diff --git a/modules/jdbc-test/build.gradle b/modules/jdbc-test/build.gradle
index f7b081acf7b..70bf000d4bb 100644
--- a/modules/jdbc-test/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/jdbc-test/build.gradle
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ dependencies {
 
     api 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc:11.0.14'
     api 'org.vibur:vibur-dbcp:26.0'
-    api 'com.mysql:mysql-connector-j:9.5.0'
+    api 'com.mysql:mysql-connector-j:9.6.0'
     api 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.14.1'
 }