database.driver = com.mysql.jdbc.Driver database.url = jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mydb database.username = root database.password = password123 migration.enabled = true -- migration/V1__create_users_table.sql CREATE TABLE users ( id INT(11) PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL, email VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL UNIQUE ); import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration; import org.hibernate.tool.hbm2ddl.SchemaUpdate; public class MigrationExecutor { public static void main(String[] args) { Configuration configuration = new Configuration().configure(); SchemaUpdate schemaUpdate = new SchemaUpdate(configuration); schemaUpdate.execute(true, true); } }