diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index caf681ae..10349d04 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <hamcrest.version>1.1</hamcrest.version>
     <junit.version>4.8.2</junit.version>
     <mockito.version>1.8.5</mockito.version>
-    <netic.provided.mysql.version>5.1.16</netic.provided.mysql.version>
+    <netic.provided.mysql.version>8.0.16</netic.provided.mysql.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
   </properties>