diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a119f6..78f1d69 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>mysql</groupId>
           <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-          <version>5.1.35</version>
+          <version>8.0.16</version>
           <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>