Table already exists error when trying to create user class in springboot

So I have already created my database and all the tables with the appropriate columns in Mysql and connected it to springBoot. My issue is that when I create my user class which matches all the right columns on the Mysql setup, and run the springboot application I get: "Error executing DDL...[Table 'users' already exists]" Here is my application.properties setup

spring.datasource.driver-class-name=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver

# Hibernate specific properties
spring.jpa.database-platform=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL8Dialect
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update

and my User class

import jakarta.persistence.*;
@Entity
@Table(name = "Users")
public class User {
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
    private Integer id;

    private String firstName;
    private String lastName;
    private String password;
    private Float rating;

    // getters and setters
}

and my Users table in sql

CREATE TABLE Users (
    User_ID INT AUTO_INCREMENT,
    First_Name VARCHAR(100),
    Last_Name VARCHAR(100),
    Password VARCHAR(255), -- storing hashed password
    Rating FLOAT,
    PRIMARY KEY (User_ID)
);

Can someone guide me as to why this is happening?