diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 0eeb5807d042bfbb73ee2c8fb514ceb09e6e3d18..8d71ac7430830626a6ebcee1d79c7cb9c8eed46d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ gem 'sprockets', '~> 3.7.0'
 gem 'default_value_for', '~> 3.0.0'
 
 # Supported DBs
-gem 'mysql2', '~> 0.3.16', group: :mysql
+gem 'mysql2', '~> 0.4.5', group: :mysql
 gem 'pg', '~> 0.18.2', group: :postgres
 
 gem 'rugged', '~> 0.25.1.1'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c27c06e9c344a1a691335f348d9407854720087d..41ef1e9d45672372550dd40c35cdad22fa0d9950 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ GEM
       tool (~> 0.2)
     mustermann-grape (0.4.0)
       mustermann (= 0.4.0)
-    mysql2 (0.3.20)
+    mysql2 (0.4.5)
     net-ldap (0.12.1)
     netrc (0.11.0)
     nokogiri (1.6.8.1)
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   method_source (~> 0.8)
   minitest (~> 5.7.0)
   mousetrap-rails (~> 1.4.6)
-  mysql2 (~> 0.3.16)
+  mysql2 (~> 0.4.5)
   nokogiri (~> 1.6.7, >= 1.6.7.2)
   oauth2 (~> 1.4)
   octokit (~> 4.6.2)