diff --git a/techhub-data/pom.xml b/techhub-data/pom.xml
index 95e0f89..1ae5741 100644
--- a/techhub-data/pom.xml
+++ b/techhub-data/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 		<spring.version>5.0.8.RELEASE</spring.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
 		<log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
-		<mysql.version>5.1.47</mysql.version>
+		<mysql.version>8.0.28</mysql.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<repositories>