diff --git a/hydra-main/pom.xml b/hydra-main/pom.xml
index f8db2915d..7ed638327 100644
--- a/hydra-main/pom.xml
+++ b/hydra-main/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>8.0.11</version>
+      <version>8.0.16</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.mchange</groupId>