diff --git a/java-examples/java-jooq-mysql/pom.xml b/java-examples/java-jooq-mysql/pom.xml
index ec9bf5f6..7d67efb3 100644
--- a/java-examples/java-jooq-mysql/pom.xml
+++ b/java-examples/java-jooq-mysql/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.3</version>
+			<version>8.0.28</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.jooq</groupId>