diff --git a/thoth-ai-ms/thoth-ai-web/pom.xml b/thoth-ai-ms/thoth-ai-web/pom.xml
index a54f3f2..5129c18 100644
--- a/thoth-ai-ms/thoth-ai-web/pom.xml
+++ b/thoth-ai-ms/thoth-ai-web/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.41</version>
+            <version>8.0.28</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.prometheus</groupId>