diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9594415..081aaa3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
-            <version>9.4.0</version>
+            <version>9.5.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Google core library for Java -->
         <dependency>