diff --git a/reformcloud2-applications/reformcloud2-default-application-database-mysql/pom.xml b/reformcloud2-applications/reformcloud2-default-application-database-mysql/pom.xml
index e2418b7d0..c91f34288 100644
--- a/reformcloud2-applications/reformcloud2-default-application-database-mysql/pom.xml
+++ b/reformcloud2-applications/reformcloud2-default-application-database-mysql/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
             <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.5</version>
+            <version>5.0.0</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>