diff --git a/itripbackend/pom.xml b/itripbackend/pom.xml
index df0c7e4..1c13d71 100644
--- a/itripbackend/pom.xml
+++ b/itripbackend/pom.xml
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.18</version>
+            <version>8.0.16</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>