diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 25ebcf0a8..6a2d13ae9 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ gem "sprockets-rails",        "3.2.1"
 # Database
 
 group :mysql, optional: true do
-  gem "mysql2", "0.5.2"
+  gem "mysql2", "0.5.3"
 end
 group :postgresql, optional: true do
   gem "pg",     "1.1.4"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9a0104784..ca4837965 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ GEM
     multi_test (0.1.2)
     multi_xml (0.6.0)
     multipart-post (2.1.1)
-    mysql2 (0.5.2)
+    mysql2 (0.5.3)
     naught (1.1.0)
     nenv (0.3.0)
     nio4r (2.5.2)
@@ -845,7 +845,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   mini_magick (= 4.10.1)
   minitest
   mobile-fu (= 1.4.0)
-  mysql2 (= 0.5.2)
+  mysql2 (= 0.5.3)
   nokogiri (= 1.10.9)
   omniauth (= 1.9.0)
   omniauth-tumblr (= 1.2)