diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d92d3256..263f1010 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>mysql</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-		    <version>6.0.5</version>
+		    <version>8.0.16</version>
 		    <scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>