diff --git a/databases/mysql/matrix.gradle b/databases/mysql/matrix.gradle
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+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+jdbcDependency 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.27'
diff --git a/databases/mysql/resources/hibernate.properties b/databases/mysql/resources/hibernate.properties
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+#
+# Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+#
+# License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+# See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+#
+
+hibernate.dialect org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
+hibernate.connection.driver_class com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
+hibernate.connection.url jdbc:mysql://localhost/hibernate_orm_test
+hibernate.connection.username hibernateormtest
+hibernate.connection.password hibernateormtest
+
+hibernate.connection.pool_size 5
+
+hibernate.show_sql false
+hibernate.format_sql true
+
+hibernate.max_fetch_depth 5
+
+hibernate.cache.region_prefix hibernate.test
+hibernate.cache.region.factory_class org.hibernate.testing.cache.CachingRegionFactory
+
+javax.persistence.validation.mode=NONE
+hibernate.service.allow_crawling=false
+hibernate.session.events.log=true
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