diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 156473a1ebc..859e5c523fb 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ gem 'cf-uaa-lib', '~> 4.0.4'
 gem 'vcap-concurrency', git: 'https://github.com/cloudfoundry/vcap-concurrency.git', ref: '2a5b0179'
 
 group :db do
-  gem 'mysql2', '~> 0.5.5'
+  gem 'mysql2', '~> 0.5.6'
   gem 'pg'
 end
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 52a1c2490d6..fd69ec2f114 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ GEM
     mustache (1.1.1)
     mustermann (3.0.0)
       ruby2_keywords (~> 0.0.1)
-    mysql2 (0.5.5)
+    mysql2 (0.5.6)
     net-ssh (7.2.1)
     netaddr (2.0.6)
     netrc (0.11.0)
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   mock_redis
   multi_json
   multipart-parser
-  mysql2 (~> 0.5.5)
+  mysql2 (~> 0.5.6)
   net-ssh
   netaddr (>= 2.0.4)
   newrelic_rpm