diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 70cebc0..8df0f47 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>8.0.15</version>
+      <version>8.0.16</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.commons/commons-lang3 -->
     <dependency>