diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index 7fe2e0b..4bc3f20 100644
--- a/server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		<commons-collections.version>3.2.1</commons-collections.version>
 		<org.apache.httpcomponents.httpclient.version>4.5.1</org.apache.httpcomponents.httpclient.version>
 		<hibernate.version>5.0.2.Final</hibernate.version>
-		<mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.37</mysql-connector-java.version>
+		<mysql-connector-java.version>8.0.28</mysql-connector-java.version>
 		<org.owasp.esapi.version>2.1.0</org.owasp.esapi.version>
 		<org.owasp.dependency-check-maven.version>1.3.1</org.owasp.dependency-check-maven.version>
 	</properties>