diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b85a6ed..1fe19f3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
     <groupId>viper</groupId>
     <artifactId>ButtonControl</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6</version>
+    <version>1.8</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>ButtonControl</name>
 
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@
             <artifactId>json</artifactId>
             <version>20240303</version>
         </dependency>
+
+        <!-- MySQL Connector/J für optionales Datenbank-Backend -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
+            <version>8.4.0</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>