diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml
index 7f04abc09f..17532d77a3 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate5/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <hibernate.version>5.4.12.Final</hibernate.version>
-        <mysql.version>6.0.6</mysql.version>
+        <mysql.version>8.0.16</mysql.version>
         <mariaDB4j.version>2.2.3</mariaDB4j.version>
         <assertj-core.version>3.8.0</assertj-core.version>
         <openjdk-jmh.version>1.21</openjdk-jmh.version>