diff --git a/Spigot-Server-Patches/POM-Changes.patch b/Spigot-Server-Patches/POM-Changes.patch
index 13c4147711..7d7ae35d19 100644
--- a/Spigot-Server-Patches/POM-Changes.patch
+++ b/Spigot-Server-Patches/POM-Changes.patch
@@ -116,6 +116,15 @@ index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..00000000000000000000000000000000
          <dependency>
              <groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
 @@ -0,0 +0,0 @@
+         <dependency>
+             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
+             <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+-            <version>5.1.49</version>
++            <version>8.0.23</version>
+             <scope>runtime</scope>
+         </dependency>
+         <!-- testing -->
+@@ -0,0 +0,0 @@
  
      <!-- This builds a completely 'ready to start' jar with all dependencies inside -->
      <build>