diff --git a/airsonic-main/pom.xml b/airsonic-main/pom.xml
index 9782f02d5..70ea2a121 100644
--- a/airsonic-main/pom.xml
+++ b/airsonic-main/pom.xml
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
-            <version>9.6.0</version>
+            <version>9.7.0</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>