diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a4d6010..b14423c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 		<junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
 		<ant.version>1.7.0</ant.version>
 		<ant.junit.version>1.9.4</ant.junit.version>
-		<mysql.connector.java.version>5.1.34</mysql.connector.java.version>
+		<mysql.connector.java.version>8.0.16</mysql.connector.java.version>
 		<log4j.version>1.2.16</log4j.version>
 		<asm.all.version>4.0</asm.all.version>
 	</properties>