diff --git a/tosa-runtime/pom.xml b/tosa-runtime/pom.xml
index 6584a7d..d2b59c0 100644
--- a/tosa-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/tosa-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>mysql</groupId>
           <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-          <version>5.1.14</version>
+          <version>8.0.16</version>
           <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>