diff --git a/thehangman-parent/pom.xml b/thehangman-parent/pom.xml
index 81ed69b..b0902c1 100644
--- a/thehangman-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/thehangman-parent/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 		<mockito.version>2.23.0</mockito.version>
 		<testcontainers.mysql.version>1.12.2</testcontainers.mysql.version>
 		<hibernate.core.version>5.4.6.Final</hibernate.core.version>
-		<mysql.connector.version>6.0.6</mysql.connector.version>
+		<mysql.connector.version>8.0.28</mysql.connector.version>
 		<hibernate.c3p0.version>5.4.2.Final</hibernate.c3p0.version>
 		<c3p0.version>0.9.5.4</c3p0.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.28</slf4j.version>