diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a58111a..e79101e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>mysql</groupId>
           <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-          <version>5.0.6</version>
+          <version>8.0.16</version>
           <scope>system</scope>
           <systemPath>${basedir}/src/lib/mysql-connector-java-5.0.6-bin.jar</systemPath>
       </dependency>