diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 80ac998..0993070 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>mysql</groupId>
           <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-          <version>5.1.3</version>
+          <version>8.0.16</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId>