diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a02e5c0..c0f0c26 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<springframework.version>4.0.6.RELEASE</springframework.version>
 		<hibernate.version>4.3.6.Final</hibernate.version>
-		<mysql.version>5.1.31</mysql.version>
+		<mysql.version>8.0.28</mysql.version>
 		<joda-time.version>2.3</joda-time.version>
 		<testng.version>6.9.4</testng.version>
 		<mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>