diff --git a/apps/faf-legacy-deployment/scripts/build.gradle.kts b/apps/faf-legacy-deployment/scripts/build.gradle.kts
index 56c078e6..a87c9263 100644
--- a/apps/faf-legacy-deployment/scripts/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/apps/faf-legacy-deployment/scripts/build.gradle.kts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation("org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:3.5.8")
+    implementation("org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:3.5.11")
     implementation("org.eclipse.jgit:org.eclipse.jgit:7.6.0.202603022253-r")
     implementation("org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.28.0")
     implementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.18")
diff --git a/ops/monitoring/values.yaml b/ops/monitoring/values.yaml
index f1874064..ef6d70c5 100644
--- a/ops/monitoring/values.yaml
+++ b/ops/monitoring/values.yaml
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ victoria-metrics-k8s-stack:
         org_mapping: $__env{GITHUB_ORG_MAPPING}
       users:
         auto_assign_org_role: None
+      plugins:
+        preinstall_auto_update: true
     admin:
       existingSecret: grafana
       userKey: admin-user