diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 2d9843d4..8c9dff2c 100755
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ group :development, :test do
 
   gem "sequel", "~> 3.21.0"
   #gem "ibm_db"  # I don't want to add this dependency, even as a dev one since it requires DB2 to be installed
-  gem 'mysql', '~> 2.8.1'
+  gem 'mysql', '~> 2.9.1'
   gem 'mysql2'
   gem 'pg'
   gem 'ohm', '~> 0.1.3'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 51faf4cf..1c5c6d3a 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ GEM
     multi_json (1.2.0)
     multi_xml (0.5.5)
     multipart-post (2.0.0)
-    mysql (2.8.1)
+    mysql (2.9.1)
     mysql2 (0.3.16)
     neo4j-community (2.1.5)
     neo4j-core (3.0.8)
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   mongoid
   mongoid-tree
   moped
-  mysql (~> 2.8.1)
+  mysql (~> 2.9.1)
   mysql2
   neo4j-core
   ohm (~> 0.1.3)