diff --git a/Bookworm/pom.xml b/Bookworm/pom.xml
index f22b27a..c267e1a 100644
--- a/Bookworm/pom.xml
+++ b/Bookworm/pom.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-			<version>5.1.34</version>
+			<version>8.0.28</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Oracle JDBC driver -->