diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index 7e04f0438a780..8edda1d8962f0 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -5173,6 +5173,7 @@
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
+                <!-- this artifact has been relocated to com.mysql:mysql-connector-j -->
                 <groupId>mysql</groupId>
                 <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
                 <version>${mysql-jdbc.version}</version>
@@ -5183,6 +5184,17 @@
                     </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+                <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
+                <version>${mysql-jdbc.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.derby</groupId>
                 <artifactId>derbyclient</artifactId>
diff --git a/extensions/devservices/mysql/pom.xml b/extensions/devservices/mysql/pom.xml
index 7aa75b4ff35ae..28b73be41d864 100644
--- a/extensions/devservices/mysql/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/devservices/mysql/pom.xml
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>
diff --git a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mysql/runtime/pom.xml b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mysql/runtime/pom.xml
index dae4cc9ab9800..524987f3ac027 100644
--- a/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mysql/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions/jdbc/jdbc-mysql/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.graalvm.sdk</groupId>
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
                 <artifactId>quarkus-extension-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
                     <parentFirstArtifacts>
-                        <parentFirstArtifact>mysql:mysql-connector-java</parentFirstArtifact>
+                        <parentFirstArtifact>com.mysql:mysql-connector-j</parentFirstArtifact>
                     </parentFirstArtifacts>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>