diff --git a/.whitesource b/.whitesource
index ca1fde54..28181b5b 100644
--- a/.whitesource
+++ b/.whitesource
@@ -1,19 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "scanSettings": {
-    "configMode": "LOCAL",
-    "configExternalURL": "",
-    "projectToken": "",
-    "baseBranches": [],
-    "enableLicenseViolations": true
-  },
-  "checkRunSettings": {
-    "vulnerableCheckRunConclusionLevel": "failure",
-    "displayMode": "diff"
-  },
-  "issueSettings": {
-    "minSeverityLevel": "MEDIUM"
-  },
-    "remediateSettings": {
-      "extends": ["github>whitesource/merge-confidence:beta"]
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+  "settingsInheritedFrom": "gms-ws-sandbox/whitesource-config@main"
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fecc82b6..95b4f390 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -101,12 +101,19 @@
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/mysql/mysql-connector-java -->
-		<dependency>
+
+		<dependency>   
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
 			<version>5.1.24</version>
 		</dependency>
-
+<!--
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
+			<version>2.7.2</version>
+		</dependency>
+-->
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.owasp.encoder/encoder -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.owasp.encoder</groupId>
diff --git a/whitesource.config b/whitesource.config
index 5313cb1a..fdcb33f7 100644
--- a/whitesource.config
+++ b/whitesource.config
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 excludes=**/MobileShepherd/**
+maven.runPreStep=true