diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index e210892..fe4e910 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ DATABASE_PORT=3306
 DATABASE_NAME=database
 DATABASE_USERNAME=user
 DATABASE_PASSWORD=password
+DATABASE_SSL_MODE=REQUIRED
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9e8f202..3ee08ce 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@ FROM docker.elastic.co/logstash/logstash-oss:8.13.4
 
 USER root
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y mariadb-client
-RUN curl -O -L https://dlm.mariadb.com/3824147/Connectors/java/connector-java-3.4.0/mariadb-java-client-3.4.0.jar
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y mysql-client
+RUN curl -O -L https://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/Connector-J/mysql-connector-j-9.1.0.tar.gz
+RUN tar -zxvf mysql-connector-j-9.1.0.tar.gz
 RUN bin/logstash-plugin install logstash-output-opensearch
 
 USER 1000
 
-ENV JDBC_DRIVER_LIBRARY=/usr/share/logstash/mariadb-java-client-3.4.0.jar
-ENV JDBC_DRIVER_CLASS=org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
-ENV JDBC_DRIVER_DATABASE=mariadb
+ENV JDBC_DRIVER_LIBRARY=/usr/share/logstash/mysql-connector-j-9.1.0/mysql-connector-j-9.1.0.jar
+ENV JDBC_DRIVER_CLASS=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
+ENV JDBC_DRIVER_DATABASE=mysql
 
 COPY --chown=1000 config /usr/share/logstash/config
 COPY --chown=1000 pipeline /usr/share/logstash/pipeline
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 17dae0b..6663fc2 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ services:
       - DATABASE_NAME=${DATABASE_NAME}
       - DATABASE_USERNAME=${DATABASE_USERNAME}
       - DATABASE_PASSWORD=${DATABASE_PASSWORD}
+      - DATABASE_SSL_MODE=${DATABASE_SSL_MODE}
     volumes:
       - data:/usr/share/logstash/data
     extra_hosts:
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 325e39a..c12bb87 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 export DATABASE_PORT=${DATABASE_PORT:-3306}
+export DATABASE_SSL_MODE=${DATABASE_SSL_MODE:-REQUIRED}
 
 cards="'headquarters','company',\
 'metric','source','phrase','wikirate_title','topic','project',\
@@ -14,13 +15,14 @@ FROM cards WHERE codename IN ($cards) OR name IN ($cards)"
 echo -n "Fetching cards from database..."
 
 ids=$(
-  mariadb \
+  mysql \
     --host=$DATABASE_HOST \
     --port=$DATABASE_PORT \
     --database=$DATABASE_NAME \
     --user=$DATABASE_USERNAME \
     --password=$DATABASE_PASSWORD \
     --protocol tcp \
+    --ssl-mode $DATABASE_SSL_MODE \
     --skip-column-names \
     --silent \
     --execute="$query"
diff --git a/pipeline/wikirate.conf b/pipeline/wikirate.conf
index 390b409..b3f6fa6 100644
--- a/pipeline/wikirate.conf
+++ b/pipeline/wikirate.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ input {
   jdbc {
     jdbc_driver_library => "${JDBC_DRIVER_LIBRARY}"
     jdbc_driver_class => "${JDBC_DRIVER_CLASS}"
-    jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:${JDBC_DRIVER_DATABASE}://${DATABASE_HOST}:${DATABASE_PORT}/${DATABASE_NAME}"
+    jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:${JDBC_DRIVER_DATABASE}://${DATABASE_HOST}:${DATABASE_PORT}/${DATABASE_NAME}?sslMode=${DATABASE_SSL_MODE}"
     jdbc_user => "${DATABASE_USERNAME}"
     jdbc_password => "${DATABASE_PASSWORD}"
     last_run_metadata_path => "/usr/share/logstash/data/plugins/inputs/jdbc/logstash_jdbc_last_run_general"
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ input {
   jdbc {
     jdbc_driver_library => "${JDBC_DRIVER_LIBRARY}"
     jdbc_driver_class => "${JDBC_DRIVER_CLASS}"
-    jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:${JDBC_DRIVER_DATABASE}://${DATABASE_HOST}:${DATABASE_PORT}/${DATABASE_NAME}"
+    jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:${JDBC_DRIVER_DATABASE}://${DATABASE_HOST}:${DATABASE_PORT}/${DATABASE_NAME}?sslMode=${DATABASE_SSL_MODE}"
     jdbc_user => "${DATABASE_USERNAME}"
     jdbc_password => "${DATABASE_PASSWORD}"
     last_run_metadata_path => "/usr/share/logstash/data/plugins/inputs/jdbc/logstash_jdbc_last_run_metrics"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ input {
   jdbc {
     jdbc_driver_library => "${JDBC_DRIVER_LIBRARY}"
     jdbc_driver_class => "${JDBC_DRIVER_CLASS}"
-    jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:${JDBC_DRIVER_DATABASE}://${DATABASE_HOST}:${DATABASE_PORT}/${DATABASE_NAME}"
+    jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:${JDBC_DRIVER_DATABASE}://${DATABASE_HOST}:${DATABASE_PORT}/${DATABASE_NAME}?sslMode=${DATABASE_SSL_MODE}"
     jdbc_user => "${DATABASE_USERNAME}"
     jdbc_password => "${DATABASE_PASSWORD}"
     last_run_metadata_path => "/usr/share/logstash/data/plugins/inputs/jdbc/logstash_jdbc_last_run_sources"
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ input {
   jdbc {
     jdbc_driver_library => "${JDBC_DRIVER_LIBRARY}"
     jdbc_driver_class => "${JDBC_DRIVER_CLASS}"
-    jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:${JDBC_DRIVER_DATABASE}://${DATABASE_HOST}:${DATABASE_PORT}/${DATABASE_NAME}"
+    jdbc_connection_string => "jdbc:${JDBC_DRIVER_DATABASE}://${DATABASE_HOST}:${DATABASE_PORT}/${DATABASE_NAME}?sslMode=${DATABASE_SSL_MODE}"
     jdbc_user => "${DATABASE_USERNAME}"
     jdbc_password => "${DATABASE_PASSWORD}"
     last_run_metadata_path => "/usr/share/logstash/data/plugins/inputs/jdbc/logstash_jdbc_last_run_companies"