diff --git a/continuum-webapp/pom.xml b/continuum-webapp/pom.xml
index b16ba6638f..1b58bc5775 100644
--- a/continuum-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/continuum-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>mysql</groupId>
           <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-          <version>5.0.4</version>
+          <version>8.0.28</version>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
       <build>