diff --git a/nifi-registry/nifi-registry-core/nifi-registry-test/pom.xml b/nifi-registry/nifi-registry-core/nifi-registry-test/pom.xml
index f621d49dfe..3f7ea2cb49 100644
--- a/nifi-registry/nifi-registry-core/nifi-registry-test/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi-registry/nifi-registry-core/nifi-registry-test/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
-            <version>8.0.33</version>
+            <version>8.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>