diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/jdbc/builder.sh b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/jdbc/builder.sh
index a85cd11d5d2d..29ecbc1aebe3 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/jdbc/builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/jdbc/builder.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ source $stdenv/setup
 
 set -e
 
-tar zxvf $src
+unzip $src
 cd mysql-connector-java-*
 
 ensureDir $out/share/java
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/jdbc/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/jdbc/default.nix
index 0e2b38e100a1..0f411b43f9f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/jdbc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/jdbc/default.nix
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, ant}:
+{stdenv, fetchurl, ant, unzip}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "mysql-connector-java-5.1.14";
+  name = "mysql-connector-java-5.1.17";
   builder = ./builder.sh;
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://mirror.leaseweb.com/mysql/Downloads/Connector-J/mysql-connector-java-5.1.14.tar.gz;
-    sha256 = "1l1jgaf498pvmvls3ilwyxpcafywfabf5kjc8qgzx7559lx8fvya";
+    url = ftp://mirror.leaseweb.com/mysql/Downloads/Connector-J/mysql-connector-java-5.1.17.zip;
+    sha256 = "1c4hsx0qwb3rp66a1dllnah2zi9gqqnr4aqm9p59yrqj5jr22ldp";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ant];
+  buildInputs = [ unzip ant ];
 }