diff --git a/gradle/versions.gradle b/gradle/versions.gradle
index d02597e71..1be59c321 100644
--- a/gradle/versions.gradle
+++ b/gradle/versions.gradle
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ ext {
 
     // SQL (JDBC) drivers
     h2_version = '2.1.214'
-    mysql_version = '8.0.33'
+    mysql_version = '8.2.0'
     mariadb_version = '3.0.8'
     postgresql_version = '42.6.0'
     sqlserver_version = '9.4.1.jre11'     // Update to SqlServer 10.x driver series is a breaking change
diff --git a/tracdap-libs/tracdap-lib-db/build.gradle b/tracdap-libs/tracdap-lib-db/build.gradle
index 1e0a37232..e6fad6760 100644
--- a/tracdap-libs/tracdap-lib-db/build.gradle
+++ b/tracdap-libs/tracdap-lib-db/build.gradle
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ dependencies {
     h2RuntimeOnly group: 'com.h2database', name: 'h2', version: "$h2_version"
 
     // Do not let MySQL pull in protobuf! We want to use the version from the core TRAC libs
-    mysqlRuntimeOnly (group: 'mysql', name: 'mysql-connector-java', version: "$mysql_version") {
+    mysqlRuntimeOnly (group: 'com.mysql', name: 'mysql-connector-j', version: "$mysql_version") {
         exclude group: 'com.google.protobuf', module: 'protobuf-java'
     }