Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/J 8.0.25 is the latest General Availability release of the
MySQL Connector/J 8.0 series.  It is suitable for use with MySQL Server
versions 8.0, 5.7, and 5.6.  It supports the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
4.2 API, and implements the X DevAPI.

This release includes the following new features and changes, also described in
more detail on

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/connector-j/8.0/en/news-8-0-25.html

As always, we recommend that you check the “CHANGES” file in the download
archive to be aware of changes in behavior that might affect your application.

To download MySQL Connector/J 8.0.25 GA, see the “General Availability (GA)
Releases” tab at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/

Enjoy!

Changes in MySQL Connector/J 8.0.25 (2021-05-11, General Availability)

This release contains no functional changes and is published
  to align the version number with the MySQL Server 8.0.25
  release.

On Behalf of the MySQL Engineering Team,
Surabhi Bhat