diff --git a/Playground/mvc_jndi_demo/pom.xml b/Playground/mvc_jndi_demo/pom.xml
index b31ad2c..bae9bca 100644
--- a/Playground/mvc_jndi_demo/pom.xml
+++ b/Playground/mvc_jndi_demo/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.6</version>
+			<version>8.0.16</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>