diff --git a/citesphere-exporter/pom.xml b/citesphere-exporter/pom.xml
index 5134c06..19e621b 100644
--- a/citesphere-exporter/pom.xml
+++ b/citesphere-exporter/pom.xml
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>8.0.16</version>
+            <version>8.0.28</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>