diff --git a/flexible/cloudsql/pom.xml b/flexible/cloudsql/pom.xml
index f9c20800396..05469652ec5 100644
--- a/flexible/cloudsql/pom.xml
+++ b/flexible/cloudsql/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <dependency>                        <!-- http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-j/en/ -->
       <groupId>mysql</groupId>
       <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
-      <version>6.0.5</version>
+      <version>8.0.28</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>