diff --git a/ghost/core/package.json b/ghost/core/package.json
index caf97329f9..953e0ff7f7 100644
--- a/ghost/core/package.json
+++ b/ghost/core/package.json
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
     "moment": "2.24.0",
     "moment-timezone": "0.5.23",
     "multer": "1.4.4",
-    "mysql2": "3.7.1",
+    "mysql2": "3.8.0",
     "nconf": "0.12.1",
     "newrelic": "11.10.0",
     "node-jose": "2.2.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3e47366b6d..61c5398aa3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -23020,10 +23020,10 @@ mysql2@3.2.0:
     seq-queue "^0.0.5"
     sqlstring "^2.3.2"
 
-mysql2@3.7.1:
-  version "3.7.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.7.1.tgz#bb088fa3f01deefbfe04adaf0d3ec18571b33410"
-  integrity sha512-4EEqYu57mnkW5+Bvp5wBebY7PpfyrmvJ3knHcmLkp8FyBu4kqgrF2GxIjsC2tbLNZWqJaL21v/MYH7bU5f03oA==
+mysql2@3.8.0:
+  version "3.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.8.0.tgz#1bf7710da025f22e14a1ff5a4cad589f87f2f5d9"
+  integrity sha512-rC9J/Wy9TCaoQWhk/p4J0Jd+WCDYghniuawi7pheDqhQOEJyDfiWGiWOR3iPgTFJaOK3GezC7dmCki7cP1HFkQ==
   dependencies:
     denque "^2.1.0"
     generate-function "^2.3.1"