diff --git a/web-modules/java-lite/pom.xml b/web-modules/java-lite/pom.xml
index 7f1c9182f7..024d38420e 100644
--- a/web-modules/java-lite/pom.xml
+++ b/web-modules/java-lite/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.baeldung</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-lite</artifactId>
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
             <version>${activeweb.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql.connector.java.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         <jetty.maven.plugin.version>9.4.8.v20171121</jetty.maven.plugin.version>
         <activejdbc.version>1.4.13</activejdbc.version>
         <activeweb.version>1.15</activeweb.version>
-        <mysql.connector.java.version>5.1.45</mysql.connector.java.version>
+        <mysql.connector.java.version>8.2.0</mysql.connector.java.version>
         <sun.tools.version>1.7.0</sun.tools.version>
         <activeweb-testing.version>1.15</activeweb-testing.version>
     </properties>