diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 365fabbc..7a490d65 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <leveldb.version>0.7</leveldb.version>
         <leveldbjni.version>1.8</leveldbjni.version>
         <mongo-java-driver.version>2.12.0</mongo-java-driver.version>
-        <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.30</mysql-connector-java.version>
+        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.0.16</mysql-connector-java.version>
 
         <!-- OSGi plugin versions -->
         <maven-bundle-plugin-version>2.3.4</maven-bundle-plugin-version>