diff --git a/modules/tidb/build.gradle b/modules/tidb/build.gradle
index a59b1f6a84e..3ee3f3b13f6 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:9.6.0'
+    testRuntimeOnly 'com.mysql:mysql-connector-j:9.7.0'
     compileOnly 'org.jetbrains:annotations:26.1.0'
 }