diff --git a/assignment_application/pom.xml b/assignment_application/pom.xml
index 70034cb..12fbd56 100644
--- a/assignment_application/pom.xml
+++ b/assignment_application/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-			<version>5.0.4</version>
+			<version>8.0.28</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.hibernate/hibernate-core -->
 		<dependency>