diff --git a/ghost/core/package.json b/ghost/core/package.json
index a1a73fddc9..431600a034 100644
--- a/ghost/core/package.json
+++ b/ghost/core/package.json
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
     "moment": "2.24.0",
     "moment-timezone": "0.5.23",
     "multer": "1.4.4",
-    "mysql2": "3.1.0",
+    "mysql2": "3.1.1",
     "nconf": "0.12.0",
     "node-jose": "2.1.1",
     "oembed-parser": "1.4.9",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5efac815a2..4e1e3de8d9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -19806,10 +19806,10 @@ mysql2@3.0.0:
     seq-queue "^0.0.5"
     sqlstring "^2.3.2"
 
-mysql2@3.1.0:
-  version "3.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.1.0.tgz#7d7b6c9e368bd5f74a82ce150edc32401a05d756"
-  integrity sha512-woMeIog21X72RcFLhE/xajhUdnwRMd6Oq16S7/O2qJ5lPUDfFwgSW+xhx7TjzcM8PU3q+dVsryIaDi+HyQR/0A==
+mysql2@3.1.1:
+  version "3.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.1.1.tgz#cd6ecb0b3b5a090f4749b9bb9c7b9d2ed2aabecc"
+  integrity sha512-mXz4wEj7AIKPdHQJLJcvq8GJ75BDMH9K4V8Lthra8WH7o/xjV6TXp+dXAXDaMFkLa8YhdZr5X6rxIGQSHPPfhg==
   dependencies:
     denque "^2.1.0"
     generate-function "^2.3.1"