diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 58f88fa..6a2dbf8 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ lazy val knockoutwhistweb = project.in(file("knockoutwhistweb"))
     libraryDependencies += "org.playframework" %% "play-java-jpa" % "3.0.6",
     libraryDependencies += "com.nimbusds" % "oauth2-oidc-sdk" % "11.31.1",
     libraryDependencies += "org.playframework" %% "play-ws" % "3.0.6",
+    libraryDependencies += "org.hibernate.orm" % "hibernate-hikaricp" % "7.2.1.Final",
     libraryDependencies += ws,
     JsEngineKeys.engineType := JsEngineKeys.EngineType.Node,
 
diff --git a/knockoutwhistweb/conf/META-INF/persistence.xml b/knockoutwhistweb/conf/META-INF/persistence.xml
index 27fb35a..cbe047a 100644
--- a/knockoutwhistweb/conf/META-INF/persistence.xml
+++ b/knockoutwhistweb/conf/META-INF/persistence.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
             <property name="hibernate.use_sql_comments" value="true"/>
             
             <!-- Connection pool settings -->
-            <property name="hibernate.connection.provider_class" value="com.zaxxer.hikari.hibernate.HikariConnectionProvider"/>
+            <property name="hibernate.connection.provider_class" value="org.hibernate.hikaricp.internal.HikariCPConnectionProvider"/>
             <property name="hibernate.hikari.maximumPoolSize" value="20"/>
             <property name="hibernate.hikari.minimumIdle" value="5"/>
             <property name="hibernate.hikari.connectionTimeout" value="30000"/>
diff --git a/knockoutwhistweb/conf/db.conf b/knockoutwhistweb/conf/db.conf
index 4e3b094..e0e90eb 100644
--- a/knockoutwhistweb/conf/db.conf
+++ b/knockoutwhistweb/conf/db.conf
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 
 # Database configuration - PostgreSQL with environment variables
 db.default.driver=org.postgresql.Driver
-db.default.url=${?DATABASE_URL}
+db.default.jdbcUrl=${?DATABASE_URL}
 db.default.username=${?DB_USER}
 db.default.password=${?DB_PASSWORD}
-db.default.password=""
 
 # JPA/Hibernate configuration
 jpa.default=defaultPersistenceUnit