diff --git a/proxy/pom.xml b/proxy/pom.xml
index 764ae27d4c..6d571afd75 100644
--- a/proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/proxy/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
             <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
-            <version>8.4.0</version>
+            <version>9.0.0</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- add these back in as they are not exposed by the API -->