diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e18d5fac..063e082a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>mysql</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-		    <version>8.0.11</version>
+		    <version>8.0.16</version>
 		     <exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>*</groupId>