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>