diff --git a/rice-middleware/web/pom.xml b/rice-middleware/web/pom.xml
index 2aebd254a01..dd46ea1cc39 100644
--- a/rice-middleware/web/pom.xml
+++ b/rice-middleware/web/pom.xml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-        <version>5.1.45</version>
+        <version>8.0.16</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>