diff --git a/testcontainers-example/pom.xml b/testcontainers-example/pom.xml
index 2057971d..c9b8ebc0 100644
--- a/testcontainers-example/pom.xml
+++ b/testcontainers-example/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
-            <version>8.0.32</version>
+            <version>8.2.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>