diff --git a/HibernateConnectionPool/pom.xml b/HibernateConnectionPool/pom.xml
index 83eda41..9d04649 100644
--- a/HibernateConnectionPool/pom.xml
+++ b/HibernateConnectionPool/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>6.0.6</version>
+            <version>8.0.28</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>