diff --git a/spring-crm-rest-demo/pom.xml b/spring-crm-rest-demo/pom.xml
index 9963ae4..d61964d 100644
--- a/spring-crm-rest-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-crm-rest-demo/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<springframework.version>5.0.6.RELEASE</springframework.version>
 		<hibernate.version>5.4.1.Final</hibernate.version>
-		<mysql.connector.version>5.1.45</mysql.connector.version>
+		<mysql.connector.version>8.0.28</mysql.connector.version>
 		<c3po.version>0.9.5.2</c3po.version>
 
 		<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>