diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6cabdd9..6eb70b8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 		<jackson-mapper-asl.version>1.9.13</jackson-mapper-asl.version>
 
 		<!-- Database -->
-		<mysql.connector-version>5.1.30</mysql.connector-version>
+		<mysql.connector-version>8.0.28</mysql.connector-version>
 		<hsqldb.version>2.3.0</hsqldb.version>
 		<hibernate-version>4.2.8.Final</hibernate-version>
 		<hibernate-validator-version>5.0.1.Final</hibernate-validator-version>