diff --git a/example-projects/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-cds-example/pom.xml b/example-projects/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-cds-example/pom.xml
index c8e02c90626..dbbedcf3dec 100644
--- a/example-projects/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-cds-example/pom.xml
+++ b/example-projects/hapi-fhir-jpaserver-cds-example/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-			<version>6.0.5</version>
+			<version>8.0.16</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- This dependency includes the core HAPI-FHIR classes -->