diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2d9e831..406c7bf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
-      <version>9.1.0</version>
+      <version>9.4.0</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>