diff --git a/TShockAPI/TShockAPI.csproj b/TShockAPI/TShockAPI.csproj
index a37317092..59f662109 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/TShockAPI.csproj
+++ b/TShockAPI/TShockAPI.csproj
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="BCrypt.Net-Next" Version="4.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="GetText.NET" Version="1.7.14" />
-    <PackageReference Include="MySql.Data" Version="8.0.31" />
+    <PackageReference Include="MySql.Data" Version="8.3.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="6.0.11" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/TShockLauncher/TShockLauncher.csproj b/TShockLauncher/TShockLauncher.csproj
index e3c4ac327..2a3e8ae8d 100644
--- a/TShockLauncher/TShockLauncher.csproj
+++ b/TShockLauncher/TShockLauncher.csproj
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 	<ItemGroup>
 		<PackageReference Include="BCrypt.Net-Next" Version="4.0.3" />
-		<PackageReference Include="MySql.Data" Version="8.0.31" />
+		<PackageReference Include="MySql.Data" Version="8.3.0" />
 		<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.Sqlite" Version="6.0.11" />
 		<PackageReference Include="ModFramework" Version="1.1.7" GeneratePathProperty="true" /> <!-- only used to extract out to ./bin. -->
 		<PackageReference Include="GetText.NET" Version="1.7.14" /> <!-- only used to extract out to ./bin. -->