diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 946e531..a0a10af 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-        <mysql-connector-version>5.1.21</mysql-connector-version>
+        <mysql-connector-version>8.0.16</mysql-connector-version>
         <junit-version>4.12</junit-version>
     </properties>