diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eb835c3..3de1739 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-			<version>5.1.6</version>
+			<version>8.0.28</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- EBI ms-data-core-api -->
 		<dependency>