diff --git a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/implementation/sql/connection/hikari/HikariConnectionFactory.java b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/implementation/sql/connection/hikari/HikariConnectionFactory.java
index df9f64c62..5d9bc91ed 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/implementation/sql/connection/hikari/HikariConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/implementation/sql/connection/hikari/HikariConnectionFactory.java
@@ -89,6 +89,18 @@ public abstract class HikariConnectionFactory implements ConnectionFactory {
         properties.putIfAbsent("socketTimeout", String.valueOf(TimeUnit.SECONDS.toMillis(30)));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the given connection properties onto the config.
+     *
+     * @param config the hikari config
+     * @param properties the properties
+     */
+    protected void setProperties(HikariConfig config, Map<String, String> properties) {
+        for (Map.Entry<String, String> property : properties.entrySet()) {
+            config.addDataSourceProperty(property.getKey(), property.getValue());
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void init(LuckPermsPlugin plugin) {
         HikariConfig config;
@@ -119,9 +131,7 @@ public abstract class HikariConnectionFactory implements ConnectionFactory {
         overrideProperties(properties);
 
         // set the properties
-        for (Map.Entry<String, String> property : properties.entrySet()) {
-            config.addDataSourceProperty(property.getKey(), property.getValue());
-        }
+        setProperties(config, properties);
 
         // configure the connection pool
         config.setMaximumPoolSize(this.configuration.getMaxPoolSize());
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/implementation/sql/connection/hikari/MariaDbConnectionFactory.java b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/implementation/sql/connection/hikari/MariaDbConnectionFactory.java
index be973352f..c80dedb7d 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/implementation/sql/connection/hikari/MariaDbConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/implementation/sql/connection/hikari/MariaDbConnectionFactory.java
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ import com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig;
 
 import me.lucko.luckperms.common.storage.misc.StorageCredentials;
 
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 public class MariaDbConnectionFactory extends HikariConnectionFactory {
     public MariaDbConnectionFactory(StorageCredentials configuration) {
@@ -48,12 +50,30 @@ public class MariaDbConnectionFactory extends HikariConnectionFactory {
 
     @Override
     protected void configureDatabase(HikariConfig config, String address, String port, String databaseName, String username, String password) {
+        config.setDataSourceClassName("org.mariadb.jdbc.MariaDbDataSource");
+        config.addDataSourceProperty("serverName", address);
+        config.addDataSourceProperty("port", port);
+        config.addDataSourceProperty("databaseName", databaseName);
+        config.setUsername(username);
+        config.setPassword(password);
+
         config.setDriverClassName("org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver");
         config.setJdbcUrl("jdbc:mariadb://" + address + ":" + port + "/" + databaseName);
         config.setUsername(username);
         config.setPassword(password);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected void setProperties(HikariConfig config, Map<String, String> properties) {
+        String propertiesString = properties.entrySet().stream()
+                .map(e -> e.getKey() + "=" + e.getValue())
+                .collect(Collectors.joining(";"));
+
+        // kinda hacky. this will call #setProperties on the datasource, which will append these options
+        // onto the connections.
+        config.addDataSourceProperty("properties", propertiesString);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Function<String, String> getStatementProcessor() {
         return s -> s.replace("'", "`"); // use backticks for quotes
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/implementation/sql/connection/hikari/MySqlConnectionFactory.java b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/implementation/sql/connection/hikari/MySqlConnectionFactory.java
index 777141594..e0a410009 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/implementation/sql/connection/hikari/MySqlConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/me/lucko/luckperms/common/storage/implementation/sql/connection/hikari/MySqlConnectionFactory.java
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ public class MySqlConnectionFactory extends HikariConnectionFactory {
 
     @Override
     protected void configureDatabase(HikariConfig config, String address, String port, String databaseName, String username, String password) {
-        config.setDriverClassName("com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver");
+        // other plugins shouldn't be able to use our driver, so use the non-registering type.
+        config.setDriverClassName("com.mysql.cj.jdbc.NonRegisteringDriver");
         config.setJdbcUrl("jdbc:mysql://" + address + ":" + port + "/" + databaseName);
         config.setUsername(username);
         config.setPassword(password);