diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index ddc462e4..3bca0c99 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     // For the tests on real databases, which apart from SQLite only run when configured
     "org.xerial"               % "sqlite-jdbc"         % "3.53.4.0"     % Test,
     "org.postgresql"           % "postgresql"          % "42.7.14"      % Test,
-    "com.mysql"                % "mysql-connector-j"   % "26.7.0"       % Test,
+    "com.mysql"                % "mysql-connector-j"   % "26.10.0"      % Test,
     "org.mariadb.jdbc"         % "mariadb-java-client" % "3.5.10"       % Test,
     "com.microsoft.sqlserver"  % "mssql-jdbc"          % "13.6.1.jre11" % Test,
     "com.oracle.database.jdbc" % "ojdbc11"             % "23.26.3.0.0"  % Test,