diff --git a/jhipster-6/bookstore-monolith/pom.xml b/jhipster-6/bookstore-monolith/pom.xml
index a35abb9c19..efe3d2a118 100644
--- a/jhipster-6/bookstore-monolith/pom.xml
+++ b/jhipster-6/bookstore-monolith/pom.xml
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
diff --git a/parent-boot-2/pom.xml b/parent-boot-2/pom.xml
index b79be81a66..9b40dbbe8e 100644
--- a/parent-boot-2/pom.xml
+++ b/parent-boot-2/pom.xml
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </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>
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
         <thin.version>1.0.22.RELEASE</thin.version>
         <spring-boot.version>2.7.11</spring-boot.version>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.20.1</aspectj.version>
-        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.0.31</mysql-connector-java.version>
+        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.2.0</mysql-connector-java.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/patterns-modules/design-patterns-architectural/pom.xml b/patterns-modules/design-patterns-architectural/pom.xml
index 4efcca0c6b..20f320f073 100644
--- a/patterns-modules/design-patterns-architectural/pom.xml
+++ b/patterns-modules/design-patterns-architectural/pom.xml
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
             <version>${hibernate-core.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql-connector.version}</version>
             <type>jar</type>
         </dependency>
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <hibernate-core.version>5.2.16.Final</hibernate-core.version>
-        <mysql-connector.version>6.0.6</mysql-connector.version>
+        <mysql-connector.version>8.2.0</mysql-connector.version>
         <spring-boot.version>2.7.5</spring-boot.version>
         <rest-assured.version>5.3.0</rest-assured.version>
         <spring-boot-starter-integration.version>2.7.5</spring-boot-starter-integration.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/activejdbc/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/activejdbc/pom.xml
index a661fc3abb..e41af5c64b 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/activejdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/activejdbc/pom.xml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql.connector.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@
                 </configuration>
                 <dependencies>
                     <dependency>
-                        <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
                         <version>${mysql.connector.version}</version>
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     <properties>
         <activejdbc.version>3.4-j11</activejdbc.version>
         <environments>development.test,development</environments>
-        <mysql.connector.version>8.0.32</mysql.connector.version>
+        <mysql.connector.version>8.2.0</mysql.connector.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/apache-cayenne/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/apache-cayenne/pom.xml
index 87bf6fe30b..3715198d84 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/apache-cayenne/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/apache-cayenne/pom.xml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
             <version>${cayenne.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql.connector.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <mysql.connector.version>5.1.44</mysql.connector.version>
+        <mysql.connector.version>8.2.0</mysql.connector.version>
         <cayenne.version>4.0.M5</cayenne.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence-2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence-2/pom.xml
index 2013bdb6af..dea261adca 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence-2/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence-2/pom.xml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql.driver.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- This jar is not in maven central repo due to some license issues. -->
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     <properties>
         <mssql.driver.version>8.4.1.jre11</mssql.driver.version>
         <oracle.driver.version>10.2.0.4.0</oracle.driver.version>
-        <mysql.driver.version>8.0.22</mysql.driver.version>
+        <mysql.driver.version>8.2.0</mysql.driver.version>
         <jooq.version>3.11.11</jooq.version>
         <json.version>20220320</json.version>
         <microstream.storage.version>07.00.00-MS-GA</microstream.storage.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence/pom.xml
index e8add07fbf..5d5c36ef01 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/core-java-persistence/pom.xml
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
             <version>${springframework.boot.spring-boot-starter.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql-connector.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         <c3p0.version>0.9.5.5</c3p0.version>
         <springframework.boot.spring-boot-starter.version>3.0.4</springframework.boot.spring-boot-starter.version>
         <springframework.spring-web.version>6.0.6</springframework.spring-web.version>
-        <mysql-connector.version>8.0.32</mysql-connector.version>
+        <mysql-connector.version>8.2.0</mysql-connector.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/flyway/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/flyway/pom.xml
index 18ff9fdb39..df35f85bfb 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/flyway/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/flyway/pom.xml
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jdbc</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-enterprise/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-enterprise/pom.xml
index 954f8f40d3..caf7b37a41 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-enterprise/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-enterprise/pom.xml
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
             <version>${geodb.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <hibernate.version>6.1.7.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <mysql.version>8.0.32</mysql.version>
