diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b96c9c2..5d38aa7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <liberty.var.default.https.port>9443</liberty.var.default.https.port>
         <shiro.version>1.4.2</shiro.version>
         <commons-logging.version>1.2</commons-logging.version>
-        <mysql.connector>8.0.20</mysql.connector>
+        <mysql.connector>8.0.28</mysql.connector>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>