diff --git a/dep-sandbox/pom.xml b/dep-sandbox/pom.xml
index 192ac4f6..de89946e 100644
--- a/dep-sandbox/pom.xml
+++ b/dep-sandbox/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<microservice.mainClass>com.wso2telco.services.dep.sandbox.service.Application</microservice.mainClass>
 		<org.hibernate.version>5.2.1.Final</org.hibernate.version>
-		<mysql.version>6.0.2</mysql.version>
+		<mysql.version>8.0.28</mysql.version>
 		<org.json.wso2.version>3.0.0.wso2v1</org.json.wso2.version>
 		<com.wso2telco.dep.version>1.8.0-M3</com.wso2telco.dep.version>
 		<com.wso2telco.core.version>2.0.3</com.wso2telco.core.version>