+        <mysql.version>8.2.0</mysql.version>
         <mariaDB4j.version>2.6.0</mariaDB4j.version>
         <geodb.version>0.9</geodb.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-jpa/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-jpa/pom.xml
index 5a99c1c4d0..603c749e95 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
             <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <mysql.version>8.0.32</mysql.version>
+        <mysql.version>8.2.0</mysql.version>
         <mariaDB4j.version>2.6.0</mariaDB4j.version>
         <spring-boot.version>3.0.4</spring-boot.version>
         <h2.version>2.1.214</h2.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-libraries/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-libraries/pom.xml
index d701487676..3fa15ffb0b 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-libraries/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-libraries/pom.xml
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
         <log4jdbc.version>2.0.0</log4jdbc.version>
         <maven.compiler.version>3.8.1</maven.compiler.version>
         <maven.version>3.8.1</maven.version>
-        <mysql.version>8.0.19</mysql.version>
+        <mysql.version>8.2.0</mysql.version>
         <spring-boot.version>2.1.3.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-queries/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-queries/pom.xml
index 76f230a72d..0a736346a4 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-queries/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-queries/pom.xml
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@
             <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         <org.springframework.version>6.0.6</org.springframework.version>
         <org.springframework.data.version>3.0.3</org.springframework.data.version>
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>9.0.0.M26</tomcat-dbcp.version>
-        <mysql.version>8.0.32</mysql.version>
+        <mysql.version>8.2.0</mysql.version>
         <mariaDB4j.version>2.6.0</mariaDB4j.version>
         <h2.version>2.1.214</h2.version>
         <hibernate.version>6.3.1.Final</hibernate.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml
index 1a2c65c6ba..f93fe6c9e7 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
             <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <hibernate.version>5.4.24.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <mysql.version>6.0.6</mysql.version>
+        <mysql.version>8.2.0</mysql.version>
         <mariaDB4j.version>2.2.3</mariaDB4j.version>
         <h2.version>2.1.214</h2.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/pom.xml
index 0237da7ece..fa3a972623 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/java-jpa-3/pom.xml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
             <version>${h2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     <properties>
         <hibernate.version>5.4.14.Final</hibernate.version>
         <eclipselink.version>2.7.4</eclipselink.version>
-        <mysql.version>8.0.21</mysql.version>
+        <mysql.version>8.2.0</mysql.version>
         <javax.persistence-api.version>2.2</javax.persistence-api.version>
         <maven-processor-plugin.version>3.3.3</maven-processor-plugin.version>
         <build-helper-maven-plugin.version>3.0.0</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/java-jpa/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/java-jpa/pom.xml
index b96b24582e..169a2e8fd7 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/java-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/java-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@
             <version>${javax.annotation.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
         <h2.version>2.1.214</h2.version>
         <jakarta.xml.bind-api.version>4.0.0</jakarta.xml.bind-api.version>
         <javax.annotation.version>1.3.2</javax.annotation.version>
-        <mysql.version>8.0.33</mysql.version>
+        <mysql.version>8.2.0</mysql.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/liquibase/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/liquibase/pom.xml
index f822c5b320..a6e0ed85e9 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/liquibase/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/liquibase/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 
     <dependencies>
         <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>
     </dependencies>
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.6</mysql-connector-java.version>
+        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.2.0</mysql-connector-java.version>
         <liquibase-maven-plugin.version>4.25.0</liquibase-maven-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/persistence-modules/read-only-transactions/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/read-only-transactions/pom.xml
index 9a347fde88..c485a0d2a8 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/read-only-transactions/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/read-only-transactions/pom.xml
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <mysql.version>8.0.21</mysql.version>
+        <mysql.version>8.2.0</mysql.version>
         <hikari.version>4.0.3</hikari.version>
         <hibernate.version>5.6.1.Final</hibernate.version>
         <spring-boot.version>2.6.1</spring-boot.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/pom.xml
index de1836797c..6c19b92314 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-mysql/pom.xml
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.0.23</mysql-connector-java.version>
+        <mysql-connector-j.version>8.2.0</mysql-connector-j.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-2/pom.xml
index 6bca6df2b9..7d6b6909c4 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-2/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-2/pom.xml
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@
             <artifactId>tomcat-jdbc</artifactId>
         </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>
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
         <!--add note in the root pom.xml-->
