diff --git a/persistence-modules/activejdbc/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/activejdbc/pom.xml
index 84ce1c2b48..b80536d4e8 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/activejdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/activejdbc/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     <properties>
         <activejdbc.version>2.0</activejdbc.version>
         <environments>development.test,development</environments>
-        <mysql.connector.version>5.1.34</mysql.connector.version>
+        <mysql.connector.version>8.0.16</mysql.connector.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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