diff --git a/ghana-national-web/pom.xml b/ghana-national-web/pom.xml
index 3aeef7dd..74a9dac5 100644
--- a/ghana-national-web/pom.xml
+++ b/ghana-national-web/pom.xml
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
                             <dependency>
                                 <groupId>mysql</groupId>
                                 <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-                                <version>5.1.13</version>
+                                <version>8.0.28</version>
                             </dependency>
                         </dependencies>
                         <configuration>
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@
                             <dependency>
                                 <groupId>mysql</groupId>
                                 <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-                                <version>5.1.13</version>
+                                <version>8.0.28</version>
                             </dependency>
                         </dependencies>
                         <executions>