diff --git a/ghost/core/package.json b/ghost/core/package.json
index 2324c22a2e..94cdae4fe7 100644
--- a/ghost/core/package.json
+++ b/ghost/core/package.json
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
     "moment": "2.24.0",
     "moment-timezone": "0.5.45",
     "multer": "1.4.4",
-    "mysql2": "3.11.5",
+    "mysql2": "3.12.0",
     "nconf": "0.12.1",
     "node-jose": "2.2.0",
     "path-match": "1.2.4",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 676d2ae3d3..930955231f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -23967,10 +23967,10 @@ mv@~2:
     ncp "~2.0.0"
     rimraf "~2.4.0"
 
-mysql2@3.11.5:
-  version "3.11.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.11.5.tgz#1a1cb9a61e78d636da10e122a3c4d6978ad08625"
-  integrity sha512-0XFu8rUmFN9vC0ME36iBvCUObftiMHItrYFhlCRvFWbLgpNqtC4Br/NmZX1HNCszxT0GGy5QtP+k3Q3eCJPaYA==
+mysql2@3.12.0:
+  version "3.12.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.12.0.tgz#db8fc770f8b76ebaba49dc4bbfe2a1754057d882"
+  integrity sha512-C8fWhVysZoH63tJbX8d10IAoYCyXy4fdRFz2Ihrt9jtPILYynFEKUUzpp1U7qxzDc3tMbotvaBH+sl6bFnGZiw==
   dependencies:
     aws-ssl-profiles "^1.1.1"
     denque "^2.1.0"