diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3661201..c09a860 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.38</version>
+            <version>8.0.16</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/args4j/args4j -->