diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 698af27..a0ed503 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>8.0.11</version>
+      <version>8.0.28</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>