diff --git a/backend/build.gradle b/backend/build.gradle
index 52afab8..7811350 100644
--- a/backend/build.gradle
+++ b/backend/build.gradle
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'
 	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa'
 	implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator'
-	implementation 'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:1.5.7'
+	implementation 'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client'
 
 	runtimeOnly 'com.h2database:h2'
 	testImplementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test') {
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
index a09a491..1cf2a4f 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 server.port=80
 spring.data.rest.basePath=/api
 spring.datasource.hikari.initialization-fail-timeout=0
+spring.datasource.hikari.max-lifetime=300000
 spring.profiles.active=prod
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