         <org.slf4j.version>2.0.7</org.slf4j.version>
         <logback.version>1.4.6</logback.version>
-        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.0.33</mysql-connector-java.version>
+        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.2.0</mysql-connector-java.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml
index 3c77386ddd..123e21ce59 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
             <artifactId>tomcat-jdbc</artifactId>
         </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>
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     <properties>
         <mockito.version>2.23.0</mockito.version>
         <validation-api.version>2.0.1.Final</validation-api.version>
-        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.0.31</mysql-connector-java.version>
+        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.2.0</mysql-connector-java.version>
         <start-class>com.baeldung.boot.Application</start-class>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-query-2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-query-2/pom.xml
index 1282d1d8a0..62bf7f0314 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-query-2/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-query-2/pom.xml
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
             <version>${jta.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.12</version>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
+            <version>${mysql.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
     <properties>
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>9.0.0.M26</tomcat-dbcp.version>
         <jta.version>1.1</jta.version>
+        <mysql.version>8.2.0</mysql.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-repo/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-repo/pom.xml
index 2b2bf33d7f..4ce19d83d0 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-repo/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-jpa-repo/pom.xml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jdbc</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-rest-querydsl/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-rest-querydsl/pom.xml
index dc1cf64006..0fe9d381cf 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-rest-querydsl/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-rest-querydsl/pom.xml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.querydsl</groupId>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-shardingsphere/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-shardingsphere/pom.xml
index c1ca313038..117a3ae7fe 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-shardingsphere/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-shardingsphere/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <shardingsphere.version>5.3.2</shardingsphere.version>
-        <mysql.version>8.0.33</mysql.version>
+        <mysql.version>8.2.0</mysql.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-3/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-3/pom.xml
index 306c4995d2..61b253d0d2 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-3/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-3/pom.xml
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
             <version>${javassist.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>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         <javassist.version>3.21.0-GA</javassist.version>
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>3.6.10.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.40</mysql-connector-java.version>
+        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.2.0</mysql-connector-java.version>
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>8.5.8</tomcat-dbcp.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/pom.xml
index d3ba647af2..3ad8f791df 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-5/pom.xml
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@
             <version>${hsqldb.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql-connector-java.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>5.6.15.Final</hibernate.version>
         <hibernatesearch.version>5.8.2.Final</hibernatesearch.version>
-        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.0.7-dmr</mysql-connector-java.version>
+        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.2.0</mysql-connector-java.version>
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>9.0.0.M26</tomcat-dbcp.version>
         <jta.version>1.1</jta.version>
         <com.sun.xml.version>2.3.0.1</com.sun.xml.version>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-6/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-6/pom.xml
index a13117e68c..3cd69a963e 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-6/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate-6/pom.xml
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@
             <version>${hsqldb.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql-connector-java.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
         <org.springframework.security.version>6.1.3</org.springframework.security.version>
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>6.2.8.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.0.7-dmr</mysql-connector-java.version>
+        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.2.0</mysql-connector-java.version>
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>9.0.80</tomcat-dbcp.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-jdbc/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-jdbc/pom.xml
index 08e43e8292..1cf4c141b3 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-jpa/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-jpa/pom.xml
index 10e44c0ce4..61950d9c93 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
             <version>${javassist.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql-connector-java.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
         <!-- Spring -->
         <org.springframework.version>6.0.6</org.springframework.version>
         <javassist.version>3.29.2-GA</javassist.version>
