diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f6bd9d3f..4fb066b2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module cloud.google.com/go/cloudsqlconn
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.8.0
+	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.8.1
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.18.3
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.5.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 039cee91..6bb598b7 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1 h1:pKouT5E8xu9zeFC39JXRDukb6JFQPXM5p5I91188VAQ=
 github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.1/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ40KvY=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 h1:hSWxHoqTgW2S2qGc0LTAI563KZ5YKYRhT3MFKZMbjag=
 github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2/go.mod h1:mMo/vtBO5dYbehREoey6XUKy/eSumjCCveDpRre4VKE=
-github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.8.0 h1:UtktXaU2Nb64z/pLiGIxY4431SJ4/dR5cjMmlVHgnT4=
-github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.8.0/go.mod h1:wEBSXgmK//2ZFJyE+qWnIsVGmvmEKlqwuVSjsCm7DZg=
+github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.8.1 h1:LedoTUt/eveggdHS9qUFC1EFSa8bU2+1pZjSRpvNJ1Y=
+github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.8.1/go.mod h1:wEBSXgmK//2ZFJyE+qWnIsVGmvmEKlqwuVSjsCm7DZg=
 github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.0/go.mod h1:v0f6uXyyMGvRgIKkXu+yp6POWl0qKG85gN/melR3HDY=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.0.0+incompatible h1:1SD/1F5pU8p29ybwgQSwpQk+mwdRrXCYuPhW6m+TnJw=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid v4.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:b2aQJv3Z4Fp6yNu3cdSllBxTCLRxnplIgP/c0N/04lM=