diff --git a/sample-apps/springboot/build.gradle.kts b/sample-apps/springboot/build.gradle.kts
index 242e72135..c14ede174 100644
--- a/sample-apps/springboot/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sample-apps/springboot/build.gradle.kts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api:1.34.1")
   implementation("software.amazon.awssdk:s3")
   implementation("software.amazon.awssdk:sts")
-  implementation("com.mysql:mysql-connector-j:8.0.33")
+  implementation("com.mysql:mysql-connector-j:8.4.0")
 }
 
 jib {
diff --git a/validator/src/main/java/com/amazon/aoc/validators/CWLogValidator.java b/validator/src/main/java/com/amazon/aoc/validators/CWLogValidator.java
index 401281cb0..3c4bbceec 100644
--- a/validator/src/main/java/com/amazon/aoc/validators/CWLogValidator.java
+++ b/validator/src/main/java/com/amazon/aoc/validators/CWLogValidator.java
@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ public void validate() throws Exception {
           String operation = (String) expectedAttributes.get("Operation");
           String remoteService = (String) expectedAttributes.get("RemoteService");
           String remoteOperation = (String) expectedAttributes.get("RemoteOperation");
+          String remoteResourceType = (String) expectedAttributes.get("RemoteResourceType");
+          String remoteResourceIdentifier = (String) expectedAttributes.get("RemoteResourceIdentifier");
 
           Map<String, Object> actualLog =
-                  this.getActualLog(operation, remoteService, remoteOperation);
+                  this.getActualLog(operation, remoteService, remoteOperation, remoteResourceType, remoteResourceIdentifier);
           log.info("Value of an actual log: {}", actualLog);
 
           if (actualLog == null) throw new BaseException(ExceptionCode.EXPECTED_LOG_NOT_FOUND);
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ private JsonifyArrayList<Map<String, Object>> getExpectedAttributes() throws Exc
   }
 
   private Map<String, Object> getActualLog(
-      String operation, String remoteService, String remoteOperation) throws Exception {
+    String operation, String remoteService, String remoteOperation, String remoteResourceType, String remoteResourceIdentifier) throws Exception {
     String dependencyFilter = null;
 
     // Dependency calls will have the remoteService and remoteOperation attribute, but service calls
@@ -139,6 +141,10 @@ private Map<String, Object> getActualLog(
       dependencyFilter = String.format("&& ($.RemoteService = \"%s\") && ($.RemoteOperation = \"%s\")", remoteService, remoteOperation);
     }
 
+    if (remoteResourceType != null && remoteResourceIdentifier != null) {
+      dependencyFilter += String.format(" && ($.RemoteResourceType = %%%s%%) && ($.RemoteResourceIdentifier = %%%s%%)", remoteResourceType, remoteResourceIdentifier);
+    }
+
     String filterPattern = String.format("{ ($.Service = %s) && ($.Operation = \"%s\") %s }", context.getServiceName(), operation, dependencyFilter);
     log.info("Filter Pattern for Log Search: " + filterPattern);
 
diff --git a/validator/src/main/resources/expected-data-template/java/eks/rds-mysql-trace.mustache b/validator/src/main/resources/expected-data-template/java/eks/rds-mysql-trace.mustache
index 7843a9d9e..d30d80aa5 100644
--- a/validator/src/main/resources/expected-data-template/java/eks/rds-mysql-trace.mustache
+++ b/validator/src/main/resources/expected-data-template/java/eks/rds-mysql-trace.mustache
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
             "default": {
                 "EC2.AutoScalingGroup": "^eks-.+",
                 "EKS.Cluster": "^{{platformInfo}}$",
-                "K8s.Namespace": "^{{appNamespace}}",
-                "otel.resource.K8s.Workload": "^sample-app-deployment-{{testingId}}",
+                "K8s.Namespace": "^{{appNamespace}}$",
+                "otel.resource.K8s.Workload": "^sample-app-deployment-{{testingId}}$",
                 "otel.resource.K8s.Node": "^i-[A-Za-z0-9]{17}$",
                 "otel.resource.K8s.Pod": "^sample-app-deployment-{{testingId}}(-[A-Za-z0-9]*)*$",
                 "otel.resource.host.name": "^ip(-[0-9]{1,3}){4}.*$",
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@
                     "aws.local.operation": "^GET /mysql$"
                 },
                 "subsegments": [
+                    {
+                        "name": "^mysql$",
+                        "sql": {
+                            "url": "^Create connection$"
+                        }
+                    },
                     {
                         "name": "^mysql$",
                         "sql": {
@@ -61,7 +67,7 @@
                             "aws.remote.operation": "^SELECT$",
                             "aws.local.operation": "^GET /mysql$",
                             "aws.remote.resource.type": "^DB::Connection$",
-                            "aws.remote.resource.identifier": "{{remoteResourceIdentifier}}",
+                            "aws.remote.resource.identifier": "^{{remoteResourceIdentifier}}$",
                             "aws.remote.service": "^mysql$",
                             "aws.local.service": "^{{serviceName}}$",
                             "aws.local.environment": "^eks:{{platformInfo}}/{{appNamespace}}$"
@@ -83,4 +89,4 @@
             }
         ]
     }
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]