diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1c08e38..eacdd7e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,9 +65,8 @@
 			<version>${mapstruct.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
-			<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-			<scope>runtime</scope>
+			<groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yml b/src/main/resources/application.yml
index ed1fbec..70c4ced 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@ spring:
   application:
     name: cerberus
   datasource:
-    driverClassName: org.h2.Driver
-    password: cerberus
-    username: cerberus
-    url: jdbc:h2:mem:cerberus
+    url: ${MYSQL_URL}
+    username: ${MYSQL_USERNAME}
+    password: ${MYSQL_PASSWORD}
+    driver-class-name: com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
   jpa:
     hibernate:
-      ddl-auto: create-drop
-    database-platform: org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
+      ddl-auto: update
     
 com:
   behl: