diff --git a/KafkaToES/pom.xml b/KafkaToES/pom.xml
index 97b80bf3..54cee373 100644
--- a/KafkaToES/pom.xml
+++ b/KafkaToES/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.12</version>
+            <version>8.0.16</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- c3p0 -->
         <dependency>