diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 079acabe..e8a78b9f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 #----------------------------------
 
 # Import docker image with maven installed
-FROM maven:3.8.3-openjdk-17 as builder 
+FROM maven:3.9-eclipse-temurin-21 AS builder
 
 # Add maintainer, so that new user will understand who had written this Dockerfile
-MAINTAINER Madhup Pandey<madhuppandey2908@gmail.com>
+LABEL maintainer="Madhup Pandey<madhuppandey2908@gmail.com>"
 
 # Add labels to the image to filter out if we have multiple application running
 LABEL app=bankapp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ RUN mvn clean install -DskipTests=true
 #--------------------------------------
 
 # Import small size java image
-FROM openjdk:17-alpine as deployer
+FROM eclipse-temurin:21-jre-alpine AS deployer
 
 # Copy build from stage 1 (builder)
 COPY --from=builder /src/target/*.jar /src/target/bankapp.jar
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fc5bfeac..a746d176 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.3.3</version>
+		<version>3.4.7</version>
 		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>com.example</groupId>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		<url/>
 	</scm>
 	<properties>
-		<java.version>17</java.version>
+		<java.version>21</java.version>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
-			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-			<version>8.0.33</version>
+			<groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -75,15 +74,6 @@
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 			</plugin>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.8.0</version>
-				<configuration>
-    					<source>1.8</source>
-    					<target>1.8</target>
-				</configuration>
-			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 08663a63..97d40e36 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ spring.datasource.driver-class-name=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver
 
 # JPA & Hibernate configuration
 spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
-spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL8Dialect
+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect
 spring.jpa.show-sql=true