diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e0fd2e..296c18e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
        <dependency>
            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-           <version>5.1.6</version>
+           <version>8.0.16</version>
        </dependency>
 
        <dependency>