diff --git a/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.core/src/org/jkiss/dbeaver/registry/maven/MavenArtifact.java b/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.core/src/org/jkiss/dbeaver/registry/maven/MavenArtifact.java
index b1f43fbdad2627159bd35ed277692816d3181be4..e4413cf7640bd8e056b4e31d9fa9d05a597db8bd 100644
--- a/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.core/src/org/jkiss/dbeaver/registry/maven/MavenArtifact.java
+++ b/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.core/src/org/jkiss/dbeaver/registry/maven/MavenArtifact.java
@@ -97,11 +97,21 @@ public class MavenArtifact implements IMavenIdentifier
                 log.warn("Error parsing artifact directory", e);
             }
         } finally {
+            removeIgnoredVersions();
             monitor.worked(1);
         }
         metadataLoaded = true;
     }
 
+    private void removeIgnoredVersions() {
+        for (Iterator<String> iter = versions.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
+            String version = iter.next();
+            if (MavenRegistry.getInstance().isVersionIgnored(groupId + ":" + artifactId + ":" + version)) {
+                iter.remove();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     private void parseDirectory(InputStream dirStream) throws IOException, XMLException {
         ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
         IOUtils.copyStream(dirStream, baos);
diff --git a/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.core/src/org/jkiss/dbeaver/registry/maven/MavenRegistry.java b/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.core/src/org/jkiss/dbeaver/registry/maven/MavenRegistry.java
index f61d3ac261424bd3b3e39a2baaf1434ede04dee0..7991154c04af46966b00e55e7472975b82d2285e 100644
--- a/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.core/src/org/jkiss/dbeaver/registry/maven/MavenRegistry.java
+++ b/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.core/src/org/jkiss/dbeaver/registry/maven/MavenRegistry.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public class MavenRegistry
     public static final String MAVEN_LOCAL_REPO_FOLDER = "maven-local";
 
     private static MavenRegistry instance = null;
+    private final Set<String> ignoredArtifactVersions = new HashSet<>();
 
     public synchronized static MavenRegistry getInstance()
     {
@@ -58,6 +59,10 @@ public class MavenRegistry
     {
     }
 
+    boolean isVersionIgnored(String ref) {
+        return ignoredArtifactVersions.contains(ref);
+    }
+
     private void init() {
         loadStandardRepositories();
         loadCustomRepositories();
@@ -68,8 +73,12 @@ public class MavenRegistry
         {
             IConfigurationElement[] extElements = Platform.getExtensionRegistry().getConfigurationElementsFor(MavenRepository.EXTENSION_ID);
             for (IConfigurationElement ext : extElements) {
-                MavenRepository repository = new MavenRepository(ext);
-                repositories.add(repository);
+                if ("repository".equals(ext.getName())) {
+                    MavenRepository repository = new MavenRepository(ext);
+                    repositories.add(repository);
+                } else if ("ignoreArtifactVersion".equals(ext.getName())) {
+                    ignoredArtifactVersions.add(ext.getAttribute("id"));
+                }
             }
         }
         // Create local repository
diff --git a/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.ext.mysql/plugin.xml b/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.ext.mysql/plugin.xml
index d2275373446355238b8ef9583bf574e470b133f9..9f778e228c8d62c1222319e651a85667e0480c48 100644
--- a/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.ext.mysql/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugins/org.jkiss.dbeaver.ext.mysql/plugin.xml
@@ -371,4 +371,10 @@
         </handler>
     </extension>
 
+    <!-- Exclude broken driver versions -->
+    <extension point="org.jkiss.dbeaver.mavenRepository">
+        <ignoreArtifactVersion id="mysql:mysql-connector-java:6.0.2"/>
+        <ignoreArtifactVersion id="org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:1.4.0"/>
+    </extension>
+
 </plugin>