diff --git a/bookshelf/optional-kubernetes-engine/pom.xml b/bookshelf/optional-kubernetes-engine/pom.xml
index 44de3252c..7a4c05d62 100644
--- a/bookshelf/optional-kubernetes-engine/pom.xml
+++ b/bookshelf/optional-kubernetes-engine/pom.xml
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
     <dependency>                        <!-- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-j/en/ -->
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>6.0.5</version>
+      <version>8.0.28</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>                        <!-- Apache Database Connection Pool API -->