diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index dd162f0..ce0baaf 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   determine required access of stored VC)
 - Rename CollectionRewrite to AvailabilityRewrite  
 - Improve AvailabilityRewrite and implement operation:override (#781) 
+- Disabled mysql connector Java due to CVE-2023-22102
   
 
 # version 0.75
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6a0f9ed..546200d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -480,12 +480,14 @@
 			<version>3.45.0.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		
+		
 		<!-- MySql -->
+		<!-- EM: disabled due to high security risk, see CVE-2023-22102 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
 			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
 			<version>8.0.30</version>
-		</dependency>
+		</dependency>-->
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>