diff --git a/ghost/core/package.json b/ghost/core/package.json
index 3318693862..2e4fbeeee9 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": "3.9.9",
+    "mysql2": "3.10.0",
     "nconf": "0.12.1",
     "node-jose": "2.2.0",
     "path-match": "1.2.4",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index fa73876915..113eaa042e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -22788,10 +22788,10 @@ mv@~2:
     ncp "~2.0.0"
     rimraf "~2.4.0"
 
-mysql2@3.9.7:
-  version "3.9.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.9.7.tgz#843755daf65b5ef08afe545fe14b8fb62824741a"
-  integrity sha512-KnJT8vYRcNAZv73uf9zpXqNbvBG7DJrs+1nACsjZP1HMJ1TgXEy8wnNilXAn/5i57JizXKtrUtwDB7HxT9DDpw==
+mysql2@3.10.0:
+  version "3.10.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.10.0.tgz#5109449fda3dc03fb7d6bdf2cf91f97477081987"
+  integrity sha512-qx0mfWYt1DpTPkw8mAcHW/OwqqyNqBLBHvY5IjN8+icIYTjt6znrgYJ+gxqNNRpVknb5Wc/gcCM4XjbCR0j5tw==
   dependencies:
     denque "^2.1.0"
     generate-function "^2.3.1"
@@ -22802,10 +22802,10 @@ mysql2@3.9.7:
     seq-queue "^0.0.5"
     sqlstring "^2.3.2"
 
-mysql2@3.9.9:
-  version "3.9.9"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.9.9.tgz#262582b612a2dea540ef0d581b362d55958cf272"
-  integrity sha512-Qtb2RUxwWMFkWXqF7Rd/7ySkupbQnNY7O0zQuQYgPcuJZ06M36JG3HIDEh/pEeq7LImcvA6O3lOVQ9XQK+HEZg==
+mysql2@3.9.7:
+  version "3.9.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.9.7.tgz#843755daf65b5ef08afe545fe14b8fb62824741a"
+  integrity sha512-KnJT8vYRcNAZv73uf9zpXqNbvBG7DJrs+1nACsjZP1HMJ1TgXEy8wnNilXAn/5i57JizXKtrUtwDB7HxT9DDpw==
   dependencies:
     denque "^2.1.0"
     generate-function "^2.3.1"