diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f07f7e7..2cbf348 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <junit.version>4.10</junit.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.8</commons-codec.version>
         <c3p0.version>0.9.1.2</c3p0.version>
-        <mysql.version>5.1.21</mysql.version>
+        <mysql.version>8.0.28</mysql.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.2.8</hsqldb.version>
         <xdocreport.version>1.0.6</xdocreport.version>