diff --git a/examples/getstarted/package.json b/examples/getstarted/package.json
index 4f8d6d9b8c..a101a3644d 100644
--- a/examples/getstarted/package.json
+++ b/examples/getstarted/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "better-sqlite3": "8.3.0",
     "lodash": "4.17.21",
     "mysql": "2.18.1",
-    "mysql2": "3.3.0",
+    "mysql2": "3.5.1",
     "passport-google-oauth2": "0.2.0",
     "pg": "8.11.1",
     "react": "^18.2.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 138c3147e9..ab55caa367 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -19556,7 +19556,7 @@ __metadata:
     better-sqlite3: 8.3.0
     lodash: 4.17.21
     mysql: 2.18.1
-    mysql2: 3.3.0
+    mysql2: 3.5.1
     passport-google-oauth2: 0.2.0
     pg: 8.11.1
     react: ^18.2.0
@@ -25551,9 +25551,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"mysql2@npm:3.3.0":
-  version: 3.3.0
-  resolution: "mysql2@npm:3.3.0"
+"mysql2@npm:3.5.1":
+  version: 3.5.1
+  resolution: "mysql2@npm:3.5.1"
   dependencies:
     denque: ^2.1.0
     generate-function: ^2.3.1
@@ -25563,7 +25563,7 @@ __metadata:
     named-placeholders: ^1.1.3
     seq-queue: ^0.0.5
     sqlstring: ^2.3.2
-  checksum: a3418ab9371d5d329438eb91ecbac45f32fa8cc1b2d64773dd79a2989ad73979826492e44ac948008030177c5aba2b18b990553bd7c4f279dcbadfd345424a4f
+  checksum: 93c88c88ae374504dc07e5ac1370e74f86f560962d41f7e674a933110167d01023e02947199f6d0be06e75a234c3c19bc9ada8db449a9ebddd928e11357891d3
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard