diff --git a/reference-apps/typescript-api-first/package-lock.json b/reference-apps/typescript-api-first/package-lock.json
index 5f48ba4..9db2410 100644
--- a/reference-apps/typescript-api-first/package-lock.json
+++ b/reference-apps/typescript-api-first/package-lock.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
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         "pg": "^8.18.0",
         "prom-client": "^15.1.0",
@@ -5637,9 +5637,9 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mysql2/-/mysql2-3.20.0.tgz",
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       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
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diff --git a/reference-apps/typescript-api-first/package.json b/reference-apps/typescript-api-first/package.json
index 1740a37..9893318 100644
--- a/reference-apps/typescript-api-first/package.json
+++ b/reference-apps/typescript-api-first/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "helmet": "^8.1.0",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.1",
     "mongodb": "^7.0.0",
-    "mysql2": "^3.16.3",
+    "mysql2": "^3.20.0",
     "node-vault": "^0.10.10",
     "pg": "^8.18.0",
     "prom-client": "^15.1.0",