diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f467afc3b..7ad639451 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,16 +62,17 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Databases - Uses H2 by default -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
-      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
       <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties b/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties
index e23dfa605..ac7265d59 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-mysql.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # database init, supports mysql too
 database=mysql
 spring.datasource.url=${MYSQL_URL:jdbc:mysql://localhost/petclinic}
-spring.datasource.username=${MYSQL_USER:petclinic}
-spring.datasource.password=${MYSQL_PASS:petclinic}
+spring.datasource.username=${MYSQL_USER:root}
+spring.datasource.password=${MYSQL_PASS:Tech@123}
 # SQL is written to be idempotent so this is safe
 spring.sql.init.mode=always