-java", "8.0.16")
+        "oracle" ->     testImplementation("com.oracle", "ojdbc6", "12.1.0.1-atlassian-hosted")
+        "sqlserver" ->  testImplementation("com.microsoft.sqlserver", "mssql-jdbc", "7.2.2.jre8")
+        else -> {
+            testImplementation("com.h2database", "h2", "1.4.199")
+            testImplementation("mysql", "mysql-connector-java", "5.1.47")
+            testImplementation("org.postgresql", "postgresql", "42.2.5.jre6")
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 publishJar {
@@ -63,5 +71,4 @@ tasks.withType(Test::class.java) {
     }
 }
 
-val dialect: String by project
 setupDialectTest(dialect)
diff --git a/exposed/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/tests/DatabaseTestsBase.kt b/exposed/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/tests/DatabaseTestsBase.kt
index 84499de6cb..13e3996cff 100644
--- a/exposed/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/tests/DatabaseTestsBase.kt
+++ b/exposed/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/tests/DatabaseTestsBase.kt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ enum class TestDB(val connection: () -> String, val driver: String, val user: St
     SQLITE({"jdbc:sqlite:file:test?mode=memory&cache=shared"}, "org.sqlite.JDBC"),
     MYSQL({
         System.getProperty("exposed.test.mysql.host")?.let { dockerHost ->
-            "jdbc:mysql://$dockerHost:${System.getProperty("exposed.test.mysql.port")!!}/testdb"
+            "jdbc:mysql://$dockerHost:${System.getProperty("exposed.test.mysql.port")!!}/testdb?useSSL=false"
         } ?: "jdbc:mysql:mxj://localhost:12345/testdb1?createDatabaseIfNotExist=true&server.initialize-user=false&user=root&password="
     },
         driver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver",