diff --git a/code/java/ch12/kafka-ml-project/projects/dl4j.mlp/pom.xml b/code/java/ch12/kafka-ml-project/projects/dl4j.mlp/pom.xml
index 8f4b2c3..64662de 100644
--- a/code/java/ch12/kafka-ml-project/projects/dl4j.mlp/pom.xml
+++ b/code/java/ch12/kafka-ml-project/projects/dl4j.mlp/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-            <version>8.0.16</version>
+            <version>8.0.28</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>