diff --git a/cloud-sql/r2dbc/pom.xml b/cloud-sql/r2dbc/pom.xml
index 2f08f302645..9ed7fddc71e 100644
--- a/cloud-sql/r2dbc/pom.xml
+++ b/cloud-sql/r2dbc/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud.sql</groupId>
       <artifactId>cloud-sql-connector-r2dbc-mysql</artifactId>
-      <version>1.6.0</version>
+      <version>1.8.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- MySQL dependencies end -->