diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8ec33d6af2b..3ecd6547d74 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
         <!-- Databases -->
         <version.postgresql.driver>42.2.5</version.postgresql.driver>
         <version.mysql.server>5.7</version.mysql.server>
-        <version.mysql.driver>8.0.12</version.mysql.driver>
+        <version.mysql.driver>8.0.28</version.mysql.driver>
         <version.mysql.binlog>0.16.1</version.mysql.binlog>
         <version.mongo.server>3.6</version.mongo.server>
         <version.mongo.driver>3.9.0</version.mongo.driver>