diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b07b3b575..4c6d15dd3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
-            <version>9.3.0</version>
+            <version>9.4.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-validator/commons-validator -->
         <dependency>