diff --git a/components/operator-onboarding/pom.xml b/components/operator-onboarding/pom.xml
index 50388245f..bad059eb7 100644
--- a/components/operator-onboarding/pom.xml
+++ b/components/operator-onboarding/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-			<version>5.1.9</version>
+			<version>8.0.28</version>
 		</dependency>
 		
 		<!-- Hibernate core -->