diff --git a/ghost/core/package.json b/ghost/core/package.json
index 2bbb3dd42d..eddca7f33f 100644
--- a/ghost/core/package.json
+++ b/ghost/core/package.json
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
     "moment": "2.24.0",
     "moment-timezone": "0.5.23",
     "multer": "1.4.4",
-    "mysql2": "3.5.2",
+    "mysql2": "3.6.0",
     "nconf": "0.12.0",
     "newrelic": "11.0.0",
     "node-jose": "2.2.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1cce6c88c6..d482a978e8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -23665,10 +23665,10 @@ mysql2@3.2.0:
     seq-queue "^0.0.5"
     sqlstring "^2.3.2"
 
-mysql2@3.5.2:
-  version "3.5.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.5.2.tgz#a06050e1514e9ac15711a8b883ffd51cb44b2dc8"
-  integrity sha512-cptobmhYkYeTBIFp2c0piw2+gElpioga1rUw5UidHvo8yaHijMZoo8A3zyBVoo/K71f7ZFvrShA9iMIy9dCzCA==
+mysql2@3.6.0:
+  version "3.6.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.6.0.tgz#d54ef4867655daf2f65ced1dbdb63852314f039f"
+  integrity sha512-EWUGAhv6SphezurlfI2Fpt0uJEWLmirrtQR7SkbTHFC+4/mJBrPiSzHESHKAWKG7ALVD6xaG/NBjjd1DGJGQQQ==
   dependencies:
     denque "^2.1.0"
     generate-function "^2.3.1"