diff --git a/packages/mysql-test/package.json b/packages/mysql-test/package.json
index eaad49a6..d8d204e6 100644
--- a/packages/mysql-test/package.json
+++ b/packages/mysql-test/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "@databases/with-container": "^0.0.0",
     "modern-spawn": "^1.0.0",
     "ms": "^2.1.2",
-    "mysql2": "^2.2.5",
+    "mysql2": "^3.11.4",
     "parameter-reducers": "^2.0.0",
     "type-assertions": "^1.1.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/mysql/package.json b/packages/mysql/package.json
index e5ba1b41..9ae4fa23 100644
--- a/packages/mysql/package.json
+++ b/packages/mysql/package.json
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
     "@databases/push-to-async-iterable": "^0.0.0",
     "@databases/shared": "^0.0.0",
     "@databases/sql": "^0.0.0",
-    "@types/mysql": "^2.15.5",
-    "mysql2": "^2.2.5"
+    "mysql2": "^3.11.4"
   },
   "scripts": {},
   "repository": "https://github.com/ForbesLindesay/atdatabases/tree/master/packages/mysql",
diff --git a/packages/mysql/src/ConnectionPool.ts b/packages/mysql/src/ConnectionPool.ts
index 90a60328..008913a4 100644
--- a/packages/mysql/src/ConnectionPool.ts
+++ b/packages/mysql/src/ConnectionPool.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ interface MySqlConnectionOptions {
       db: string;
       table: string;
       name: string;
-      string(): string;
-      buffer(): Buffer;
+      string(): string | null;
+      buffer(): Buffer | null;
       geometry(): unknown;
     },
     next: () => any,
diff --git a/packages/mysql/src/index.ts b/packages/mysql/src/index.ts
index 747d76bb..b66e89b2 100644
--- a/packages/mysql/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/mysql/src/index.ts
@@ -239,7 +239,10 @@ function validateMySqlUrl(urlString: string) {
   }
 }
 
-function parseNullable<T, R>(value: T, parser: (value: T) => R): R | null {
+function parseNullable<T, R>(
+  value: T,
+  parser: (value: NonNullable<T>) => R,
+): R | null {
   if (value == null) {
     return null;
   }
@@ -249,7 +252,7 @@ function parseNullable<T, R>(value: T, parser: (value: T) => R): R | null {
 
 function getTinyIntParser(
   mode: 'boolean' | 'number',
-): (f: {string(): string}) => any {
+): (f: {string(): string | null}) => any {
   switch (mode) {
     case 'number':
       return (f) => parseNullable(f.string(), (s) => parseInt(s, 10));
@@ -259,7 +262,7 @@ function getTinyIntParser(
 }
 function getBigIntParser(
   mode: 'string' | 'number' | 'bigint',
-): (f: {string(): string}) => any {
+): (f: {string(): string | null}) => any {
   switch (mode) {
     case 'number':
       return (f) => parseNullable(f.string(), (s) => parseInt(s, 10));
@@ -272,7 +275,7 @@ function getBigIntParser(
 function getDateParser(
   mode: 'string' | 'date-object',
   timeZone: 'local' | 'utc',
-): (f: {string(): string}) => any {
+): (f: {string(): string | null}) => any {
   switch (mode) {
     case 'string':
       return (f) => f.string();
@@ -313,7 +316,7 @@ function getDateParser(
 function getDateTimeParser(
   mode: 'string' | 'date-object',
   timeZone: 'local' | 'utc',
-): (f: {string(): string; buffer(): Buffer}) => any {
+): (f: {string(): string | null; buffer(): Buffer | null}) => any {
   switch (mode) {
     case 'string':
       return (f) => f.string();
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 34b87942..77cb17c0 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1702,13 +1702,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/ms/-/ms-0.7.31.tgz"
   integrity sha512-iiUgKzV9AuaEkZqkOLDIvlQiL6ltuZd9tGcW3gwpnX8JbuiuhFlEGmmFXEXkN50Cvq7Os88IY2v0dkDqXYWVgA==
 
-"@types/mysql@^2.15.5":
-  version "2.15.21"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/mysql/-/mysql-2.15.21.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-NPotx5CVful7yB+qZbWtXL2fA4e7aEHkihHLjklc6ID8aq7bhguHgeIoC1EmSNTAuCgI6ZXrjt2ZSaXnYX0EUg==
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/node" "*"
-
 "@types/node@*", "@types/node@^14.14.25", "@types/node@^7.0.31":
   version "14.18.36"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-14.18.36.tgz"
@@ -2148,6 +2141,11 @@ aws-sign2@~0.7.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/aws-sign2/-/aws-sign2-0.7.0.tgz"
   integrity sha512-08kcGqnYf/YmjoRhfxyu+CLxBjUtHLXLXX/vUfx9l2LYzG3c1m61nrpyFUZI6zeS+Li/wWMMidD9KgrqtGq3mA==
 
