diff --git a/mysql-metadata-storage/pom.xml b/mysql-metadata-storage/pom.xml
index 4cedd0bc5a0..8cc1ca48c45 100644
--- a/mysql-metadata-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/mysql-metadata-storage/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>5.1.18</version>
+      <version>5.1.33</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jdbi</groupId>