diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/util/MySqlUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/util/MySqlUtils.java
index 43fb0816fe..af024c3094 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/util/MySqlUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/util/MySqlUtils.java
@@ -389,6 +389,9 @@ public class MySqlUtils {
                 class_connectionImpl = Utils.loadClass("com.mysql.jdbc.MySQLConnection");
                 if (class_connectionImpl == null) {
                     class_connectionImpl = Utils.loadClass("com.mysql.cj.MysqlConnection");
+                    if (class_connectionImpl == null) {
+                        class_connectionImpl = Utils.loadClass("com.mysql.cj.api.MysqlConnection");
+                    }
                     if (class_connectionImpl != null) {
                         mysqlJdbcVersion6 = true;
                     }