diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9db3ada..d222bea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>mysql</groupId>
           <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-          <version>5.1.29</version>
+          <version>8.0.16</version>
       </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>