diff --git a/dialect/db/mariadb/pom.xml b/dialect/db/mariadb/pom.xml
index f50a58d..0774d23 100644
--- a/dialect/db/mariadb/pom.xml
+++ b/dialect/db/mariadb/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
       <artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
-      <version>3.4.1</version>
+      <version>3.4.5</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Round-trip test (Testcontainer-backed). JUnit + assertj come from