+aws-ssl-profiles@^1.1.1:
+  version "1.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws-ssl-profiles/-/aws-ssl-profiles-1.1.2.tgz#157dd77e9f19b1d123678e93f120e6f193022641"
+  integrity sha512-NZKeq9AfyQvEeNlN0zSYAaWrmBffJh3IELMZfRpJVWgrpEbtEpnjvzqBPf+mxoI287JohRDoa+/nsfqqiZmF6g==
+
 aws4@^1.8.0:
   version "1.12.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/aws4/-/aws4-1.12.0.tgz"
@@ -3359,9 +3357,9 @@ delegates@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/delegates/-/delegates-1.0.0.tgz"
   integrity sha512-bd2L678uiWATM6m5Z1VzNCErI3jiGzt6HGY8OVICs40JQq/HALfbyNJmp0UDakEY4pMMaN0Ly5om/B1VI/+xfQ==
 
-denque@^2.0.1:
+denque@^2.1.0:
   version "2.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/denque/-/denque-2.1.0.tgz"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/denque/-/denque-2.1.0.tgz#e93e1a6569fb5e66f16a3c2a2964617d349d6ab1"
   integrity sha512-HVQE3AAb/pxF8fQAoiqpvg9i3evqug3hoiwakOyZAwJm+6vZehbkYXZ0l4JxS+I3QxM97v5aaRNhj8v5oBhekw==
 
 depd@^1.1.2, depd@~1.1.2:
@@ -5716,10 +5714,10 @@ log-symbols@^5.1.0:
     chalk "^5.0.0"
     is-unicode-supported "^1.1.0"
 
-long@^4.0.0:
-  version "4.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/long/-/long-4.0.0.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-XsP+KhQif4bjX1kbuSiySJFNAehNxgLb6hPRGJ9QsUr8ajHkuXGdrHmFUTUUXhDwVX2R5bY4JNZEwbUiMhV+MA==
+long@^5.2.1:
+  version "5.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/long/-/long-5.2.3.tgz#a3ba97f3877cf1d778eccbcb048525ebb77499e1"
+  integrity sha512-lcHwpNoggQTObv5apGNCTdJrO69eHOZMi4BNC+rTLER8iHAqGrUVeLh/irVIM7zTw2bOXA8T6uNPeujwOLg/2Q==
 
 longest-streak@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.4"
@@ -5752,6 +5750,11 @@ lru-cache@^7.14.1:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-7.14.1.tgz"
   integrity sha512-ysxwsnTKdAx96aTRdhDOCQfDgbHnt8SK0KY8SEjO0wHinhWOFTESbjVCMPbU1uGXg/ch4lifqx0wfjOawU2+WA==
 
+lru.min@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lru.min/-/lru.min-1.1.1.tgz#146e01e3a183fa7ba51049175de04667d5701f0e"
+  integrity sha512-FbAj6lXil6t8z4z3j0E5mfRlPzxkySotzUHwRXjlpRh10vc6AI6WN62ehZj82VG7M20rqogJ0GLwar2Xa05a8Q==
+
 lsr@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/lsr/-/lsr-2.0.0.tgz"
@@ -6101,17 +6104,18 @@ mute-stream@0.0.8:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/mute-stream/-/mute-stream-0.0.8.tgz"
   integrity sha512-nnbWWOkoWyUsTjKrhgD0dcz22mdkSnpYqbEjIm2nhwhuxlSkpywJmBo8h0ZqJdkp73mb90SssHkN4rsRaBAfAA==
 
-mysql2@^2.2.5:
-  version "2.3.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/mysql2/-/mysql2-2.3.3.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-wxJUev6LgMSgACDkb/InIFxDprRa6T95+VEoR+xPvtngtccNH2dGjEB/fVZ8yg1gWv1510c9CvXuJHi5zUm0ZA==
+mysql2@^3.11.4:
+  version "3.11.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.11.4.tgz#08658b6285adbace7d43b2eaa18efddb85f99501"
+  integrity sha512-Z2o3tY4Z8EvSRDwknaC40MdZ3+m0sKbpnXrShQLdxPrAvcNli7jLrD2Zd2IzsRMw4eK9Yle500FDmlkIqp+krg==
   dependencies:
-    denque "^2.0.1"
+    aws-ssl-profiles "^1.1.1"
+    denque "^2.1.0"
     generate-function "^2.3.1"
     iconv-lite "^0.6.3"
-    long "^4.0.0"
-    lru-cache "^6.0.0"
-    named-placeholders "^1.1.2"
+    long "^5.2.1"
+    lru.min "^1.0.0"
+    named-placeholders "^1.1.3"
     seq-queue "^0.0.5"
     sqlstring "^2.3.2"
 
@@ -6124,9 +6128,9 @@ mz@^2.7.0:
     object-assign "^4.0.1"
     thenify-all "^1.0.0"
 
-named-placeholders@^1.1.2:
+named-placeholders@^1.1.3:
   version "1.1.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/named-placeholders/-/named-placeholders-1.1.3.tgz"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/named-placeholders/-/named-placeholders-1.1.3.tgz#df595799a36654da55dda6152ba7a137ad1d9351"
   integrity sha512-eLoBxg6wE/rZkJPhU/xRX1WTpkFEwDJEN96oxFrTsqBdbT5ec295Q+CoHrL9IT0DipqKhmGcaZmwOt8OON5x1w==
   dependencies:
     lru-cache "^7.14.1"