diff --git a/OnsetJava-JNI/pom.xml b/OnsetJava-JNI/pom.xml
index 32b481f..550719e 100644
--- a/OnsetJava-JNI/pom.xml
+++ b/OnsetJava-JNI/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>5.1.6</version>
+            <version>8.0.16</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>