diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index afa8c9d..a29f710 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 		<logback.version>1.0.13</logback.version>
 		<mockito.version>2.7.22</mockito.version>
-		<mysql.connector.version>6.0.6</mysql.connector.version>
+		<mysql.connector.version>8.0.16</mysql.connector.version>
 		<selenium.version>2.52.0</selenium.version>
 		<spring.core.version>4.3.11.RELEASE</spring.core.version>
 		<spring.web.version>${spring.core.version}</spring.web.version>