diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9654637..13767bc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-			<version>5.1.38</version>
+			<version>8.0.16</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>