diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 45b97559332..64e09a82f4c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <jackson.version>2.10.0</jackson.version>
         <json.schema.validator.version>0.1.7</json.schema.validator.version>
         <jsonpatch.version>1.9</jsonpatch.version>
-        <mysql.version>6.0.6</mysql.version>
+        <mysql.version>8.0.16</mysql.version>
         <postgresql.version>42.1.4</postgresql.version>
         <caffeine.version>2.6.2</caffeine.version>
         <psl.version>2.2.0</psl.version>