diff --git a/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec b/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec
index cba4de7cbe..6852b04510 100644
--- a/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec
+++ b/build/NuSpecs/UmbracoCms.Core.nuspec
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
       <dependency id="HtmlAgilityPack" version="[1.4.9, 2.0.0)" />
       <dependency id="Lucene.Net" version="[2.9.4.1, 3.0.0.0)" />
       <dependency id="SharpZipLib" version="[0.86.0, 1.0.0)" />
-      <dependency id="MySql.Data" version="[6.9.7, 7.0.0)" />
+      <dependency id="MySql.Data" version="[6.9.8, 7.0.0)" />
       <dependency id="xmlrpcnet" version="[2.5.0, 3.0.0)" />
       <dependency id="ClientDependency" version="[1.8.4, 2.0.0)" />
       <dependency id="ClientDependency-Mvc5" version="[1.8.0, 2.0.0)" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
index 3fefc959e2..bf28645754 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Umbraco.Core.csproj
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="MySql.Data">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\MySql.Data.6.9.7\lib\net45\MySql.Data.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>..\packages\MySql.Data.6.9.8\lib\net45\MySql.Data.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.6.0.8\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config b/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config
index 56ad180bfd..4ab720b7be 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/packages.config
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <package id="Microsoft.Owin.Security.Cookies" version="3.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Owin.Security.OAuth" version="3.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="MiniProfiler" version="2.1.0" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="MySql.Data" version="6.9.7" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="MySql.Data" version="6.9.8" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="6.0.8" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Owin" version="1.0" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="semver" version="1.1.2" targetFramework="net45" />
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
index 2c9c870fd4..422d1bd079 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/Umbraco.Web.UI.csproj
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="MySql.Data">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\MySql.Data.6.9.7\lib\net45\MySql.Data.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>..\packages\MySql.Data.6.9.8\lib\net45\MySql.Data.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
       <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.6.0.8\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
index 289aed138d..e235107f13 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/packages.config
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <package id="Microsoft.Owin.Security.OAuth" version="3.0.1" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure" version="1.0.0.0" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="MiniProfiler" version="2.1.0" targetFramework="net45" />
-  <package id="MySql.Data" version="6.9.7" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="MySql.Data" version="6.9.8" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="6.0.8" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="Owin" version="1.0" targetFramework="net45" />
   <package id="SharpZipLib" version="0.86.0" targetFramework="net45" />
diff --git a/src/umbraco.datalayer/packages.config b/src/umbraco.datalayer/packages.config
index caf5b0d195..2a222078f5 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="net4" />
   <package id="Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Data" version="1.0.1559.20655" targetFramework="net4" />
-  <package id="MySql.Data" version="6.9.7" targetFramework="net45" />
+  <package id="MySql.Data" version="6.9.8" targetFramework="net45" />
 </packages>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/umbraco.datalayer/umbraco.datalayer.csproj b/src/umbraco.datalayer/umbraco.datalayer.csproj
index 0bd6950356..682062248d 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.datalayer/umbraco.datalayer.csproj
+++ b/src/umbraco.datalayer/umbraco.datalayer.csproj
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="MySql.Data">
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
-      <HintPath>..\packages\MySql.Data.6.9.7\lib\net45\MySql.Data.dll</HintPath>
+      <HintPath>..\packages\MySql.Data.6.9.8\lib\net45\MySql.Data.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Configuration" />