diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 65c6e36..c4b9e51 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <deps.acf.version>0.5.1-SNAPSHOT</deps.acf.version>
         <deps.bstats.version>3.2.1</deps.bstats.version>
 
-        <deps.mysql-driver.version>9.6.0</deps.mysql-driver.version>
+        <deps.mysql-driver.version>9.7.0</deps.mysql-driver.version>
         <deps.mariadb-driver.version>3.5.7</deps.mariadb-driver.version>
         <deps.h2-driver.version>2.4.240</deps.h2-driver.version>