diff --git a/modules/tidb/build.gradle b/modules/tidb/build.gradle
index 264d00fc883..7cf52e57ca9 100644
--- a/modules/tidb/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/tidb/build.gradle
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ dependencies {
     api project(':testcontainers-jdbc')
 
     testImplementation project(':testcontainers-jdbc-test')
-    testRuntimeOnly 'com.mysql:mysql-connector-j:9.5.0'
+    testRuntimeOnly 'com.mysql:mysql-connector-j:9.6.0'
     compileOnly 'org.jetbrains:annotations:26.0.2-1'
 }