diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a4e5952..0d0a917 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>6.0.6</version>
+      <version>8.0.16</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>