diff --git a/webapp/pom.xml b/webapp/pom.xml
index b2ee9d17e..ddeb909e2 100644
--- a/webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/webapp/pom.xml
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
                 <dependency>
                     <groupId>mysql</groupId>
                     <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-                    <version>5.1.28</version>
+                    <version>8.0.28</version>
                     <scope>runtime</scope>
                 </dependency>