diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 66d788c2..3173ced0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>mysql</groupId>
          <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-         <version>8.0.26</version>
+         <version>8.0.28</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/jdbc/ConnectionManager.java b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/jdbc/ConnectionManager.java
index 80cab668..1ef07a58 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/jdbc/ConnectionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/rdbms/jdbc/ConnectionManager.java
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ public class ConnectionManager
 
       switch (backend.getVendor())
       {
+         case "aurora":
+         {
+            //TODO AWS version not working and why ssl=false required?
+            jdbcURL = "jdbc:mysql://" + backend.getHostName() + ":" + backend.getPort() + "/" + backend.getDatabaseName() + "?rewriteBatchedStatements=true&zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull&useSSL=false";
+            //jdbcURL = "jdbc:mysql:aws://" + backend.getHostName() + ":" + backend.getPort() + "/" + backend.getDatabaseName() + "?rewriteBatchedStatements=true&zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull";
+            break;
+         }
          case "mysql":
          {
             jdbcURL = "jdbc:mysql://" + backend.getHostName() + ":" + backend.getPort() + "/" + backend.getDatabaseName() + "?rewriteBatchedStatements=true&zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull";