diff --git a/customer-backend/pom.xml b/customer-backend/pom.xml
index 6bdb7e46..4cf84480 100644
--- a/customer-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/customer-backend/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.36</version>
+            <version>8.0.16</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>