diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/pom.xml
index ed3f7d9279..239378c7b1 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.0.12</mysql-connector-java.version>
+        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.0.23</mysql-connector-java.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/src/main/resources/application.yml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 5404555d49..f660ab4759 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 spring:
   datasource:
-    url: jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test?useLegacyDatetimeCode=false
+    url: jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/test?
     username: root
     password:
 
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ spring:
       ddl-auto: update
     properties:
       hibernate:
-        dialect: org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect
+        dialect: org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL8Dialect
         jdbc:
           time_zone: UTC
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