diff --git a/backend/package-lock.json b/backend/package-lock.json
index a7b0a58775..e989b5914a 100644
--- a/backend/package-lock.json
+++ b/backend/package-lock.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         "crypto-js": "~4.1.1",
         "express": "~4.18.2",
         "maxmind": "~4.3.8",
-        "mysql2": "~3.2.0",
+        "mysql2": "^3.9.7",
         "node-worker-threads-pool": "~1.5.1",
         "socks-proxy-agent": "~7.0.0",
         "typescript": "~4.7.4",
@@ -6002,15 +6002,16 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-sGkPx+VjMtmA6MX27oA4FBFELFCZZ4S4XqeGOXCv68tT+jb3vk/RyaKWP0PTKyWtmLSM0b+adUTEvbs1PEaH2w=="
     },
     "node_modules/mysql2": {
-      "version": "3.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-0Vn6a9WSrq6fWwvPgrvIwnOCldiEcgbzapVRDAtDZ4cMTxN7pnGqCTx8EG32S/NYXl6AXkdO+9hV1tSIi/LigA==",
+      "version": "3.9.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.9.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-KnJT8vYRcNAZv73uf9zpXqNbvBG7DJrs+1nACsjZP1HMJ1TgXEy8wnNilXAn/5i57JizXKtrUtwDB7HxT9DDpw==",
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "denque": "^2.1.0",
         "generate-function": "^2.3.1",
         "iconv-lite": "^0.6.3",
         "long": "^5.2.1",
-        "lru-cache": "^7.14.1",
+        "lru-cache": "^8.0.0",
         "named-placeholders": "^1.1.3",
         "seq-queue": "^0.0.5",
         "sqlstring": "^2.3.2"
@@ -6031,11 +6032,12 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/mysql2/node_modules/lru-cache": {
-      "version": "7.18.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-7.18.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-jumlc0BIUrS3qJGgIkWZsyfAM7NCWiBcCDhnd+3NNM5KbBmLTgHVfWBcg6W+rLUsIpzpERPsvwUP7CckAQSOoA==",
+      "version": "8.0.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-8.0.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-MhWWlVnuab1RG5/zMRRcVGXZLCXrZTgfwMikgzCegsPnG62yDQo5JnqKkrK4jO5iKqDAZGItAqN5CtKBCBWRUA==",
+      "license": "ISC",
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=12"
+        "node": ">=16.14"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/named-placeholders": {
@@ -12024,15 +12026,15 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-sGkPx+VjMtmA6MX27oA4FBFELFCZZ4S4XqeGOXCv68tT+jb3vk/RyaKWP0PTKyWtmLSM0b+adUTEvbs1PEaH2w=="
     },
     "mysql2": {
-      "version": "3.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-0Vn6a9WSrq6fWwvPgrvIwnOCldiEcgbzapVRDAtDZ4cMTxN7pnGqCTx8EG32S/NYXl6AXkdO+9hV1tSIi/LigA==",
+      "version": "3.9.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.9.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-KnJT8vYRcNAZv73uf9zpXqNbvBG7DJrs+1nACsjZP1HMJ1TgXEy8wnNilXAn/5i57JizXKtrUtwDB7HxT9DDpw==",
       "requires": {
         "denque": "^2.1.0",
         "generate-function": "^2.3.1",
         "iconv-lite": "^0.6.3",
         "long": "^5.2.1",
-        "lru-cache": "^7.14.1",
+        "lru-cache": "^8.0.0",
         "named-placeholders": "^1.1.3",
         "seq-queue": "^0.0.5",
         "sqlstring": "^2.3.2"
@@ -12047,9 +12049,9 @@
           }
         },
         "lru-cache": {
-          "version": "7.18.3",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-7.18.3.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-jumlc0BIUrS3qJGgIkWZsyfAM7NCWiBcCDhnd+3NNM5KbBmLTgHVfWBcg6W+rLUsIpzpERPsvwUP7CckAQSOoA=="
+          "version": "8.0.5",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-8.0.5.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-MhWWlVnuab1RG5/zMRRcVGXZLCXrZTgfwMikgzCegsPnG62yDQo5JnqKkrK4jO5iKqDAZGItAqN5CtKBCBWRUA=="
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index 42b82717f1..ca82c7588b 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     "crypto-js": "~4.1.1",
     "express": "~4.18.2",
     "maxmind": "~4.3.8",
-    "mysql2": "~3.2.0",
+    "mysql2": "~3.9.7",
     "node-worker-threads-pool": "~1.5.1",
     "socks-proxy-agent": "~7.0.0",
     "typescript": "~4.7.4",