diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e3019b..add8385 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <anjs.tries.version>1.5</anjs.tries.version>
         <nlp.version>1.7</nlp.version>
         <postgresql.version>9.4.1208.jre7</postgresql.version>
-        <mysql.version>5.1.38</mysql.version>
+        <mysql.version>8.0.28</mysql.version>
         <typsafe.config.version>1.2.0</typsafe.config.version>
         <scala.plugin.version>2.15.2</scala.plugin.version>
         <compile.plugin.version>3.3</compile.plugin.version>