diff --git a/databaseAnnotator/pom.xml b/databaseAnnotator/pom.xml
index c988c4ca..7dd31824 100644
--- a/databaseAnnotator/pom.xml
+++ b/databaseAnnotator/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>8.0.16</version>
+      <version>8.0.28</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- for variant annotation -->