diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 652a45a4..c3117387 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 						<lib>remove:openjpa-</lib>
 						<lib>remove:hsqldb</lib>
 						<lib>org.hsqldb:hsqldb:2.3.0</lib>
-						<lib>mysql:mysql-connector-java:5.1.24</lib>
+						<lib>mysql:mysql-connector-java:5.1.26</lib>
 						<lib>postgresql:postgresql:9.1-901.jdbc4</lib>
 						<lib>net.sourceforge.jtds:jtds:1.3.1</lib>