diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index a6aef6e97..fa606e46c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ gem "autoprefixer-rails", "6.3.6"
 
 ENV["DB"] ||= "mysql"
 
-gem "mysql2", "0.4.3" if ENV["DB"] == "all" || ENV["DB"] == "mysql"
+gem "mysql2", "0.4.4" if ENV["DB"] == "all" || ENV["DB"] == "mysql"
 gem "pg",     "0.18.4" if ENV["DB"] == "all" || ENV["DB"] == "postgres"
 
 gem "activerecord-import", "0.13.0"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index bc5d345ec..000243739 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ GEM
     multi_test (0.1.2)
     multi_xml (0.5.5)
     multipart-post (2.0.0)
-    mysql2 (0.4.3)
+    mysql2 (0.4.4)
     naught (1.1.0)
     nenv (0.3.0)
     nested_form (0.3.2)
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   mini_magick (= 4.5.1)
   minitest
   mobile-fu (= 1.3.1)
-  mysql2 (= 0.4.3)
+  mysql2 (= 0.4.4)
   nokogiri (= 1.6.7.2)
   omniauth (= 1.3.1)
   omniauth-facebook (= 3.0.0)