diff --git a/modules/mysql/build.gradle b/modules/mysql/build.gradle
index 2540df73c3f..3647fe11cc6 100644
--- a/modules/mysql/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/mysql/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description = "Testcontainers :: JDBC :: MySQL"
 dependencies {
     compile project(':jdbc')
 
-    testCompile 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.16'
+    testCompile 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.17'
     testCompile 'com.zaxxer:HikariCP-java6:2.3.13'
     testCompile 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc:9.0.22'
     testCompile 'commons-dbutils:commons-dbutils:1.7'