diff --git a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/pom.xml b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/pom.xml
index 20244f929..ebac30777 100644
--- a/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/openjpa-persistence-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
                 <dependency>
                     <groupId>mysql</groupId>
                     <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-                    <version>5.0.4</version>
+                    <version>5.1.6</version>
                     <scope>test</scope>
                 </dependency>
             </dependencies>