diff --git a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/package.json b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/package.json
index 01e3be4746..bbc6c50899 100644
--- a/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/package.json
+++ b/plugins/node/opentelemetry-instrumentation-mysql2/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     "@types/semver": "7.3.8",
     "gts": "3.1.0",
     "mocha": "7.2.0",
-    "mysql2": "2.3.0",
+    "mysql2": "3.9.8",
     "nyc": "15.1.0",
     "rimraf": "3.0.2",
     "semver": "7.3.5",