diff --git a/threadfix-upgrade/mysql-upgrade/pom.xml b/threadfix-upgrade/mysql-upgrade/pom.xml
index 9548b20800..63f5351062 100644
--- a/threadfix-upgrade/mysql-upgrade/pom.xml
+++ b/threadfix-upgrade/mysql-upgrade/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-			<version>5.1.10</version>
+			<version>8.0.16</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>