diff --git a/cloudsql-mysql-plugin/pom.xml b/cloudsql-mysql-plugin/pom.xml
index 8bbd06fe5..8fdb572e4 100644
--- a/cloudsql-mysql-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/cloudsql-mysql-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>8.0.11</version>
+      <version>8.0.16</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>