diff --git a/sparkexamples/pom.xml b/sparkexamples/pom.xml
index a946a6e0..ae8569ed 100644
--- a/sparkexamples/pom.xml
+++ b/sparkexamples/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-			<version>8.0.15</version>
+			<version>8.0.16</version>
 		</dependency>