diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c700d21..66861f02 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
   <dependency>
    <groupId>mysql</groupId>
    <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-   <version>5.1.29</version>
+   <version>8.0.28</version>
   </dependency>
   <!-- PostgreSQL JDBC 4 -->
   <!-- If you don't want to use PostgreSQL, uncomment this dependency declaration. -->