diff --git a/Camel-Core/XA-Aries-transactions-Mysql/mysql2/pom.xml b/Camel-Core/XA-Aries-transactions-Mysql/mysql2/pom.xml
index 9fdcbe47..3a5b1c5f 100644
--- a/Camel-Core/XA-Aries-transactions-Mysql/mysql2/pom.xml
+++ b/Camel-Core/XA-Aries-transactions-Mysql/mysql2/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-			<version>5.1.37</version>
+			<version>8.0.16</version>
 		</dependency>