diff --git a/developer-tools/java-debugging/app/pom.xml b/developer-tools/java-debugging/app/pom.xml
index 00354b649d..e352870a79 100644
--- a/developer-tools/java-debugging/app/pom.xml
+++ b/developer-tools/java-debugging/app/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>5.1.21</version>
+      <version>8.0.28</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>