title: maven not able to download mysql connector 8.0.12 from central
body: <p>Maven is not able to download mysql connector 8.0.12 from central, showing the below error:</p>
  
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  <pre><code>Downloading: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/mysql/mysql-connector- 
  java/8.0.12/mysql-connector-java-8.0.12.pom
  [INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  [INFO] BUILD FAILURE
  [INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  [INFO] Total time: 3.642 s
  [INFO] Finished at: 2018-08-21T00:22:03+05:30
  [INFO] Final Memory: 10M/113M
  [INFO] ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  [ERROR] Failed to execute goal on project OneSolution: Could not resolve 
  dependencies for project OneSolution:OneSolution:jar:1.1.1: Failed to 
  collect dependencies at mysql:mysql-connector-java:jar:8.0.12: Failed to 
  read artifact descriptor for mysql:mysql-connector-java:jar:8.0.12: Could 
  not transfer artifact mysql:mysql-connector-java:pom:8.0.12 from/to central 
  (https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2): Received fatal alert: 
  protocol_version -&gt; [Help 1]
  [ERROR]
  [ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e 
  switch.
  [ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
  </code></pre>
  
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  <p>any help is appreciated, not getting enough suggestion online, trying here.</p>