MariaDB java connector is a JDBC 4.5 compatible driver, used to connect applications developed in Java to MariaDB and MySQL databases. MariaDB Connector/J is distributed under the LGPL license version 2.1 or later (LGPL-2.1-or-later)

Tracker link https://jira.mariadb.org/projects/CONJ/issues/

For java 8+ :

The driver (jar) can be downloaded from mariadb connector download or maven :

<dependency>
	<groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
	<artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
	<version>3.5.10</version>
</dependency>

For a Getting started guide, API docs, recipes, etc. see the following links

• About MariaDB connector/J
• Install driver
• Changelog
• Failover and high-availability

A big thanks to all contributors