diff --git a/ctakes-web-rest/pom.xml b/ctakes-web-rest/pom.xml
index aa7228f..97b68b3 100644
--- a/ctakes-web-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/ctakes-web-rest/pom.xml
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.6</version>
+			<version>8.0.16</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>