diff --git a/ghost/core/package.json b/ghost/core/package.json
index 43a88bc873..b81a4bd751 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": "3.6.5",
+    "mysql2": "3.7.0",
     "nconf": "0.12.1",
     "newrelic": "11.8.0",
     "node-jose": "2.2.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ec044044c1..78809f26f4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -23818,10 +23818,10 @@ mysql2@3.2.0:
     seq-queue "^0.0.5"
     sqlstring "^2.3.2"
 
-mysql2@3.6.5:
-  version "3.6.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.6.5.tgz#46bfed7c1c1e4288283f8c8f1c4a5f20669dd3d6"
-  integrity sha512-pS/KqIb0xlXmtmqEuTvBXTmLoQ5LmAz5NW/r8UyQ1ldvnprNEj3P9GbmuQQ2J0A4LO+ynotGi6TbscPa8OUb+w==
+mysql2@3.7.0:
+  version "3.7.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.7.0.tgz#06b39c706518d7cc602a3f06dfb6a2689b052627"
+  integrity sha512-c45jA3Jc1X8yJKzrWu1GpplBKGwv/wIV6ITZTlCSY7npF2YfJR+6nMP5e+NTQhUeJPSyOQAbGDCGEHbAl8HN9w==
   dependencies:
     denque "^2.1.0"
     generate-function "^2.3.1"