diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 298ea69..56c04c0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>6.0.6</version>
+            <version>8.0.16</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Added Apache Commmon DBCP -->