diff --git a/paper-server/pom.xml b/paper-server/pom.xml
index 9e1174b03..946275ae7 100644
--- a/paper-server/pom.xml
+++ b/paper-server/pom.xml
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
-            <version>8.1.0</version>
+            <version>8.2.0</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- add these back in as they are not exposed by the API -->