diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8ca7189..2007c5d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>5.1.38</version>
+      <version>8.0.16</version>
     </dependency>
 
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