diff --git a/manifests/kustomize/overlays/db/model-registry-db-deployment.yaml b/manifests/kustomize/overlays/db/model-registry-db-deployment.yaml
index 7f1477aae..8303fb131 100644
--- a/manifests/kustomize/overlays/db/model-registry-db-deployment.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kustomize/overlays/db/model-registry-db-deployment.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: db-container
-        image: mysql:8.0.3
+        image: mysql:8.3.0
         args:
         - --datadir
         - /var/lib/mysql/datadir