diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
index d35d2fde3b..d8f16edbd6 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Web.Mvc.FixedDisplayModes">
       <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.FixedDisplayModes.1.0.0\lib\net40\Microsoft.Web.Mvc.FixedDisplayModes.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="MySql.Data, Version=5.1.2.2, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+    <Reference Include="MySql.Data, Version=6.6.4.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\MySQL.Data.5.1.2.2\lib\MySql.Data.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>..\packages\MySql.Data.6.6.4\lib\net40\MySql.Data.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Our.Umbraco.uGoLive, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
index ee42677b44..599bc4bf22 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages" version="2.0.20710.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Web.Helpers" version="1.0.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure" version="1.0.0.0" targetFramework="net40" />
-  <package id="MySQL.Data" version="5.1.2.2" targetFramework="net40" />
+  <package id="MySql.Data" version="6.6.4" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="SqlServerCE" version="4.0.0.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="uGoLive" version="1.3.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="UrlRewritingNet.UrlRewriter" version="2.0.60829.1" targetFramework="net40" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
index b2b8963b04..e1934cd61c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/web.Template.config
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
       <remove invariant="System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0"/>
       <add name="Microsoft SQL Server Compact Data Provider 4.0" invariant="System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0" description=".NET Framework Data Provider for Microsoft SQL Server Compact" type="System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeProviderFactory, System.Data.SqlServerCe, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91" />
 	  <remove invariant="MySql.Data.MySqlClient"/>
-      <add name="MySQL Data Provider" invariant="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" description=".Net Framework Data Provider for MySQL" type="MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlClientFactory, MySql.Data, Version=5.1.2.2, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d" />
+      <add name="MySQL Data Provider" invariant="MySql.Data.MySqlClient" description=".Net Framework Data Provider for MySQL" type="MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlClientFactory, MySql.Data, Version=6.6.4.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d" />
     </DbProviderFactories>
   </system.data>
 
diff --git a/src/umbraco.datalayer/packages.config b/src/umbraco.datalayer/packages.config
index f2d1e488f5..87b5ad1860 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.datalayer/packages.config
+++ b/src/umbraco.datalayer/packages.config
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 <packages>
   <package id="log4net-mediumtrust" version="2.0.0" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data" version="1.0.1559.20655" targetFramework="net40" />
-  <package id="MySQL.Data" version="5.1.2.2" targetFramework="net40" />
+  <package id="MySql.Data" version="6.6.4" targetFramework="net40" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/umbraco.datalayer/umbraco.datalayer.csproj b/src/umbraco.datalayer/umbraco.datalayer.csproj
index 58706d07da..c16bf518ae 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.datalayer/umbraco.datalayer.csproj
+++ b/src/umbraco.datalayer/umbraco.datalayer.csproj
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data.1.0.1559.20655\lib\Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="MySql.Data, Version=5.1.2.2, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+    <Reference Include="MySql.Data, Version=6.6.4.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c5687fc88969c44d, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\MySQL.Data.5.1.2.2\lib\MySql.Data.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>..\packages\MySql.Data.6.6.4\lib\net40\MySql.Data.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Configuration" />