diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 251bd0f..b7f520c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ under the License.
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
 
-			<version>5.1.27</version>
+			<version>8.0.16</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- Add logging framework, to produce console output when running in the IDE. -->
 		<!-- These dependencies are excluded from the application JAR by default. -->