diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/README.md b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/README.md
index 02126f609443d..8147945d5a361 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/README.md
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ The following databases are currently supported and tested:
 | [H2](https://www.h2database.com/)            | [h2-1.4.191.jar](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.h2database/h2) |
 | [HSQLDB](http://hsqldb.org/)                 | [hsqldb-2.3.3.jar](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.hsqldb/hsqldb) |
 | [MariaDB](https://mariadb.org/)              | [mariadb-java-client-3.0.8.jar](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.mariadb.jdbc/mariadb-java-client) |
-| [MySQL](https://www.mysql.com/)              | [mysql-connector-java-8.0.30.jar](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/mysql/mysql-connector-java) |
+| [MySQL](https://www.mysql.com/)              | [mysql-connector-j-8.0.31.jar](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.mysql/mysql-connector-j) |
 | [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/)    | [postgresql-42.4.3.jar](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.postgresql/postgresql) |
 | [SQLite](https://www.sqlite.org/)            | [sqlite-jdbc-3.16.1.jar](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.xerial/sqlite-jdbc) |
 | [TimescaleDB](https://www.timescale.com/)    | [postgresql-42.4.3.jar](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.postgresql/postgresql) |
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/pom.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/pom.xml
index c5e3bf373d785..a7e2fa246d4b4 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <bnd.importpackage>!org.osgi.service.jdbc.*,!sun.security.*,!org.apache.lucene.*,!org.apache.logging.log4j,!waffle.windows.auth.*,!org.hibernate.*,!org.jboss.*,!org.codehaus.groovy.*,!com.codahale.metrics.*,!com.google.protobuf.*,!com.ibm.icu.*,!com.ibm.jvm.*,!com.mchange.*,!com.sun.*,!com.vividsolutions.*,!io.prometheus.*,com.mysql.*;resolution:=optional,org.apache.derby.*;resolution:=optional,org.h2.*;resolution:=optional,org.hsqldb;resolution:=optional,org.hsqldb.jdbc;resolution:=optional,org.mariadb.*;resolution:=optional,org.postgresql.*;resolution:=optional,org.sqlite;resolution:=optional,org.sqlite.jdbc4;resolution:=optional,javassist*;resolution:=optional</bnd.importpackage>
-    <dep.noembedding>derby,h2,hsqldb,mariadb-java-client,mysql-connector-java,postgresql,sqlite-jdbc</dep.noembedding>
+    <dep.noembedding>derby,h2,hsqldb,mariadb-java-client,mysql-connector-j,postgresql,sqlite-jdbc</dep.noembedding>
 
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <h2.version>1.4.191</h2.version>
     <hsqldb.version>2.3.3</hsqldb.version>
     <mariadb.version>3.0.8</mariadb.version>
-    <mysql.version>8.0.30</mysql.version>
+    <mysql.version>8.0.31</mysql.version>
     <postgresql.version>42.4.3</postgresql.version>
     <sqlite.version>3.40.0.0</sqlite.version>
   </properties>
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@
       <version>${mariadb.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+      <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
       <version>${mysql.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/src/main/feature/feature.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/src/main/feature/feature.xml
index c6aa7b7f4956e..4289dcd4810d6 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/src/main/feature/feature.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/src/main/feature/feature.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 	<feature name="openhab-persistence-jdbc-mysql" description="JDBC Persistence MySQL" version="${project.version}">
 		<configfile finalname="${openhab.conf}/services/jdbc.cfg" override="false">mvn:org.openhab.addons.features.karaf/org.openhab.addons.features.karaf.openhab-addons-external/${project.version}/cfg/jdbc</configfile>
 		<feature prerequisite="false" dependency="false">openhab-runtime-base</feature>
-		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:mysql/mysql-connector-java/8.0.30</bundle>
+		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:com.mysql/mysql-connector-j/8.0.31</bundle>
 		<bundle start-level="80">mvn:org.openhab.addons.bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/${project.version}</bundle>
 	</feature>
 
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/jdbc/internal/JdbcConfiguration.java b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/jdbc/internal/JdbcConfiguration.java
index c9651c05de867..5cee8c173318e 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/jdbc/internal/JdbcConfiguration.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.jdbc/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/jdbc/internal/JdbcConfiguration.java
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ private void testJDBCDriver(String driver) {
                         warn += "\tMariaDB:   version >= 3.0.8 from              https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.mariadb.jdbc/mariadb-java-client\n";
                         break;
                     case "mysql":
-                        warn += "\tMySQL:     version >= 8.0.30 from             https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/mysql/mysql-connector-java\n";
+                        warn += "\tMySQL:     version >= 8.0.31 from             https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.mysql/mysql-connector-j\n";
                         break;
                     case "postgresql":
                         warn += "\tPostgreSQL:version >= 42.4.3 from             https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.postgresql/postgresql\n";