diff --git a/NMSReportingSuite/pom.xml b/NMSReportingSuite/pom.xml
index 01c74c980..699315a34 100644
--- a/NMSReportingSuite/pom.xml
+++ b/NMSReportingSuite/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/ma
     <springframework.version>4.2.5.RELEASE</springframework.version>
     <springsecurity.version>4.0.4.RELEASE</springsecurity.version>
     <hibernate.version>4.3.11.Final</hibernate.version>
-    <mysql.connector.version>5.1.31</mysql.connector.version>
+    <mysql.connector.version>8.0.16</mysql.connector.version>
 
     </properties>
     <repositories>