diff --git a/.changeset/renovate-755938a.md b/.changeset/renovate-755938a.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1182d57c16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/renovate-755938a.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/backend-common': patch
+'@backstage/backend-test-utils': patch
+---
+
+Updated dependency `mysql2` to `^3.0.0`.
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/package.json b/packages/backend-common/package.json
index 98bb1cb444..64ff9e8dc4 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-common/package.json
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     "logform": "^2.3.2",
     "luxon": "^3.0.0",
     "minimatch": "^5.0.0",
-    "mysql2": "^2.2.5",
+    "mysql2": "^3.0.0",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
     "p-limit": "^3.1.0",
     "pg": "^8.11.3",
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
     "better-sqlite3": "^9.0.0",
     "http-errors": "^2.0.0",
     "msw": "^1.0.0",
-    "mysql2": "^2.2.5",
+    "mysql2": "^3.0.0",
     "supertest": "^6.1.3"
   },
   "files": [
diff --git a/packages/backend-test-utils/package.json b/packages/backend-test-utils/package.json
index e481e67829..4153fba211 100644
--- a/packages/backend-test-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-test-utils/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "^11.0.0",
     "knex": "^3.0.0",
     "msw": "^1.0.0",
-    "mysql2": "^2.2.5",
+    "mysql2": "^3.0.0",
     "pg": "^8.11.3",
     "testcontainers": "^8.1.2",
     "textextensions": "^5.16.0",
diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index 4e45822c92..e6102b69cf 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     "express-prom-bundle": "^7.0.0",
     "express-promise-router": "^4.1.0",
     "luxon": "^3.0.0",
-    "mysql2": "^2.2.5",
+    "mysql2": "^3.0.0",
     "pg": "^8.11.3",
     "pg-connection-string": "^2.3.0",
     "prom-client": "^15.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/e2e-test/package.json b/packages/e2e-test/package.json
index 8fe078495f..40d66d7f4b 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-test/package.json
+++ b/packages/e2e-test/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "cross-fetch": "^4.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^11.2.0",
     "handlebars": "^4.7.3",
-    "mysql2": "^2.2.5",
+    "mysql2": "^3.0.0",
     "pgtools": "^1.0.0",
     "tree-kill": "^1.2.2"
   },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 45de7b4d90..6ac3d7605d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3329,7 +3329,7 @@ __metadata:
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     minimatch: ^5.0.0
     msw: ^1.0.0
-    mysql2: ^2.2.5
+    mysql2: ^3.0.0
     node-fetch: ^2.6.7
     p-limit: ^3.1.0
     pg: ^8.11.3
@@ -3483,7 +3483,7 @@ __metadata:
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     knex: ^3.0.0
     msw: ^1.0.0
-    mysql2: ^2.2.5
+    mysql2: ^3.0.0
     pg: ^8.11.3
     supertest: ^6.1.3
     testcontainers: ^8.1.2
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@@ -25800,7 +25800,7 @@ __metadata:
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     fs-extra: ^11.2.0
     handlebars: ^4.7.3
-    mysql2: ^2.2.5
+    mysql2: ^3.0.0
     nodemon: ^3.0.1
     pgtools: ^1.0.0
     tree-kill: ^1.2.2
@@ -27464,7 +27464,7 @@ __metadata:
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     express-promise-router: ^4.1.0
     luxon: ^3.0.0
-    mysql2: ^2.2.5
+    mysql2: ^3.0.0
     pg: ^8.11.3
     pg-connection-string: ^2.3.0
     prom-client: ^15.0.0
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-  languageName: node
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-
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-  resolution: "long@npm:5.2.0"
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+"long@npm:^5.0.0, long@npm:^5.2.1":
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   languageName: node
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+"lru-cache@npm:^8.0.0":
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+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
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   resolution: "lru-cache@npm:9.1.2"
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-"mysql2@npm:^2.2.5":
-  version: 2.3.3
-  resolution: "mysql2@npm:2.3.3"
+"mysql2@npm:^3.0.0":
+  version: 3.9.1
+  resolution: "mysql2@npm:3.9.1"
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     iconv-lite: ^0.6.3
-    long: ^4.0.0
-    lru-cache: ^6.0.0
-    named-placeholders: ^1.1.2
+    long: ^5.2.1
+    lru-cache: ^8.0.0
+    named-placeholders: ^1.1.3
     seq-queue: ^0.0.5
     sqlstring: ^2.3.2
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-  resolution: "named-placeholders@npm:1.1.2"
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+  resolution: "named-placeholders@npm:1.1.3"
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