diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 267543a..f136981 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ lazy val `slick-joda-mapper` = project.in(file("."))
       "org.joda" % "joda-convert" % "2.2.3" % "provided",
       "com.h2database" % "h2" % "2.2.224" % "test",
       "com.dimafeng" %% "testcontainers-scala" % "0.41.0" % "test",
-      "com.mysql" % "mysql-connector-j" % "8.1.0" % "test",
+      "com.mysql" % "mysql-connector-j" % "8.2.0" % "test",
       "org.postgresql" % "postgresql" % "42.7.1" % "test",
       "org.testcontainers" % "mysql" % testContainerVersion % "test",
       "org.testcontainers" % "postgresql" % testContainerVersion % "test",