diff --git a/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-scala/pom.xml b/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-scala/pom.xml
index 9ffa192a..5de69bc6 100644
--- a/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-scala/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>5.1.6</version>
+      <version>8.0.16</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>