diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6ff6f22..8d7198f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <properties>
         <commons-lang3>3.0</commons-lang3>
         <velocity>1.7</velocity>
-        <mysql-connector>5.1.21</mysql-connector>
+        <mysql-connector>8.0.28</mysql-connector>
         <maven-plugin-testing>3.2.0</maven-plugin-testing>
         <maven.version>3.2.2</maven.version>
     </properties>