diff --git a/SpringFrameworkStarters/SpringMavenTomcatStarter/pom.xml b/SpringFrameworkStarters/SpringMavenTomcatStarter/pom.xml
index cc1a98671..ce13eba58 100644
--- a/SpringFrameworkStarters/SpringMavenTomcatStarter/pom.xml
+++ b/SpringFrameworkStarters/SpringMavenTomcatStarter/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>8.0.22</version>
+            <version>8.0.28</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.data/spring-data-jpa -->
         <dependency>