diff --git a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/DatabaseType.java b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/DatabaseType.java
index dab5e5d21..e2451c945 100644
--- a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/DatabaseType.java
+++ b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/DatabaseType.java
@@ -15,10 +15,9 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.modulith.events.jdbc;
 
-import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
-import org.springframework.boot.jdbc.DatabaseDriver;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
@@ -28,11 +27,11 @@
  */
 enum DatabaseType {
 
-	HSQLDB("hsqldb"),
+	HSQLDB("hsqldb", "HSQL Database Engine"),
 
-	H2("h2"),
+	H2("h2", "H2"),
 
-	MYSQL("mysql") {
+	MYSQL("mysql", "MySQL") {
 
 		@Override
 		Object uuidToDatabase(UUID id) {
@@ -45,30 +44,21 @@ UUID databaseToUUID(Object id) {
 		}
 	},
 
-	POSTGRES("postgresql");
+	POSTGRES("postgresql", "PostgreSQL");
 
-	private static final Map<DatabaseDriver, DatabaseType> DATABASE_DRIVER_TO_DATABASE_TYPE_MAP = //
-			Map.of( //
-					DatabaseDriver.H2, H2, //
-					DatabaseDriver.HSQLDB, HSQLDB, //
-					DatabaseDriver.POSTGRESQL, POSTGRES, //
-					DatabaseDriver.MYSQL, MYSQL);
+	static DatabaseType from(String productName) {
 
-	static DatabaseType from(DatabaseDriver databaseDriver) {
-
-		var databaseType = DATABASE_DRIVER_TO_DATABASE_TYPE_MAP.get(databaseDriver);
-
-		if (databaseType == null) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported database type: " + databaseDriver);
-		}
-
-		return databaseType;
+		return Arrays.stream(DatabaseType.values())
+				.filter(it -> it.fullName.equalsIgnoreCase(productName))
+				.findFirst()
+				.orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported database type: " + productName));
 	}
 
-	private final String value;
+	private final String value, fullName;
 
-	DatabaseType(String value) {
+	DatabaseType(String value, String fullName) {
 		this.value = value;
+		this.fullName = fullName;
 	}
 
 	Object uuidToDatabase(UUID id) {
diff --git a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/JdbcEventPublicationAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/JdbcEventPublicationAutoConfiguration.java
index d7b4f6a53..5448cf999 100644
--- a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/JdbcEventPublicationAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/JdbcEventPublicationAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -15,15 +15,17 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.modulith.events.jdbc;
 
+import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData;
+
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureBefore;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
-import org.springframework.boot.jdbc.DatabaseDriver;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.support.JdbcUtils;
 import org.springframework.modulith.events.config.EventPublicationAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.modulith.events.config.EventPublicationConfigurationExtension;
 import org.springframework.modulith.events.core.EventSerializer;
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ class JdbcEventPublicationAutoConfiguration implements EventPublicationConfigura
 
 	@Bean
 	DatabaseType databaseType(DataSource dataSource) {
-		return DatabaseType.from(DatabaseDriver.fromDataSource(dataSource));
+		return DatabaseType.from(fromDataSource(dataSource));
 	}
 
 	@Bean
@@ -56,4 +58,18 @@ DatabaseSchemaInitializer databaseSchemaInitializer(JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate, R
 
 		return new DatabaseSchemaInitializer(jdbcTemplate, resourceLoader, databaseType);
 	}
+
+	private static String fromDataSource(DataSource dataSource) {
+
+		String name = null;
+
+		try {
+
+			var metadata = JdbcUtils.extractDatabaseMetaData(dataSource, DatabaseMetaData::getDatabaseProductName);
+			name = JdbcUtils.commonDatabaseName(metadata);
+
+		} catch (Exception o_O) {}
+
+		return name == null ? "UNKNOWN" : name;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/DatabaseTypeUnitTests.java b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/DatabaseTypeUnitTests.java
index 215af4f2f..9bc29be4d 100644
--- a/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/DatabaseTypeUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-modulith-events/spring-modulith-events-jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/modulith/events/jdbc/DatabaseTypeUnitTests.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.springframework.boot.jdbc.DatabaseDriver;
 
 class DatabaseTypeUnitTests {
 
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ class DatabaseTypeUnitTests {
 	void shouldThrowExceptionOnUnsupportedDatabaseType() {
 
 		assertThatExceptionOfType(IllegalArgumentException.class)
-				.isThrownBy(() -> DatabaseType.from(DatabaseDriver.UNKNOWN))
+				.isThrownBy(() -> DatabaseType.from("UNKNOWN"))
 				.withMessageContaining("UNKNOWN");
 	}
 }