diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e7cb904..dbc4021 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ gem "newrelic_rpm", "3.3.0"
 gem "sendgrid", "0.1.4"
 gem "json_pure", "1.4.6"
 gem "rubaidh-google_analytics", "1.1.4", :require => "rubaidh/google_analytics"
-
-group :development do
-  gem 'mysql', '2.8.1'
-end
+gem 'mysql2', '0.3.11'
 
 
 group :cucumber do
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 2bc6750..2ed92eb 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ GEM
     jtrupiano-timecop (0.2.1)
     justinfrench-formtastic (0.2.2)
     mime-types (1.16)
-    mysql (2.8.1)
+    mysql2 (0.3.11)
     newrelic_rpm (3.3.0)
     nokogiri (1.5.0)
     rack (1.1.3)
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jtrupiano-timecop (= 0.2.1)
   justinfrench-formtastic (= 0.2.2)
   mime-types (= 1.16)
-  mysql (= 2.8.1)
+  mysql2 (= 0.3.11)
   newrelic_rpm (= 3.3.0)
   rails (= 2.3.14)
   redis (= 1.0.7)
diff --git a/vendor/cache/mysql-2.8.1.gem b/vendor/cache/mysql-2.8.1.gem
deleted file mode 100644
index fc3f377..0000000
Binary files a/vendor/cache/mysql-2.8.1.gem and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/vendor/cache/mysql2-0.3.11.gem b/vendor/cache/mysql2-0.3.11.gem
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32209db
Binary files /dev/null and b/vendor/cache/mysql2-0.3.11.gem differ
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