diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 53ef975..8d5aeba 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/jmoiron/sqlx
 go 1.10
 
 require (
-	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0
+	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.6.0
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.2.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.6
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4db3f25..7aac5d8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0 h1:ozyZYNQW3x3HtqT1jira07DN2PArx2v7/mN66gGcHOs=
-github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0/go.mod h1:DCzpHaOWr8IXmIStZouvnhqoel9Qv2LBy8hT2VhHyBg=
+github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.6.0 h1:BCTh4TKNUYmOmMUcQ3IipzF5prigylS7XXjEkfCHuOE=
+github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.6.0/go.mod h1:DCzpHaOWr8IXmIStZouvnhqoel9Qv2LBy8hT2VhHyBg=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.2.0 h1:LXpIM/LZ5xGFhOpXAQUIMM1HdyqzVYM13zNdjCEEcA0=
 github.com/lib/pq v1.2.0/go.mod h1:5WUZQaWbwv1U+lTReE5YruASi9Al49XbQIvNi/34Woo=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.6 h1:dNPt6NO46WmLVt2DLNpwczCmdV5boIZ6g/tlDrlRUbg=