diff --git a/IFComp-Dev/docker-app/Dockerfile b/IFComp-Dev/docker-app/Dockerfile
index d3dcf717..75a01b80 100644
--- a/IFComp-Dev/docker-app/Dockerfile
+++ b/IFComp-Dev/docker-app/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # DOCKER-VERSION 0.3.4
-FROM        perl:5.34
+FROM        perl:5.42
 MAINTAINER  Mark Musante mark.musante@gmail.com
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
diff --git a/IFComp-Dev/docker-app/docker-script/docker_start.sh b/IFComp-Dev/docker-app/docker-script/docker_start.sh
index 0ca63684..56c9caf4 100755
--- a/IFComp-Dev/docker-app/docker-script/docker_start.sh
+++ b/IFComp-Dev/docker-app/docker-script/docker_start.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 echo "Waiting for mysql" 1>&2
-mysql -h db < /dev/null
+mysql --skip-ssl -h db < /dev/null
 while [ $? != 0 ]
 do
     sleep 1
-    mysql -h db < /dev/null
+    mysql --skip-ssl -h db < /dev/null
 done
 
 echo "Checking that the db exists"
-mysql -h db -e "use ifcomp; select count(*) from user;" > /dev/null 2>&1
+mysql --skip-ssl -h db -e "use ifcomp; select count(*) from user;" > /dev/null 2>&1
 if [ $? != 0 ]
 then
     echo "Deploying database"
diff --git a/IFComp/cpanfile b/IFComp/cpanfile
index 1d2d22f3..b3dbec4c 100644
--- a/IFComp/cpanfile
+++ b/IFComp/cpanfile
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ on 'develop' => sub {
   requires 'Code::TidyAll' => '== 0.78';
   requires 'DBIx::Class::Schema::Loader';
   requires 'Perl::Tidy' => '== 20200822';
-  requires 'DBD::mysql', '==4.050';
+  requires 'DBD::mysql', '==4.054';
   requires 'Catalyst::Devel';
   requires 'Module::Install::CPANfile';
 };