diff --git a/bookshelf-standard/5-logging/pom.xml b/bookshelf-standard/5-logging/pom.xml
index 1cc1ca73f..e4977ca91 100644
--- a/bookshelf-standard/5-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/bookshelf-standard/5-logging/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
         <dependency>                        <!-- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-j/en/ -->
           <groupId>mysql</groupId>
           <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-          <version>8.0.23</version>  <!-- v5.x.x is Java 7, v6.x.x is Java 8 -->
+          <version>8.0.28</version>  <!-- v5.x.x is Java 7, v6.x.x is Java 8 -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.api-client</groupId>