-        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.0.33</mysql-connector-java.version>
+        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.2.0</mysql-connector-java.version>
         <spring-data-jpa.version>3.1.0</spring-data-jpa.version>
         <!-- web -->
         <jakarta.servlet-api.version>6.0.0</jakarta.servlet-api.version>
diff --git a/security-modules/cas/cas-secured-app/pom.xml b/security-modules/cas/cas-secured-app/pom.xml
index 7c4864b1c0..b5ac123b21 100644
--- a/security-modules/cas/cas-secured-app/pom.xml
+++ b/security-modules/cas/cas-secured-app/pom.xml
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-data-3/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-data-3/pom.xml
index 6c2edbb864..4afafe3c19 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-data-3/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-data-3/pom.xml
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
             <version>${aws-secretsmanager-jdbc.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-aws/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-aws/pom.xml
index ff376b02cb..3de0c7146a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-aws/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-aws/pom.xml
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@
             <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-task/springcloudtaskbatch/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-task/springcloudtaskbatch/pom.xml
index 7dbbb27a77..53bc37212c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-task/springcloudtaskbatch/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-task/springcloudtaskbatch/pom.xml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-vault/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-vault/pom.xml
index e4cf020986..1698b1f357 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-vault/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-vault/pom.xml
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
index e0071a4206..02a531fe18 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@
             <version>${javassist.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql-connector-java.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
         <javassist.version>3.21.0-GA</javassist.version>
         <!-- persistence -->
         <hibernate.version>5.2.5.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <mysql-connector-java.version>5.1.40</mysql-connector-java.version>
+        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.2.0</mysql-connector-java.version>
         <tomcat-dbcp.version>7.0.73</tomcat-dbcp.version>
         <derby.version>10.13.1.1</derby.version>
         <!-- various -->
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-boot-1/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-boot-1/pom.xml
index 08adb700ec..e93b0b4f03 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-boot-1/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-boot-1/pom.xml
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
             <artifactId>spring-security-data</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-boot-2/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-boot-2/pom.xml
index 2255f8b035..d3684dd282 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-boot-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-boot-2/pom.xml
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
             <artifactId>spring-security-data</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-forms-jsp/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-forms-jsp/pom.xml
index 5096c6e23d..636551b555 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-forms-jsp/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-mvc-forms-jsp/pom.xml
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
             <version>${jstl.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql-connector-java.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     <properties>
         <hibernate-validator.version>8.0.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <hibernate.version>5.2.5.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <mysql-connector-java.version>6.0.6</mysql-connector-java.version>
+        <mysql-connector-java.version>8.2.0</mysql-connector-java.version>
         <javax.annotation-api.version>1.3.2</javax.annotation-api.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml
index 987d678439..b44972603d 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-query-language/pom.xml
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@
             <version>${javassist.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/pom.xml
index 67b3115a6f..db1ec6c165 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-testing/pom.xml
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@
             <version>${javassist.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/web-modules/java-lite/pom.xml b/web-modules/java-lite/pom.xml
index 7f1c9182f7..be079d484e 100644
--- a/web-modules/java-lite/pom.xml
+++ b/web-modules/java-lite/pom.xml
@@ -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>
diff --git a/web-modules/vraptor/pom.xml b/web-modules/vraptor/pom.xml
index 25f8b5d5e5..d952cd71e5 100644
--- a/web-modules/vraptor/pom.xml
+++ b/web-modules/vraptor/pom.xml
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@
             <version>${vraptor-hibernate.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
-            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
             <version>${mysql-connector.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
         <hibernate-validator.version>8.0.1.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <vraptor-freemarker.version>4.1.0-RC3</vraptor-freemarker.version>
         <vraptor-hibernate.version>4.0.4</vraptor-hibernate.version>
-        <mysql-connector.version>8.0.8-dmr</mysql-connector.version>
+        <mysql-connector.version>8.2.0</mysql-connector.version>
         <jbcrypt.version>0.4</jbcrypt.version>
         <freemarker.version>2.3.27-incubating</freemarker.version>
         <tomcat7-maven-plugin.version>2.1</tomcat7-maven-plugin.version>