diff --git a/storage/ndb/clusterj/pom.xml b/storage/ndb/clusterj/pom.xml
index dae62e69efb..c0b1d6c48f2 100644
--- a/storage/ndb/clusterj/pom.xml
+++ b/storage/ndb/clusterj/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>5.1.17</version>
+      <version>8.0.28</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>