diff --git a/embedded-mysql/README.adoc b/embedded-mysql/README.adoc
index 2bdb46d95..f682e1e4d 100644
--- a/embedded-mysql/README.adoc
+++ b/embedded-mysql/README.adoc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 * `embedded.mysql.reuseContainer` `(true|false, default is false)`
 * `embedded.mysql.encoding` `(default is 'utf8mb4')`
 * `embedded.mysql.collation` `(default is 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci')`
-* `embedded.mysql.dockerImage` `(default is 'mysql:9.1')`
+* `embedded.mysql.dockerImage` `(default is 'mysql:9.5')`
 ** Image versions on https://hub.docker.com/_/mysql?tab=tags[dockerhub]
 * `embedded.mysql.waitTimeoutInSeconds` `(default is 60 seconds)`
 * `embedded.mysql.initScriptPath` `(default is null)`
diff --git a/embedded-mysql/src/main/java/com/playtika/testcontainer/mysql/MySQLProperties.java b/embedded-mysql/src/main/java/com/playtika/testcontainer/mysql/MySQLProperties.java
index 8c2d825ac..ffab60043 100644
--- a/embedded-mysql/src/main/java/com/playtika/testcontainer/mysql/MySQLProperties.java
+++ b/embedded-mysql/src/main/java/com/playtika/testcontainer/mysql/MySQLProperties.java
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ public class MySQLProperties extends CommonContainerProperties {
     public String getDefaultDockerImage() {
         // Please don`t remove this comment.
         // renovate: datasource=docker
-        return "mysql:9.1";
+        return "mysql:9.5";
     }
 }
diff --git a/embedded-mysql/src/test/java/com/playtika/testcontainer/mysql/AutoConfiguredDatasourceDependsOnTest.java b/embedded-mysql/src/test/java/com/playtika/testcontainer/mysql/AutoConfiguredDatasourceDependsOnTest.java
index a93160d4e..2206ed0f9 100644
--- a/embedded-mysql/src/test/java/com/playtika/testcontainer/mysql/AutoConfiguredDatasourceDependsOnTest.java
+++ b/embedded-mysql/src/test/java/com/playtika/testcontainer/mysql/AutoConfiguredDatasourceDependsOnTest.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class AutoConfiguredDatasourceDependsOnTest {
 
     @Test
     public void shouldConnectToMySQL() {
-        assertThat(jdbcTemplate.queryForObject("select version()", String.class)).startsWith("9.1.");
+        assertThat(jdbcTemplate.queryForObject("select version()", String.class)).startsWith("9.5.");
     }
 
     @Test