diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 852ab406f76..9218cabe8d1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.9.0+incompatible
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9
 	github.com/go-martini/martini v0.0.0-20170121215854-22fa46961aab
-	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.6.0
+	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1
 	github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.5.0
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f05899070b5..421d2b4c641 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -270,8 +270,9 @@ github.com/go-openapi/validate v0.18.0/go.mod h1:Uh4HdOzKt19xGIGm1qHf/ofbX1YQ4Y+
 github.com/go-openapi/validate v0.19.2/go.mod h1:1tRCw7m3jtI8eNWEEliiAqUIcBztB2KDnRCRMUi7GTA=
 github.com/go-openapi/validate v0.19.5/go.mod h1:8DJv2CVJQ6kGNpFW6eV9N3JviE1C85nY1c2z52x1Gk4=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0/go.mod h1:DCzpHaOWr8IXmIStZouvnhqoel9Qv2LBy8hT2VhHyBg=
-github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.6.0 h1:BCTh4TKNUYmOmMUcQ3IipzF5prigylS7XXjEkfCHuOE=
 github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.6.0/go.mod h1:DCzpHaOWr8IXmIStZouvnhqoel9Qv2LBy8hT2VhHyBg=
+github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1 h1:lUIinVbN1DY0xBg0eMOzmmtGoHwWBbvnWubQUrtU8EI=
+github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1/go.mod h1:OXbVy3sEdcQ2Doequ6Z5BW6fXNQTmx+9S1MCJN5yJMI=
 github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.0/go.mod h1:v0f6uXyyMGvRgIKkXu+yp6POWl0qKG85gN/melR3HDY=
 github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.1.1/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=