diff --git a/citesphere-importer/pom.xml b/citesphere-importer/pom.xml
index 4d1ee8d..767bd16 100644
--- a/citesphere-importer/pom.xml
+++ b/citesphere-importer/pom.xml
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>8.0.16</version>
+            <version>8.0.28</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>