diff --git a/graal-store/graal-store-rdbms/rdbms-common/pom.xml b/graal-store/graal-store-rdbms/rdbms-common/pom.xml
index 545efd550..c3f0296cb 100644
--- a/graal-store/graal-store-rdbms/rdbms-common/pom.xml
+++ b/graal-store/graal-store-rdbms/rdbms-common/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-			<version>5.1.6</version>
+			<version>8.0.16</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>postgresql</groupId>