diff --git a/obp-api/pom.xml b/obp-api/pom.xml
index 82feac683..10e727f54 100644
--- a/obp-api/pom.xml
+++ b/obp-api/pom.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>6.0.6</version>
+      <version>8.0.16</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>