diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b1a748d8..475397404 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
         <dependencies.hikaricp.version>7.1.0</dependencies.hikaricp.version>
         <dependencies.slf4j.version>2.0.20</dependencies.slf4j.version>
         <dependencies.datasourcecolumns.version>0.1.2</dependencies.datasourcecolumns.version>
-        <dependencies.mysql-connector-j.version>9.7.0</dependencies.mysql-connector-j.version>
+        <dependencies.mysql-connector-j.version>26.7.0</dependencies.mysql-connector-j.version>
         <dependencies.mariadb-java-client.version>3.5.10</dependencies.mariadb-java-client.version>
         <dependencies.postgresql.version>42.7.14</dependencies.postgresql.version>
         <dependencies.bcprov.version>1.86</dependencies.bcprov.version>