diff --git a/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml b/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
index ff3287836..b876c536f 100644
--- a/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-ai-spring-boot-autoconfigure/pom.xml
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
+			<version>${mariadb.version}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>