diff --git a/exposed-tests/build.gradle.kts b/exposed-tests/build.gradle.kts
index 5fb6fe2f..cfef5e87 100644
--- a/exposed-tests/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/exposed-tests/build.gradle.kts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ plugins {
 
 repositories {
     jcenter()
-    mavenCentral()
 }
 
 val dialect: String by project
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ dependencies {
         "mariadb" ->    implementation("org.mariadb.jdbc", "mariadb-java-client", "2.5.3")
         "mysql" ->      implementation("mysql", "mysql-connector-java", "8.0.18")
         "oracle" ->     implementation("com.oracle", "ojdbc6", "12.1.0.1-atlassian-hosted")
-        "sqlserver" ->  implementation("com.microsoft.sqlserver", "mssql-jdbc", "8.1.1.jre8")
+        "sqlserver" ->  implementation("com.microsoft.sqlserver", "mssql-jdbc", "7.4.1.jre8")
         else -> {
             implementation("mysql", "mysql-connector-java", "5.1.48")
             implementation("org.postgresql", "postgresql", "42.2.9.jre6")