diff --git a/todo-api-micro/pom.xml b/todo-api-micro/pom.xml
index f834f64..9689604 100755
--- a/todo-api-micro/pom.xml
+++ b/todo-api-micro/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
     <!-- Thorntail dependency versions -->
     <version.thorntail>2.4.0.Final</version.thorntail>
 
+    <!-- MySQL JDBC Connector -->
+    <version.mysql>8.0.16</version.mysql>
+
     <!-- other plugin versions -->
     <version.compiler.plugin>3.1</version.compiler.plugin>
     <version.surefire.plugin>2.16</version.surefire.plugin>