diff --git a/data-curation-layer/active-data-reader/pom.xml b/data-curation-layer/active-data-reader/pom.xml
index 543dde5..41de40f 100644
--- a/data-curation-layer/active-data-reader/pom.xml
+++ b/data-curation-layer/active-data-reader/pom.xml
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-			<version>5.1.6</version>
+			<version>8.0.16</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.httpcomponents/httpclient -->
 		<dependency>