diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f8f20ecef..3aacbad55 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     <mockito.version>3.5.6</mockito.version>
     <htmlunit.version>2.22</htmlunit.version>
     <guice.version>4.0</guice.version>
-    <mongo-java-driver.version>3.12.1</mongo-java-driver.version>
+    <mongo-java-driver.version>3.12.8</mongo-java-driver.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
     <logback.version>1.2.9</logback.version>
     <aws-lambda-core.version>1.1.0</aws-lambda-core.version>