diff --git a/books/pom.xml b/books/pom.xml
index 3453b4b7..0b2498be 100644
--- a/books/pom.xml
+++ b/books/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>8.0.12</version>
+            <version>8.0.16</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>