diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 40059d301..62f98514b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>mysql</groupId>
                 <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-                <version>8.0.12</version>
+                <version>8.0.28</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>