Including the JDBC driver with gradle 

    implementation 'monetdb:monetdb-java-lite:2.38'

gives me:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Build file 'D:\SoftDevelopment\Projects\Konnexions\db_seeder\build.gradle' line: 66

* What went wrong:
Could not determine the dependencies of task ':fatJar'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':runtimeClasspath'.
   > Could not find monetdb:monetdb-jdbc-new:2.37-SNAPSHOT.
     Searched in the following locations:
       - https://jcenter.bintray.com/monetdb/monetdb-jdbc-new/2.37-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
       - https://jcenter.bintray.com/monetdb/monetdb-jdbc-new/2.37-SNAPSHOT/monetdb-jdbc-new-2.37-SNAPSHOT.pom
       - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/monetdb/monetdb-jdbc-new/2.37-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
       - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/monetdb/monetdb-jdbc-new/2.37-SNAPSHOT/monetdb-jdbc-new-2.37-SNAPSHOT.pom
       - https://jitpack.io/monetdb/monetdb-jdbc-new/2.37-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
       - https://jitpack.io/monetdb/monetdb-jdbc-new/2.37-SNAPSHOT/monetdb-jdbc-new-2.37-SNAPSHOT.pom
       - http://maven.cubrid.org/monetdb/monetdb-jdbc-new/2.37-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml
       - http://maven.cubrid.org/monetdb/monetdb-jdbc-new/2.37-SNAPSHOT/monetdb-jdbc-new-2.37-SNAPSHOT.pom
     Required by:
         project : > monetdb:monetdb-java-lite:2.38

* Try:
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