diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 950f92637..8fa704dbc 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ gem 'formtastic', '3.1.5'
 gem 'formtastic-bootstrap', '3.1.1'
 gem 'friendly_id', '5.2.3'
 gem 'momentjs-rails', '~> 2.17.1'
-gem 'mysql2', '0.4.10'
+gem 'mysql2', '0.5.0'
 gem 'nested_form', '0.3.2'
 gem 'octokit', '4.8.0'
 gem 'sass-rails', '~> 5.0.6'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 81c5603b4..35b56412c 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ GEM
     multi_json (1.13.1)
     multi_xml (0.6.0)
     multipart-post (2.0.0)
-    mysql2 (0.4.10)
+    mysql2 (0.5.0)
     nested_form (0.3.2)
     nio4r (2.2.0)
     nokogiri (1.8.2)
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   minitest (= 5.11.3)
   mocha (= 1.3.0)
   momentjs-rails (~> 2.17.1)
-  mysql2 (= 0.4.10)
+  mysql2 (= 0.5.0)
   nested_form (= 0.3.2)
   octokit (= 4.8.0)
   plek (= 2.1.1)